The Options tab allows you to define how errors in this step are handled at task runtime.

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If an error occurs, you can decide whether the step should Continue processing, or terminate the step immediately (Abort Step).

If the step is aborted, you can choose to Continue processing onto the next step in the task, or terminate the whole task immediately (Abort Task). By allowing the task to Continue, you can use the error XML received back in a Save File The Save File tool saves output from other task steps capable of producing documents, as one or more files on a local drive, on-premise file server, external server, or cloud based server. step for investigation purposes, for example.

The Missing/NULL processing panel allows you to define how missing elements in the XML are handled. Select either:

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Ignore NULL fields in the input — This is default behaviour. If a mapped element is missing from the InputData XML (Mapping tab), it is not sent to Applications Platform Applications Platform provides a fully hosted environment for you to quickly and easily build database applications, develop application extensions create web portals or deploy ready-made library applications. and the data there remains the same.

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Set NULL fields as empty strings in the destination — If a mapped element is missing from the InputData XML, the Applications Platform Connector The Applications Platform Connector allows communication between BPA Platform and Applications Platform. All communication uses XML. You use the Connector to map BPA Platform data to Applications Platform objects and operations. still includes it in the XML passed to Applications Platform but with a blank value. This effectively updates the database column in Applications Platform to a NULL value for the record.

The References return mode panel allows you to define how reference fields and other related information are returned by the Applications Platform API. Select either:

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Only ID — For the returned records, include the IDs of the lookup field or pick-list item. The ID elements are suffixed with _id.

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Only Name / Code — For the returned records, include the names of the lookup field item, or the code of the pick-list item. The XML element tabs are suffixed with _name or _code as appropriate.

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Both — Return both the ID, and the name or code where available.