Input to Start Step

Portlets can be configured with events, CRUD components, and custom buttons. In all these cases, and sometimes necessarily for proper functionality, data can be sent from the portlet to the execution service that runs the Application or Component linked to the action.

The portal sends this data in a table named "Input."

When data is sent from the portal, it needs to be entered into the start ring of the Application or Component that is to be executed.

Input is nullable.

As an example, if the Id (number) is sent to the execution service, the start ring should be configured as follows:

{Input:
    {Id: number,
     Name: text}*?
}

Since the Input table is nullable, this must be handled in the code. One way to do this is to add a Decision step to check if the Input table is empty or not. See the example below: