Input Parameters

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Input Parameters

Process name

Specifies the path for the process in the CA Process Automation Library. The process must be in the CA Process Automation Library of the touchpoint on which the operator is configured to be executed.

For example: "/Doc/NT_Charts/Alert"

To select a process from the library, click .

Open

Opens the process that is specified by process name for editing. This button is available only after you enter the path to a process in the adjacent box.

Process Dataset initialization code

Specifies statements that initialize dataset variables in the process that is being started. For example:

Process.WorkDir = "C:\temp";
Process.User= Caller.User;
Process.DatabaseServer=Caller.DatabaseServer;

In this box, the keyword Process refers to the dataset in the new instance of the process that is specified by Process name. The keyword Caller refers to the dataset of the process containing the Start Process operator.

The Process or Caller keyword is mandatory for referencing or creating variables in the parent or child process dataset. Without either keyword, the dataset initialization script always creates or attempts to reference a calculation variable.

Mode

Select from one of the following options:

Attached

Runs the child process as a separate process.

The Start Process operator does not complete until after the new instance finishes processing. The process executing the operator is the parent process.

Detached

Runs a process in detached mode.

An instance of a process started in detached mode has no parent relationship to the process that started it and is the root process in any call sequence originating from that process.

Inline

Runs a child process as a part of parent process itself (that is, it is expanded into the parent process).

Inherit Lane Change Handler from parent process

When selected, the child process inherits the lane change handler from the parent process (if not already defined in the child process).

Start date

Specifies the date on which to start a detached instance of the process. The default value is the date on which the operator is executed (System.Date). This option is only available when Detached is selected as the process mode.

Start time

Specifies the time at which to start a detached instance of the process. The default value is the time at which the operator is executed (System.Time). This option is only available when Detached is selected as the process mode. Combined with the Start date option, Start time allows a process to schedule the execution of another process.