Process Information

The following task information is described in this section:

• task_name

• tasks

• task_label

• task_status

task_name

Syntax

task_name()

Description

Returns the global name of the current task. See Cloud Workflow Processes for information on tasks.

Arguments

None

Result

A string that represents the global name of the current task.

Examples

concurrent do 
  sub task_name: "launch_app" do 
    @servers = find("servers", "db")
    @arrays = find("server_arrays", "appserver")
    concurrent do 
      sub task_name: "launch_servers" do 
        @servers.launch()
        $name = task_name() # $name == "launch_app/launch_servers" 
      end 
      sub task_name: "launch_arrays" do 
        @arrays.launch()
        $name = task_name() # $name == "launch_app/launch_arrays" 
      end 
    end 
  end 
  sub task_name: "notify" do 
    # ... do things 
  end 
end 

tasks

Syntax

tasks()

Arguments

None

Result

Returns a hash of task status keyed by global task name. Valid values for a task status are: completed, aborted, canceled, paused, or running.

task_label

Syntax

task_label($label)

Description

Sets the label of the current task. This label is displayed in the Self-Service user interface to end users when an operation is running.

Arguments

Position	Possible Values	Required	Default Value
1	String	Yes	None

Result

The new label string.

task_status

Syntax

task_status($task_name)

Description

Returns the status of the given task. The task name can be relative or absolute (relative match is tried first then absolute if there is no task with a relative name matching the argument).

Arguments

Position	Possible Values	Required	Default Value	Comment
1	String	Yes	None	Name of task whose status should be returned

Result

completed, aborted, canceled, paused, or running. Returns null for non-existent tasks.