Task References (A - D)

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addDuration (time)

Task Purpose Unlike the getTime task (which provides a system timestamp), the addDuration task allows you to add a duration of time and then return the adjusted timestamp for continued use in the automation. Potential Use Case If there i...

Updated on : 02 May 2024

assign

Task Purpose The assign task is used to copy all the enumerable properties from a source object to a target object. It will return a modified target object, which has properties and values pushed from the source object. Of note, the target objec...

Updated on : 20 Dec 2023

calculateTimeDiff (time)

Task Purpose The calculateTimeDiff task calculates the difference between two timestamps and returns the result between them as a duration. Potential Use Case You could use the calculateTimeDiff task if you need to determine the remaining ...

Updated on : 29 Jun 2023

charAt

charAt Task Purpose The charAt task is used to get a character at a given index. The index of the first character in the string is "0", the second character is "1", and so on. When the index value is specified the return result will be the chara...

Updated on : 18 Mar 2024

charCodeAt (string)

charCodeAt Task Purpose The charCodeAt task is used to obtain a Unicode decimal value (UTF-16) for a character at a specific position in a string. UTF-16 is a 16-bit integer between 0 and 65535. Potential Use Cases This task is a character-p...

Updated on : 18 Mar 2024

childjob

Task Purpose Some jobs share a need for the same set of task sequences. For this situation, a separate workflow containing the set of tasks can be created and the childJob task can be used to run the separate workflow. In addition to making work...

Updated on : 04 Apr 2024

codePointAt

codePointAt Task Purpose The codePointAt task is used to retrieve the Unicode value for a character at a specific position in a string. The result will be a non-negative integer that is the code point value of the character at the given position...

Updated on : 18 Mar 2024

concat (array)

Task Purpose The concatArray task is used to combine the elements of one array with another. The array that returns will contain copies of all the elements combined from the original two arrays. Essentially, this task does not change the origina...

Updated on : 20 Dec 2023

concat (string)

Task Purpose The string concat task is used to combine strings. Essentially, this task can concatenate strings or an array of strings that may consist of one or more values. This task does not provide you with the ability to reorganize the array...

Updated on : 20 Dec 2023

convertEpochToObject (time)

Task Purpose The convertEpochToObject task converts an Epoch timestamp into a date string with a specified time/date format. Potential Use Case Let's say you have a northbound system that is only capable of providing an Epoch timestamp. The ...

Updated on : 02 May 2024

convertTimeFormat (time)

convertTimeFormat Task Purpose The convertTimeFormat task converts a time value into a new format. Potential Use Case Use this task if a workflow that you designed requires you to take a specific record timestamp and convert it a different t...

Updated on : 06 Jul 2023

convertTimetoEpoch (time)

convertTimeToEpoch Task Purpose The convertTimeToEpoch task converts a date/timestamp to Epoch Time, which is the number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 (midnight UTC/GMT). Potential Use Case Use this task reference if a w...

Updated on : 18 Mar 2024

convertTimezone (time)

convertTimezone Task Purpose The convertTimezone task converts a timestamp by offsetting the input value in whole hour increments. Since this task does not take true UTC time into account, the value of the input time is always considered to be t...

Updated on : 18 Mar 2024

copyWithin (array)

copyWithin (array) Task Purpose The copyWithin task is used to copy a portion of an array within the same array. A specified part of an array is copied to a new location in the same array without modifying its size (i.e., length). Potential Us...

Updated on : 18 Mar 2024

decision

decision Task Purpose The Gen2 canvas decision task replaces many of the functions that were handled by the evaluation task in the Gen1 canvas. With the workflow path in Gen2 being linear, the decision task is used to create branches to vali...

Updated on : 02 May 2024

deepmerge

deepmerge Task Purpose The deepmerge task folds two or more objects together to create a single object with the precedent that the last merged object is used if a conflict occurs. It allows for combining objects, for example parts of a service ins...

Updated on : 18 Mar 2024

delay

delay Task Purpose The delay task pauses a job for a specified number of seconds. Some jobs require a delay to allow for network convergence, database commits, or other external system processing. Properties

Updated on : 18 Mar 2024

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