Declaration
<AMSTARTTASK TASKFILE="text" />
Example 1 - Start a task file
<AMSTARTTASK TASKFILE="C:\Temp\Task1.aml" />
Example 2 - Start a password protected managed task
<AMSTARTTASK MANAGEDTASK="Task2" TASKID="{64E417BC-613B-4303-B23A-93420B42FE04}" PASSWORD="AM1J0nE7Y6UQP/qp+Ajw5KWSA==aME" />
See Also
Starts another task using the task name specified. When the sub-task starts, the parent task will wait for it to complete before continuing. Public variables from the parent task are available to the newly started sub-task (see Create Variable action for more details).
Used to start a secondary task (or sub-task) from a "parent" task. Especially useful for code reuse so the same code does not have to be written over and over again. Rather, one task can be created and called repeatedly.
|
Property |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Markup |
Description |
|
Run a task file |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
TASKFILE=C:\ProgramData\Network Automation\AutoMate 8\Tasks\Task1.aml |
If set to YES, specifies the task file to run, which is usually an unmanaged or external task. |
|
Start a managed task |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
a)MANAGEDTASK="Task1" |
If set to YES, specifies the name of the managed task to start. NOTE: Later moving the task to another folder or modifying the task name or parent folder name can break this linkage once created. |
|
Password (Optional) |
Text |
No |
(Empty) |
PASSWORD="password" |
If the task has been encrypted this parameter indicates the password that should be used to decrypt it so that it can start. |
The Description tab allows you to customize the text description of any step when it appears in the Steps Pane.
More on setting custom step description
The Error Causes tab is part of AWE's Error Handling functionality which allows you to select / omit specific errors that will cause a particular step to fail.
More about error causes properties
The On Error tab is part of AWE's Error Handling functionality which allows you to determine what the task should do if a particular step encounters an error.
More about On Error properties
All text fields allow the use of expressions, which can be entered by surrounding the expression in percentage signs (example: %MYVARIABLE%, % Left('Text',2)%). To help construct these expressions, you can open Expression Builder from these fields by pressing F2.