Input Error Bin

The Input Error Bin task is used specifically and only to create error management processes. These processes do not run on their own but are rather triggered by the On Error tab of tasks in other processes, when that task fails.

Input

This task receives a data file from a task that generated an error. Accompanying this data file is the current Job Infos of the process that triggered the error. This means that this input does not generate its own job infos!

No Metadata is received by this task, and none is generated.

The following error information is generated by the Input Error Bin starting version 7.5, and is accessible throughout the process:

  • %{error.process}: the process name where the error occurred.
  • %{error.tasktype}: the type of the failed task, can be Action, Input, Output, Printer, Comment and Branch.
  • %{error.taskname}: the name of the plugin (the Display Name as seen in the plugin bar).
  • %{error.taskindex}: the index of the task in the process (its position in the process).
  • %{error.errormsg}: the "Message" specified on the OnError tab of the failed task.
  • %{error.errorid}: the error "ID" specified on the OnError tab of the failed task.

Processing

No processing is done by this task.

Output

The output of this task is the same as the input - a data file and job infos that are sent from a task that generated an error.

Task properties

General Tab

  • The Input Error Bin task does not have any specific properties unique to it, since it only receives input directly from tasks in other processes when an error is generated. For more information, see the chapter on Debugging and error handling.

"Other" Tab

  • Job Information group
    • Information elements: Indicates what Job Info variables are automatically created by the input task.
    • Add lines before first data page: Using the arrows keys you can add any job information directly at the beginning of your data file.
  • Backup input files: Check this to save a copy of each data file that is captured by your input. These files are saved in the PlanetPress Workflow Tools working folders under the "Backup" folder.
    To navigate quickly to the Workflow working folders, press the keyboard shortcut CTRL+ALT+Shift+F4 from within the Workflow configuration tool.
    The number of days to keep backups of jobs processed by input tasks is set per process; see Process properties.
  • Backup filename: Enter the file name that you wish the input data file backup to be saved under.
  • Delete Existing Metadata: Check to remove any Metadata from memory. This option is disabled on initial input tasks, and is checked by default on secondary input tasks.

Job Information definitions

  • This task does not generate any job information.

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.