The Task Browser holds all tools and properties needed to create tasks — recordsets, variables, functions, formulas, and step properties as well as available BPA Platform tools. It is available as part of the Design tab and again when configuring each task step.
About the Tools Tab
The Tools tab exposes all available BPA Platform tools used to create task steps. Use Scope to only view tools in the specified category. This tab is only available with the Task Browser in the Design tab.
About the Environment Tab
The Environment tab exposes all available task data that can be used by this task step — other step's data such as recordsets, variables, formulas, functions, and step properties.
Additionally, task-specific variables, formulas, and functions can be created here — right-click on the required item and select New.
Change Scope to:
| ► | Task — Displays all task steps and their properties, as well as all task-level variables, formulas, functions, and properties |
| ► | This Step — Displays all step properties, including any input data properties, for the task step currently selected in the design area |
| ► | Global — Displays all global variables Variables are created and used extensively throughout and can either have fixed values or values that are dynamically populated when a task is run.
Global variables are available for all tasks in this BPA Platform installation. Once created, global variables can be used by any task., formulas, and functions that can be used by this task |
For a detailed description of all properties available in the Task Browser, go to Task Browser Properties.
About the Reference Tab
The Reference tab exposes several common Visual Basic scripts which can be used in task steps — drag-and-drop the script into a text area in the step configuration interface.
About the Help Tab
The Help tab displays help for that tool or tab that is currently active.