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Process skill parameters access and modify the values of the Document skill parameters used by Extract activities. If your Document skill has no parameters, you don’t need to add any to the Process skill.

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Parameters in a Process skill

A Process skill carries two kinds of parameters:

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Change Extract activity parameter values

1

Open the activity's skill settings

Open the Process skill for editing, and then click an Extract activity. In the Actions pane, click the settings icon next to the Document skill name specified for the Extract activity.
2

Change the parameter values

The dialog box lists the Document skill’s parameters. Change their default values as needed:
You can only change default values here. You can’t add, delete, or rename parameters, or change their descriptions. Changes here don’t affect parameters in the Document skill itself.
3

Save and publish

Click Save, and then publish the skill.
After you publish the skill, the Extract activity uses the new default values. These defaults aren’t accessible via the Vantage API. To access and change them through the API, create Process skill parameters linked to the Extract activity parameters. For more information, see Create Process skill parameters and link them to Extract activities. Create Process skill parameters and link them to Extract activity parameters to expose those parameters to the Vantage API.
1

Open skill settings

Open the skill for editing. On the Skill Designer page, click the settings icon next to the skill name.
2

Add a parameter

On the Parameters tab, click Add Parameter and choose a type: Data Catalog, Text, or Boolean.
3

Name the parameter

Specify a name or keep the default. Parameter names are limited to 256 characters.
4

Set the default value

Specify the parameter’s default value:
5

Add a description (optional)

Enter a description for the parameter.
6

Save the parameter

Click Save.
7

Link to an Extract activity parameter

  1. Open the Extract activity. In the Actions pane, click the settings icon next to the Document skill name.
  2. In the drop-down list for any Document skill parameter, select the Process skill parameter you just created.
The Document skill parameter now references the new Process skill parameter.
8

Save and publish

Click Save, and then publish the skill.
You can now use the new Process skill parameter to access and change Extract activity parameter values via the Vantage API. For more information, see Access skill parameters via the Vantage API.