DC 6.0 Available steps in automations
Available steps
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Available triggers
Type | Description | Exported Variables | Parameters |
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Asset Created Trigger | Triggers whenever an asset is created |
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Asset Deleted Trigger | Triggers whenever an asset is deleted |
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Asset Folder Updated Trigger | Triggers whenever an asset moved between folders |
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Asset Profile Published | Triggers whenever the specified profile for the asset is published |
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Business Workflow Stage Entered | Triggers when the specified stage in a business workflow is entered, no matter where it came from |
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Business Workflow Stage Left | Triggered when a stage is left, no matter where the workflow is going afterwards |
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Business Workflow Transition Passed | Triggered whenever the specific transition is passed |
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CronScheduleTrigger | Triggers the workflow on a specific schedule |
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Derived Asset Created | Triggers when a new derived asset is created |
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Location State Changed | Triggered whenever a new asset is uploaded |
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ManualTrigger | Used only by admin for manually triggering a lot of runs |
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Member Created | Whenever a new member is created |
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Member Deleted | Whenever an existing member is deleted. Covers both soft and permanent deletes |
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Member Metadata Changed | Whenever the Metadata on a member changes |
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metadata | Triggers only if the metadata update was for the specified field. |
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Performance Test Trigger |
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Replaced Asset Created | Triggers when a new replaced asset is created |
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Specific Metadata Value | Triggers when a metadata field changes either to or from the specified value |
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WebHook Trigger | Allows a workflow to be invoked using http |
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Available actions
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Add Floats | Adds two floating point numbers together |
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Add Integers | Adds two integers together |
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Add Items To Collection | A list of assets will be added to the given collection. |
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Add Member to Group | Adds a member to the given group |
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Add Member to Roles | Adds a member to the given roles |
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Add Tree Metafield value |
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Add time to date | Adds the specified number of seconds to the given date, and gives the new date |
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Approve Member | Approves given member |
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Change Text Casing | Changes the casing of some text |
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Calculate aspect ratio | Calculates a nice aspect ratio "16:9" from a height and width |
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Clear metafield |
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Concat lists | Concats two lists into one larger list |
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Convert Asset Id To Asset Item Id | Converts the given asset id to an asset item id |
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Convert Asset Item Id To Asset Id | Converts the given asset item id to an asset id |
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Convert Member Id To Member Item Id | Converts a member id into a member item id |
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Convert Member Item Id To Member Id | Converts the given member item id to a member id |
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Create Entity Item | Creates an entity item from the entity type and item |
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Create Folder Reference | Creates a folder reference for use in other steps that requires a folder value reference |
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Create New Collection | Create a new collection with the given collection name. The action will export a 'CollectionId' after it has been executed. |
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delay | Delays the execution with the Duration milliseconds |
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Delete Asset | Soft deletes an asset (that is, keeps the actual file, but sets deleted bit) |
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Delete Asset Permanently | !DANGER! Permanently deletes an asset (there is NO WAY to recover after this) |
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Delete Business Workflow Instance |
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Delete assets from all collections |
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Delete Collection(s) | A list of collections will be deleted. |
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Divide Floats | Divides two floating point numbers |
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Divide Integers | Divides two integers |
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Download Asset Format | Downloads the given asset format to disk for processing |
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Find assets | Finds all assets that matches the given search parameters |
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Force fail | This step always fails |
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Format String | Just applies the specified variables as specified. You might not need this step, as applying the variables can be done inline when you pass variables to other steps. |
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Get Asset Information | Gets information about the specified asset |
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Get Business Workflow Instances | Gets the business workflows that matches the specified inputs. All inputs are optional. |
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Get Business Workflow task details | Gets details about the specific business workflow task |
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Get Current Date | Gets the current timestamp. Format is compatible with Search2 |
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Get Layout Folders for Assets | Gets the folders the asset is currently in |
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Get Member Information | Gets information about the specified member |
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Get metadata from damapi |
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Get Set Differences | Compares two sets and returns the differences |
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Get Value At Index | Gets a value at a certain index in a list of values. Step will fail hard if index is not in array |
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Get absolute float | Gets the absolute value of the provided floating point numbers. |
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Get absolute integer | Gets the absolute value of the provided integer. |
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Get members in group | Gets the members in a specific group |
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Get period between dates | Gets the number of seconds between two dates |
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Initiate Business Workflow | Initiate a new instance of a business workflow |
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Invoke Endpoint |
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Item Guid to Item Id conversion | Converts a set of ItemGuids into ItemIds |
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Item id to Item Guid Conversion | Converts a set of ItemIds into ItemGuids |
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Join Strings | Joins a list of strings using a specific separator |
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Log | Logs a message to the logger |
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lookup value | Looks up a specific value in the specified lookup |
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Move Asset To Folder | Moves an asset into a specific folder |
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Move Member To Folder | Moves the member to a specific folder |
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Multiply Floats | Multiplies two floating point numbers |
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Multiply Integers | Multiplies two integers |
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Publish Asset | Triggers a publish for the specified assets |
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Query JSON |
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Regex Remove | Removes values from a string based on a regex pattern |
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Remove Asset From All Channels |
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Remove Asset From Folder | Removes the given asset from a given folder |
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Remove Asset From Layout Folder Recursive |
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RePublish Asset | Triggers a republish of the specified asset |
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Remove Access Rights | Removes the access rights for a given target from a given accessor |
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Remove Member From Group | Removes a given member from a given group |
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Remove Member from Roles | Removes member from the given roles |
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Rename Business Workflow Instance | Rename a workflow instance |
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Replace string | Replace a value in a string with another value Uses regex, so you can use the found values |
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scale image | Scales an image to the specified height/width and format |
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Search | Executes the given search |
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Send email to member | Send email to members |
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Split Combo Value | Splits a combo value into its components, optionValue, label and Id |
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Split Entity Value | Splits an entity item into it's components |
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Split Folder Reference | Splits a folder reference into individual parts, so they can be used by themselves |
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Split String | Splits a string according to the specified separator |
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Split Tree value | Splits a tree value into its components |
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Set Bit Metafield | Updates a bit value |
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Set ComboValue Metafield | Updates a ComboValue metafield |
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Set Date Metafield | Updates a date field |
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Set EditComboValue Metafield | Updates the value of an edit combo value meta field |
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Set EditMultiComboValue Metafield | Updates the value of the edit multi combo value meta field |
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Set Float Metafield | Updates a float metafield |
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Set Int Metafield | Sets the value of the given int metafield |
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Set Link Metafield | Updates the value of a link meta field |
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Set MasterItemReference Metafield | Updates the value of a MasterItemReference field |
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Set MultiComboValue Metafield | Updates the value of a MultiComboValue field |
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Set Note Metafield | Updates the value of a note meta field |
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Set String Metafield | Sets the value of the given string metafield |
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Set Tree Metafield | Updates the value of a tree meta field |
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Set Access Rights | Sets the access rights on a specific asset for a specific member |
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Share Collection | Sharing a collection with a list of members, member groups or per email. |
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Start Text Extraction | Starts indexing the content of the specified asset. |
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Subtract Floats | Subtracts two floating point numbers |
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Subtract Integers | Subtract two integers |
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Upload asset to FTP | Uploads the specified asset to FTP |
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Variable read | An export read sample |
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Variable set | Exports a value as a sample |
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Available filters
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Asset type filter | Limits execution to certain asset types |
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Bool Comparison filter | Compares 2 arbitrary booleans |
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DateTime Comparison Filter | Allows you to compare two distinct dates for different kinds of equality |
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Do Member Have Role | Checks if the specified member has the specified role |
