Send to Process

The Send to Process task transfers job file(s), job information and all related files (Metadata, sorted Metadata, etc.) to a selected process. This Action task is asynchronous, meaning the current process will continue running in parallel to the process chosen in this task and will not wait for it to finish.

This task is dual-purpose: it can be used either as an Action task, or as an Output task. In either case, it does not directly produce an output, though the process it calls may produce one or more outputs.

In either case, the called process will ignore the input task along with its Job Info variables and schedule, and use the job file, Job Info variables, Metadata and variables from the current process.

Note that a process called through the Send To Process plugin will not self-replicate, even if the process' preferences specify that it should. The initial Input task is being bypassed, and since it's the Input task that initiates the self-replication procedure, self-replication cannot occur.

Task properties

General Tab

• Process: The name of the target process to send the current job to. Note that startup processes and subprocesses are not available. You can either enter the name of a process (or use variable properties) or use the drop-down to list existing processes.

On Error Tab

For a description of the options on the On Error tab see Using the On Error tab.

Miscellaneous Tab

The Miscellaneous tab is common to all tasks.

It contains a text area (Task comments) that lets you write comments about the task. These comments are saved when the dialog is closed with the OK button and are displayed in The Task Comments Pane.

Check the option Use as step description to display the text next to the icon of the plugin in the Process area.

The tab also provides an option to highlight the task in The Process area with the default color, set in the Preferences (see Colors), or the color selected or defined under Highlight color on this tab.
To revert the selected highlight color to the default color, open this tab, turn the Highlight option off and close the dialog with the OK button; then turn highlighting back on.
Highlighting can also be turned on and off via the task's contextual menu and with the Highlight button on the View ribbon.