Inspector

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Chapter 5 General Activities Palette : Inspector

Inspector

Activity

The Inspector activity is used to write the output of any or all activities and process variables to a file and/or stdout. This is particularly useful when debugging process definitions and you want to see the entire schema instead of mapping specific elements to the Write File activity.

You can use the inspector activity to write the output of any activity or process variable in the current process. Activities and process variables in a subprocess are not available to the Inspector activity (but the output of a Call Process activity can be written using the Inspector activity). If you want to obtain the output from one or more activities or process variables in a subprocess, place the Inspector activity in the process definition of the subprocess.

Configuration

The Configuration tab has the following fields.

Field

Description

Name

The name to appear as the label for the activity in the process definition.

Description

Short description of the activity.

Stdout

Specifies whether the output of this activity should be sent to stdout. When checked, the output is sent to stdout, when unchecked, the output is not sent to stdout.

Activity

The output of the process variable you want to output. This is a drop down list of the available items to output.

You can select All to output all available output. You can also select global variables, process context, error variables, or user-defined process variables to output. Only activities that have output and are executed prior to the Inspector activity are shown in the drop down list.

Append to File

When checked, specifies that the output should be appended to the file specified in this activity’s input. If unchecked, any file that exists with the specified name is overwritten.

Suppress Job Headers

When checked, this suppresses the output of header information, such as the process instance ID and the timestamp. If unchecked, header information for the current process instance is written before the output of the activity or process variable.

Input

See TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Process Design for more information about mapping and transforming input data.

The input for the activity is the following.

Input Item

Datatype

Description

fileName

string

The absolute path to the file you want to write. This file will contain the output of the specified activity or process variable.

Output

The output for the activity is the following.

Output Item

Datatype

Description

output

string

The output of the process variable or activity specified on the Configuration tab in string form. This can be used if you want to use this output in subsequent activities, in addition to writing the output to a file or stdout. For example, you can use this output as the body of a TIBCO Rendezvous message.

Field	Description
Name	The name to appear as the label for the activity in the process definition.
Description	Short description of the activity.
Stdout	Specifies whether the output of this activity should be sent to stdout. When checked, the output is sent to stdout, when unchecked, the output is not sent to stdout.
Activity	The output of the process variable you want to output. This is a drop down list of the available items to output. You can select All to output all available output. You can also select global variables, process context, error variables, or user-defined process variables to output. Only activities that have output and are executed prior to the Inspector activity are shown in the drop down list.
Append to File	When checked, specifies that the output should be appended to the file specified in this activity’s input. If unchecked, any file that exists with the specified name is overwritten.
Suppress Job Headers	When checked, this suppresses the output of header information, such as the process instance ID and the timestamp. If unchecked, header information for the current process instance is written before the output of the activity or process variable.

Input Item	Datatype	Description
fileName	string	The absolute path to the file you want to write. This file will contain the output of the specified activity or process variable.

Output Item	Datatype	Description
output	string	The output of the process variable or activity specified on the Configuration tab in string form. This can be used if you want to use this output in subsequent activities, in addition to writing the output to a file or stdout. For example, you can use this output as the body of a TIBCO Rendezvous message.