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Input Tab

Use the

Input

tab to define input data items that are unique to the service to which you are sending data.

For example:

Depending on the service, you might have no data items or many.

For each item, enter the following properties:

Name
: The name of the input data item. The name must start with and can contain letters, numbers, or the special characters .@$^_. The name can also contain spaces. This is a required field.

Label
: The name of the item to display within a

process

. If not specified, the Name is displayed.

Type
: Select the data type of the item from the list. If you select the Reference or Object List type, you can select a Process Object.

You can also set a list of simple type such as text, integer, number, check box, date, date time, or time for an input field. For the initial values, use a sequence of values based on the list of simple type as shown in the following examples:

List of text: ("Bob","John","Valery")

List of integer: (1,2,3)

List of number: (22.5, -23.654, -45.876500)

List of check box: (true, false, true)

List of date: ("2022-01-03", "2021-12-11", "2020-03-04")

List of date time: ("2022-01-03T11:23:01Z", "2021-12-11T23:11:55", "2020-03-04T22:10:45")

List of time : ("12:30:00", "22:45:23", "05:01:02")

To set the type as a list of simple type, select the

Text

Integer

Number

Checkbox

Date

Date Time

, or

Time

type as required, and then select the

This is a list

check box.

Required
: Select if a value must be set for this parameter.

Description
: Enter a description of the parameter.

Parameter
: When selected, the service connector passes this parameter to the service. If the parameter is only used when constructing another parameter and does not need to be passed to the service, clear this field. For example, the service might expect a date to be in the RFC 1123 format but you want the process that calls it to pass an XSD date in the Process Designer's normal format. This option is enabled for all data types except XML.

Test with
: Enter a value that Process Designer will use to test the action. If the input is an attachment, you can also upload a sample attachment file.

You can also test the input fields in the JSON format with the values set to a list of simple type as shown in the following example:

{
    "ListText": [
         "textJson1",
         "textJson2"
    ],
    "ListInt": [
         1,
         2,
         3
    ],
    "NumberList": [
         12.1,
         12.12,
         12.3
    ]
}

After you enter a value in the input field, you must click anywhere outside the row to save the value.

Use the +
icon to add a new item. Click X
to delete the current row.

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