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Forced Result | Forces a certain outcome from the filter |
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Has archived versions |
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Int Compare filter | Compares two ints |
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Is Array Empty | Checks if the given array is empty |
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Is Asset Soft Deleted | Checks if the specified asset has been soft deleted |
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Is Derived Asset | Checks if the specified asset is a derived asset |
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Is Empty String | Checks if the specified string is empty. Whitespace is not counted as empty. PASSES if the value is empty, FAILS if not. |
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Is Empty or whitespace String | Checks if the specified string is empty. PASSES if the string is empty. FAILS if the string has a value Empty is defined by string.isNullOrWhitespace in C#, meaning that whitespace values are also counted as empty |
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Is Int in range | Checks if the specified int is within a certain range |
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Is Member In Group | Checks if the specified member is in the specified group |
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Is Metafield Empty |
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Is Number Filter | Checks if some value is an integer |
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Is Replaced Asset | Checks if the specified asset is a replaced asset |
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Is datetime in range filter | Checks if the specific datetime is in range of min and max |
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Matches Regex Filter | Checks if some value matches a regular expression |
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Metadata bit filter | Limits the execution if the expected Bit value does not equal the requested Metafield value |
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Metadata combo filter | Limits the execution if the expected Combo value does not equal the requested Metafield value |
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Metadata datetime filter | Limits the execution if the expected DateTime value does not equal the requested Metafield value |
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Metadata editcombo filter | Limits the execution if the expected Edit Combo value does not equal the requested Metafield value |
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Metadata editmulticombo filter | Limits the execution if the expected Edit Multi Combo value does not equal the requested Metafield value |
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Metadata float filter | Limits the execution if the expected Float value does not equal the requested Metafield value |
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metadata int filter | Limits the execution if the expected Int value does not equal the requested Metafield value |
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Metadata link filter | Limits the execution if the expected Link value does not equal the requested Metafield value |
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Metadata multicombo filter | Limits the execution if the expected Multi Combo value does not equal the requested Metafield value |
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Metadata note filter | Limits the execution if the expected Note value does not equal the requested Metafield value |
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Metafield string filter | Limits the execution if the expected String value does not equal the requested Metafield value |
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Metadata tree filter | Limits the execution if the expected Tree value does not equal the requested Metafield value |
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Regex extract single value | Extract single value from a string using a Regex (regular expression) |
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Regex extract value | Extract values from a string using a Regex (regular expression) |
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Retrieve metadata value for MasterItemReference metafield | Gets the value of the specified master item reference metafield, and makes it available for further steps |
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Retrieve metadata value for bit metafield | Gets the value of the specified bit metafield, and makes it available for further steps |
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Retrieve metadata value for combo metafield | Retrieves the value of a combo metafield for use in further steps. |
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Retrieve metadata value for datetime metafield | Gets the value of the specified datetime metafield, and makes it available for further steps |
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Retrieve metadata value for edit combo metafield | Retrieves the value of a edit combo metafield for use in further steps. |
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Retrieve metadata value for edit multi combo metafield | Retrieves the value of a edit multi combo metafield for use in further steps. |
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Retrieve metadata value for float metafield | Gets the value of the specified float metafield, and makes it available for further steps |
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Retrieve metadata value for int metafield | Gets the value of the specified int metafield, and makes it available for further steps |
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Retrieve metadata value for link metafield | Gets the value of the specified link metafield, and makes it available for further steps |
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Retrieve metadata value for multi combo metafield | Retrieves the value of a multi combo metafield for use in further steps. |
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Retrieve metadata value for note metafield | Gets the value of the specified note metafield, and makes it available for further steps |
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Retrieve metadata value for string metafield | Gets the value of the specified link metafield, and makes it available for further steps |
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Retrieve metadata value for tree metafield | Retrieves the value of a tree metafield for use in further steps. |
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String Contains | Checks if one string contains the other |
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Upload Computer Filter | Checks if the asset was from the specified upload computer |
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Upload Member Filter | Checks if the asset was uploaded by the specified member |
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Other steps
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ForEach | For each value in a set of values, execute a set of steps |
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