Task Elements
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What are Task Elements?
Task Elements (also known as Nodes) are the basic building blocks of a Presence Task. Task Elements are dragged into the Task Design View and joined together using a mouse gesture. In the example below (from the Task Designer interface) there are four such Task Elements:
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Task Elements are split into the following categories - please follow the category links to read more about the available Task Elements under each category:
Flow Control
These Task Elements control the flow of the Task. Many Tasks have a simple start and end point and a linear flow. Others will be more complex, requiring run-time decisions and branching based on the current data.
- Schedule Nodes
- Decision Point Nodes
- Miscellaneous Flow Control Nodes
- Event Notification Nodes
Data Access
These Tasks Elements are designed to load information from sources external to Presence.
- SQL Statement Nodes
- Object Monitor Nodes
- XML Query Nodes
- Mail Scanner Nodes
- Web Services Nodes
- LDAP Query Nodes
- Data Table Nodes
- Variable Nodes
- Transaction Control Nodes
- Context XML Nodes
Data Formatters
These Tasks Elements are designed to manipulate and write information to external sources.
Basic Data Writer
Custom Data Formatter
Actions
These Tasks Elements are designed to perform actions.
Alerts
File Actions
Other Actions
- Call Native Program
- FTP Upload
- Scorecard Collector
- Create Graph