Input

For more information about mapping and transforming input data, see TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ Process Design.

The input for the activity is the following.

Input Item

Datatype

Description

connection

binary

The handle to the connection that you want to read data from. This connection is obtained from a previously executed activity in the process definition that opened the connection.

encoding

String

When text data is being read, this specifies the character encoding of the text. This value overrides the value specified in the Encoding field on the Configuration tab.

separator

String

When text data is being read, this specifies the separator to write after the body element is written to the TCP connection. This value overrides the value specified on the Configuration tab.

bytesToRead

number

When binary data is being read, this specifies the number of bytes that should be read. This value overrides the value specified in the Bytes to Read field on the Configuration tab.

timeout

number

Time to wait (in milliseconds) for this activity to complete.