Execute a Process
Description
Execute a Process is a step in the Utility Plugin for Process Studio Workflows. Execute a process step executes a shell script on the host where the workflow runs. The step is similar to the process entryShell, the difference being this step is executed in a workflow for every row.
Configurations
| No. | Field Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step name | Specify the name of the step; this name has to be unique in a single workflow |
| 2 | Process field | Specify the field name in the data stream that defines the process to start (shell script /batch file to start on linux and windows OS respectively). Arguments can also be used. |
| 3 | Fail if not success | Checking this option means if the exit status is different than zero the step fails. You can use error handling to get these rows. |
| 4 | Output line delimiter | Without defining a line delimiter, all returned lines are collapsed into a single string with no line delimiters. Specify Output line Delimiter field to contain the line separator character used to separate lines in the output. You can set to any line delimiter and special characters can be set with the format $[value], e.g. $[0D] for CR or $[0D,0A] for CR/LF |
| 5 | Result fieldname | Specify the result fieldname (STRING) |
| 6 | Error fieldname | Specify the error fieldname (STRING) |
| 7 | Exit value | Specify the exit fieldname (INTEGER) |