12.5.1 Names of Activity Designer components and how to use them
This subsection presents the name of each Activity Designer component and how to use it.
The figure below shows Activity Designer.
Activity Designer defines processing to be executed from the Item window by setting a task and assignment information for each managed item.
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Activity name
Displays the name that was specified when the activity was added in Flow Designer. Change the activity name, if necessary.
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State of item after activity is executed
Specifies the status of the Item after the activity being defined here has been executed. When this information is omitted, (activity-name-defined-in-Flow-Designer) Done is displayed.
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List of tasks
Enable tasks displays definable processing. Select one of the tasks and add it to Use tasks. Each task that is added will execute in the order it is displayed in the List of tasks. To specify a range for repeating the same processing, add the tasks *Loop start and *Loop end.
For details about the types of tasks and the details of each task, see 12.5.2 Selecting tasks to be executed. For details about how to set the order of tasks, see 12.5.3 Setting the order of tasks to be executed.
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Task conditions
Sets the details of the task that has been added to Use tasks.
Assigned items is set for each task's Managed items.
Managed items lists the following three types of items:
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Information to be managed in the asset management database (class properties)
You can set the method for updating the information (class properties) managed in the asset management database by Item execution.
For example, to register the execution date of an Item as the asset registration date, set the value indicating the item execution date using the Browse button for the managed Item Asset Information.Reg.date.
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Item for identifying the processing target
You can set the item that identifies the target of the selected task (such as updating).
For example, to update device information, set the value indicating the target's Asset No. using the Browse button for the managed item Asset information.Asset No.
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Item for setting a range of loop processing
If you have added the *Loop start and *Loop end tasks, set the range of the loop.
For details about how to set the assignment item for each managed item, see 12.5.4 Setting the information to be assigned to managed items.
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If an activity is registered before its definition is completed and integrity is lacking among assigned items or there is more than one managed item that is a mandatory item but no assigned item is set, Now editing will be displayed next to the Back button when this activity is displayed.