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Workflow

Platform
OnBase
Product
Workflow
Release
Foundation 22.1
License
Premier
Standard

This action can be used to accomplish many tasks and the available configuration settings change depending on the type of protocol used (http(s)/ftp/file) and the method (e.g. HTTP GET/POST or FTP upload/download).

Note:

This action is not supported in the Classic Client interface.

This action has the following functionality:

File protocol

  • Import a file from the local file system into OnBase

  • Set the value of a property from a file in the local file system

  • Export the current document to a file in the local file system

  • Export the value of a property to a file in the local file system

  • Export some specific text to a file in the local file system

Note:

The file protocol is local to the Application Server.

FTP protocol

  • Import a file from an FTP server into OnBase

  • Set the value of a property from a file on the FTP server

  • Export the current document to a file on the FTP server

  • Export the value of a property to a file on the FTP server

  • Export some specific text to a file on the FTP server

HTTP/HTTPS protocol

  • Import the response of an HTTP GET/POST into OnBase

  • Set the value of a property from the response of an HTTP GET/POST

  • Send the current document as the request body of an HTTP POST

  • Send the value of a property as the request body of an HTTP POST

  • Send some specific text as the request body of an HTTP POST

  • Send specific HTTP headers with the request mapped to keywords, properties or constant values

  • Receive specific HTTP headers from the response mapped to keywords or properties

To configure this action:

  1. Select a Protocol and Method from the drop-down lists. See Protocols for more information.
  2. Enter a URI into the Use the following URI field or supply the property from which you will pull the URI in the Use the URI in the following property field.
  3. Configure Request Settings, Response Settings, the Options tab, the Proxy tab, and the Authentication tab as appropriate.