Use the Execute Process Action

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

If you target process name is correct and the target process exists in the same folder as the calling process, Certify executes 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, the layout and recordset should be added to the Execute Process step.

If a layout and recordset are already specified in the child process when you add the Execute Process step to a process, 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, then you can 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 that has the name and path of the desired process. When you create these Execute Process variables, you need to put the path of the process in the Initial Value field.

Note: If an execute process step fails, the status of step is not considered false. If the process cannot be found or if the recordset cannot be found by a variable name, then the status of the step 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 execution of a child process within a process.