Understanding the Execute Process Action

With the System Window Execute Process action, you can create a step in a process that calls another process. When a set of steps is standard to many functions, you can create one process with these steps to reuse as needed in other processes. For more information about creating processes, see Creating a Process.

If your target process name is correct, and the target process exists in the same folder as the calling process, Certify will execute the process even if the path is incorrect.

Layout, Recordset, and Recordset Mode Parameters

When you create a new Execute Process step in a process, a layout and recordset should be added to the step.

If a layout and recordset are already specified in the child process when you add the Execute Process step, the default values of the layout, recordset, and recordset mode parameters associated to this child process will be automatically selected. If you do not want to use the default values, choose a specific layout and recordset combination. If you do not want to use any parameter values, then select None.

Creating Variables to Execute Processes

You can create a variable to execute processes that can be used with the Execute Process action. When you select the parameter for this action, choose Select Variable and select the variable with the desired process's name and path. When you create these Execute Process variables, you need to put the path of the process in the Initial Value field. Use the standard rules that are case-sensitive.

Note: If an execute process step fails, its status is not considered false. However, if the process cannot be found or if the recordset cannot be found by a variable name, the step's status is considered false.

Record Filters

With the Execute Process action, you can create a filter that allows only select rows of a recordset to be used during the execution of a child process within a process. For more information on creating record filters, see Creating Recordset Filters.