When you configure a task, you specify the task output values that you want to assign to workflow variables. The Data Integration Service copies the task output values to workflow variables when the task completes. The Data Integration Service can access these values from the workflow variables when it evaluates expressions in conditional sequence flows and when it runs additional objects in the workflow.

For example, each task includes an Is Successful output value that indicates whether the task ran successfully. The workflow cannot directly access this task output data. To use the data in the remainder of the workflow, you create a boolean workflow variable named TaskSuccessful and assign the Is Successful output to the variable. Then use the TaskSuccessful workflow variable in an expression for a conditional sequence flow. The Data Integration Service runs the next object in the workflow if the previous task ran successfully.

Tasks produce general outputs and task specific outputs. If a task fails, the Data Integration Service copies the general task output values to workflow variables. The service does not copy the task specific output values to workflow variables. If a task aborts, the Data Integration Service does not copy any task output values to workflow variables.

The following table describes the general outputs produced by each task: