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Create Object

These plugins deal with the creation of Dalet Flex objects.

Create Object

Create Child User Defined Object

This plugin supports the creation of a new user object and assigning it to a parent object.

Properties

Field	Value	Explanation
Icon		Plugin icon
Sub-type	Create Object	Sub-type of this plugin
Classification	Workflow	Classification of this plugin
Deployment	Internal	Whether the plugin is deployed inside Dalet Flex or within another product
Supports Configuration		Whether this plugin supports configuration
Supports Scripting		Whether configuration supports scripting
Scripting Context	job, asset, event	What Dalet Flex objects can be referenced from within the scripting context. Note: the event object is only visible in the context of an action running in an event handler.
Undo Action		The action required to undo this action
Redo Action		The action required to redo this action
Timeout		Whether or not to select a timeout
Auto retry		Whether or not to select an automatic retry
Compatibility	5.x	What versions of Dalet Flex this plugin works for
Lifecycle	Stable	Maturity of this plugin (Experimental, Unstable or Stable)

Configuration

Field	Field Type	Multiplicity	Description
Parent Details	complex
Parent User Object	User Object	1	Parent Object ID
Parent User Object ID	string
Child Type	User Object Type	1	Child object type
Number of Children	complex	1	Number of children to create
Parent Data Field	string	1	Parent data field name containing number of children
Number of Children	string	1	Number of children to create
Parent Data Field to Inherit	string	0..*	Field Inherited from parent

Create User Defined Object

This Plugin supports the creation of a new user object.

Properties

Field	Value	Explanation
Icon		Plugin icon
Sub-type		Sub-type of this plugin
Classification	Workflow	Classification of this plugin
Deployment	Internal	Whether the plugin is deployed inside Dalet Flex or within another product
Supports Configuration		Whether this plugin supports configuration
Supports Scripting		Whether configuration supports scripting
Scripting Context	job, asset, event	What Dalet Flex objects can be referenced from within the scripting context. Note: the event object is only visible in the context of an action running in an event handler.
Undo Action		The action required to undo this action
Redo Action		The action required to redo this action
Timeout		Whether or not to select a timeout
Auto retry		Whether or not to select an automatic retry
Compatibility	5.x	What versions of Dalet Flex this plugin works for
Lifecycle	Stable	Maturity of this plugin (Experimental, Unstable or Stable)

Configuration

Field	Field Type	Multiplicity	Description
Name	string		Object name
Description	text		Object description
Type	single option		Object type
Number of objects to create	string		Number of objects to create.
Metadata Details	complex	1	Metadata details
Source JSON Variable	string	1	Source JSON variable
Source XML Details	complex	1	Source XML details
Source XML	complex		Source XML
Source XML Path	string	1	Source XML path.
Source XML Variable	string	1	Source XML variable.
XSLT	file	1	XSLT file.
Parent Details	complex	0..1	Parent details
Object ID Variable Name	string		Variable name to store the resulting object ID.

Create Placeholder Asset

This plugin supports the creation of a VFS Placeholder Asset.

Properties

Field	Value	Explanation
Icon		Plugin icon
Sub-type	Create Object	Sub-type of this plugin
Classification	Internal	Classification of this plugin
Deployment		Whether the plugin is deployed inside Dalet Flex or within another product
Supports Configuration		Whether this plugin supports configuration
Supports Scripting	job, asset, event*	Whether configuration supports scripting
Scripting Context		What Dalet Flex objects can be referenced from within the scripting context. * Note: the event object is
Undo Action		The action required to undo this action
Redo Action		The action required to redo this action
Timeout		Whether or not to select a timeout
Auto retry	Whether or not to select an automatic retry
Compatibility	5.x	What versions of Dalet Flex this plugin works for
Lifecycle	Stable	Maturity of this plugin (Experimental, Unstable or Stable)

Configuration

Field	Field Type	Multiplicity	Description
Name	String		Object name
Description	Text		Object description
Asset Type	Resource		The placeholder asset type to create.
Asset Origin	Resource		The origin to set on the asset.
Variant and Metadata	Complex	0..1	Specify the variant and optionally the metadata definition to set on the asset. If not specified, a default will be used if it has been configured.
Variant Name	String		The variant to set. This must be a valid configured variant name
Metadata Details	Complex		0..1
Metadata Definition	Resource	0..1	The Metadata definition to set. If not specified, a default will be used if it has been configured.
Source JSON Variable	String	0..1	Source JSON variable
Source XML Details	Complex	0..1	Source XML details.
Source XML	String		Source XML.
Source XML VFS Location	String	0..1	The Source XML Virtual filesystem location
Protocol	Resource		Protocol for accessing the location
Hostname	String		Hostname for accessing the location (mandatory except for file, s3, google or dropbox protocols)
Port	String		Port for accessing the location (mandatory except for file, s3, google or dropbox protocols) (#)
Path	String		Path for accessing the location (absolute path starting with / except for ftp, sftp, ftps which are relative to the User’s home directory)
Username	String		Username for authentication (not required for file protocol)
Password	String		Password for authentication (not required for file, s3, google or dropbox protocols)
Key	String		Key for authentication (only applicable to s3, google and dropbox protocols)
Secret	String		Secret for authentication (only applicable to s3, google and dropbox protocols)
Token	String		Token for authentication (only applicable to google and dropbox protocols)
Bucket	String		Only applicable to S3 protocol
Private Key File Only	File		Only applicable for SFTP certificate authentication
Source XML Variable	String	0..1	Source XML variable
XSLT	File	0..1	XSLT file
Relationships	Complex		Relationships
Child	String	0..1	Child
Parent File Asset	String		Parent File asset
Asset ID	String	0..1	Asset ID
Asset	Resource	0..1	Asset
Reference Name	String		Reference name which will be set to asset.
Member	Complex	1..*	Member
Parent Group	Complex		Parent Group
Group ID	String	0..1	Group ID
Group	Resource	0..1	Group
Membership Name	String		Optional membership name to set on the group-member relationship.
Parent Object Details	Complex	0..1 Parent object details
Parent ID	String	0..1	Parent ID
Parent	Resource	0..1	Parent
Set in Context	Resource		Set in context
Store asset as variable	string	0..1	Variable name to store asset as workflow variable.