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Input fields

Use the

Input Fields

section to add fields that a taskflow uses at the beginning of a step.

You can define the input fields that you want to pass when you run a taskflow. You can create input fields of the following types:

Simple type: Create a simple type field to use common data types such as Checkbox, Date, Date Time, Time, Number, Integer, or Text.
Custom type: Create a custom type field to use an object that is added to the taskflow.

Enter the following properties for each input field that you create:

Property	Description
Name	The name of the input field.
Type	The type of the input field. For example, select Checkbox , Date , Date Time , Time , Number , Integer , or Text . You can also add an input field of a simple type or custom type. To do this, select More types , and then in the Edit Type dialog box, select the Category as Simple Types or Custom Types .
Description	A description of the input field.
Required	Indicates whether the input field is required for the taskflow to run.
Initial Value	The value that is assigned to the input field when you start the taskflow execution. You can enter text or use a formula to set the initial value.

Input fields for taskflows invoked by file listeners

When you select the binding type for a taskflow as

Event

and select a file listener,

Data Integration

creates an input field to store details of the files that arrived, were updated, or were deleted as part of the file listener event. The input field takes the name of the file listener. You cannot edit or delete this input field. You also cannot add more input fields for taskflows that are invoked by file listeners.

After the taskflow completes, you can access the

My Jobs

page, click the taskflow instance, and click the

Input Fields

tab to view details of the files that arrived, were updated, or were deleted as part of the file listener event. The input field displays the following information for each file that arrived, was updated, or was deleted:

Path where the file is available

Name of the file

Size of the file in bytes

Last modified time in milliseconds

You can monitor the execution of the file listener and the events that occur on each run job of the file listener. File listener log entries are listed on the

File Transfer Logs

page in Monitor.

If you had selected the binding type for a taskflow as

REST/SOAP

and then change it to

Event

Data Integration

deletes the input fields that you had previously added.

Creating an input field with a custom type

You can create an input field with a custom type using the objects available in tasks in the taskflow. To create an input field with a custom type, you must have one or more steps that contain data integration tasks added to the taskflow.

On the

Explore

page, navigate to the taskflow for which you want to create an input field with a custom type.

Add steps to the taskflow. For example, add a Data Task step

and an Ingestion task step

Click the

Start

step of the taskflow.

Click the

Input Fields

tab.

Click the

Add

icon.

In the

Type

column, select

More types

The

Edit Type

dialog box appears.

The following image shows the

Edit Type

dialog box:

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Input fields

Input fields for taskflows invoked by file listeners

Creating an input field with a custom type