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text constant

Nathan Richardson edited this page Jan 9, 2019 · 10 revisions
Text Constant

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Use When

A text constant is needed in message content in the flow

Samples

Description

The Text Constant allows a constant text literal to be placed in the payload of a message and sent to downstream components.

Inbound Message Type

Any Message Type

Output Message Type

Text Based Message

Control Message Handling

Input: When a control message is received and 'Run When' is 'PER UNIT OF WORK' start the processing of this component or when any message other than a control is received and 'Run When' is not 'PER UNIT OF WORK'.

Output: A single control message will be forwarded to downstream components once all files have been processed through this step unless the 'Send Control Message on Text Send' property is checked (see below).

Properties
Name Description

Error Suspense Step

Whether to forward failed messages and continue processing. This is the name of a linked component to forward the failed messages to.

Enabled

Run When

Text

The text constant that will be placed into the message payload and sent to downstream systems

Split On Line Feed

Whether to generate separate entities based on line feeds in the Text box entries or send as one entity regardless of line feeds

Rows Per Message

Send Control Message on Text Send

If Run When is PER MESSAGE this option will trigger a control message to be sent after each text message sent

Log Input

Log Output

Inbound Queue Capacity

Example 1. Sample Text Constant Text
4,Diane,Prince,F
3,Clark,Kent,M
1,Peter,Parker,M
2,Bruce,Wayne,M
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