Input & Output

Workflow input and output.

Using the activities, the workflow can make use of many types of input and output. The input is given as activity arguments. The output of an activity is always an activity variable.

You can use the included activities such as Read CSV and Read Text File to get input from flat files. Also, you can use HTTP Request activity to get input from a web resource. For retrieving secure credentials, you can use Windows Credentials Manager, and if you want to read an encrypted file, you can use Decrypt Text. You can also use FTP, Email and Remote Desktop activities to work with network resources. Database activities supports MS SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and Oracle SQL.

To create output you can use the same category of activities to write flat files and web resources. You can also find data manipulation activities in the same category such as Set Key Value, Add Data Row and Replace Text.

List of input and output activities

Input

• Read Text File

• Read CSV

• Open Excel File

• Read PDF Elements

• Send Web Request

• Get Email

• Get FTP file

Output

• Write Text File

• Write CSV File

• Save Excel File

• Save Word Document

• Upload File

• Send SMTP Mail

• Write Log