automation

Returns a ScriptableAutomation object encapsulating the properties of the PlanetPress Workflow process that triggered the current operation.

Properties

The following table lists the properties of the automation object.
These are available in Boundaries scripts, with all file types.

Property	Description
jobInfo	Returns a ScriptableAutomation object containing JobInfo 1 to 9 values from PlanetPress Workflow.
properties	Returns a ScriptableAutomation object containing additional information (file name, process name and task ID) from PlanetPress Workflow.
variables	Returns a ScriptableAutomation object containing the list of local and global variables defined by the user in PlanetPress Workflow. Note that there is no way to distinguish local variables from global ones (local variables take precedence over global variables). To be used in the DataMapper, variables must have already been defined in the Preprocessor step as Automation variables. The Preprocessor step attempts to match variable names passed by the Workflow process to those defined inside the step.

Accessing automation properties

To make a Workflow variable accessible in scripts, it must first be declared in the Properties of the Preprocessor step (see Properties). Both the name and type of the variable must be the same as the variable in Workflow.

The other properties are accessible as they are.

Examples

To access JobInfo 1 to 9 from Workflow:

automation.jobInfo.JobInfo1;

To access ProcessName, OriginalFilename or TaskIndex from Workflow:

automation.properties.OriginalFilename;

To access Workflow variables (declared in the Preprocessor properties):

automation.variables.Same_as_workflow;