Actions to be decommissioned
Older action versions kept for existing processes, and the action to use instead in new processes.
The To be decommissioned folder in the Process Designer toolbox holds older versions of actions that have a newer replacement. Your existing processes keep working: you do not have to change them now. For new processes, use the replacement listed below, and plan to move existing processes to it when you next edit them.
To move a step to the replacement, add the new action next to the old one, fill in its fields (most have the same names), connect it in place of the old one, then delete the old step.
Replacements
| Old action (To be decommissioned) | Use instead | What is different |
|---|---|---|
| Call API v1 | Call API | The request has the same parts (Verb, Endpoint, Request Parameters), but you set them up again in the new action, with a REST API credential. The outputs are Response Status, Response Body, Response File and Response Headers. Call API also adds a Time Out. |
| Call API v2 | Call API | As for v1. Call API has no Body type or Result is File option: it has separate Response Body and Response File outputs. |
| Call API v3 | Call API | Same request setup and the same REST API credentials (in Call API the credential is optional). Call API adds Time Out and Response Headers. The outputs are renamed: Status Output → Response Status, Body Output → Response Body, File Output → Response File. |
| Execute Query V1 | Execute Query (toolbox Database › SQL) | The credential field is Select Database Server. Execute Query adds Time Out and a parameters tab, so you can pass process values as query parameters. |
| Execute Query V2 | Execute Query (toolbox Database › SQL) | Same credential and query. Execute Query adds a parameters tab for query parameters. |
| Execute Command V1 | Execute Command (toolbox Database › SQL) | The credential field is Select Database Server. Execute Command adds a parameters tab for command parameters. The Output (number) is the same. |
| Python (Old) | Python | The old action has a single Output with the script's result as JSON. Python has a Timeout and four outputs: Single Result, List Result, Stdout and Error. Your code sends its result with return (what you print goes to Stdout), so review the script when you move it. |
| Extract List | Extract Objects | Same Input JSON and Query. Map the Result List output of Extract Objects where you used Result of Extract List. |
| String To DateTime (the one in this folder) | String To DateTime (toolbox DateTime) | Same String, Language and Format. The new action also accepts a Format List (several formats to try) and has an extra output, Exact Format Parsing. |
| Date from String | String To DateTime (toolbox DateTime) | Instead of picking a format from a list (Select Date Format), you type the format, for example dd/MM/yyyy. Input String → String, Select Language → Language, Output Date → Datetime. |
| Get File List v1 | Get File List (toolbox SFTP) | Same fields, plus a required MaxFileNumber: the maximum number of files to read. |
| Get File List (the one in this folder) | Get File List (toolbox SFTP) | Same fields, plus a required MaxFileNumber. |
| Create Folder v1 | Create Folder (toolbox SFTP) | Same fields. |
| Delete File v1 | Delete File (toolbox SFTP) | Same fields. To delete many files in one step, see Delete Bulk in the SFTP folder. |
| Delete Folder v1 | Delete Folder (toolbox SFTP) | Same fields. |
| Download File v1 | Download File (toolbox SFTP) | Same fields. To download many files in one step, see Download Bulk in the SFTP folder. |
| Move File v1 | Move File (toolbox SFTP) | Same fields. To move many files in one step, see Move Bulk in the SFTP folder. |
| Rename File/Folder v1 | Rename File/Folder (toolbox SFTP) | Same fields. |
Two entries have the same name as their replacement: Get File List and String To DateTime appear both in the To be decommissioned folder and in their own folder (SFTP and DateTime). Always pick the one from SFTP or DateTime for new processes.
Good to know
- The old actions still run and still show their fields, so an existing process opens and runs as before.
- The replacement is a separate action, so you swap the step yourself. Test the process after you swap a step, because output names and formats can differ (see the table).