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ifeguy
Free support Topic Starter

2018-11-05T06:26:34Z

I have a flow event set on a task where if the Output of the task is empty, it is supposed to stop the job.

I have the following configuration for the flow event

On Complete If Output String Equal <blank> Stop Job.

Is there a different way to configure this to get the job to stop with no output on the task?

Edited by moderator 2018-11-05T14:44:43Z | Reason: Not specified

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thordw
Paid support

2018-11-05T07:50:22Z

Hi

I would recommend that you create a condition that's general for these types of flows.
It's let's you easily see if a task has a different flow then default.

Just create a condition that has te following properties
Condition Type: VisualCron

And in actions just do the following

ifeguy
Free support Topic Starter

2018-11-05T16:22:09Z

Thanks for your response. Would this approach be for my specific task, or for all tasks? Would this condition show up in other jobs/tasks?

Do you know why the approach I took with the flow doesn't work?

thordw
Paid support

2018-11-05T18:02:26Z

Quote:

Would this approach be for my specific task, or for all tasks? Would this condition show up in other jobs/tasks

More task would be able to utilize this condition since we made i general, all task that uses it would also be found with the "Object relations" function under Tools tab.

Quote:

Do you know why the approach I took with the flow doesn't work?

Hard to say since I don't know the setup of you're tasks flow tab. Would it be possible to send an attached image?

ifeguy
Free support Topic Starter

2018-11-07T04:54:08Z

I tried using the condition and assigned it to the task...and it doesn't work in the way I need it to. I need the task to run first and then end if the output string is empty. The condition, checks the task output before the task runs.

Any other ideas?

thordw
Paid support

2018-11-07T05:56:00Z

Hi try this setup

I set up a simple list files task, tried with files in place and it continiued and no files it stopped.

ifeguy
Free support Topic Starter

2018-11-07T07:08:15Z

I am running version 8.3.6. Do you think this is a factor?

thordw
Paid support

2018-11-07T09:34:34Z

I've tried in 8.2.1 and 8.3.7 with same result

ifeguy
Free support Topic Starter

2018-11-07T18:26:54Z

What are the differences in this situation with using "On success" versus "On Complete"?

thomas
Free support

2018-11-08T12:46:15Z

#10

On complete fires regardless of result. Post an image of what you have done, so we can debug it more easily.

ifeguy
Free support Topic Starter

2018-11-08T18:05:01Z

#11

I have actually achieved the results I am looking for, thanks to your help. Thank you! But was just more curious of the difference between "success" and "complete"...with my use case, to me, it seems like I should have gotten the same results with either, but I didn't....thus the reason for my curiosity.