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Process skill parameters are only used to access and modify the values of the parameters of Document skills that are used by Extract activities. For this reason, if your Document skill has no parameters, you don’t need to add any parameters to the Process skill.

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Parameter Structure

The Process skill will include:
  • The parameters of its Extract activity
  • The parameters of the Process proper
Extract activity parameters reference Document skill parameters and inherit their values.

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Changing Extract Activity Parameter Values

To change these values, follow these steps:
  1. Open your Process skill for editing.
  2. Click one of the Extract activities. In the Actions pane, click the settings icon next to the Document skill name specified for the Extract activity.
  3. In the dialog box that opens, a list of Document skill parameters will be displayed. Change their default values as needed:
    • For a Data Catalog parameter, you can change the data catalog it refers to, so that this Extract activity will use a data catalog other than the one used in the Document skill.
    • For a Text parameter, you can change its string value, so that this Extract activity will use the specified value for a certain field.
    • For a Boolean parameter, you can change its value from Yes to No, or vice versa, to specify whether this Extract activity should use a scripted rule for a certain field.
Note: You cannot add new parameters, delete, rename existing parameters, or change their descriptions. You can only change the default values of existing parameters. Changing the values of these parameters will not affect the values of parameters in a Document skill.
  1. Click Save and publish your skill.
After your skill is published, the new default values will be used by the Extract activity. You won’t be able to access these default values via the Vantage API. To be able to access and change these default values via the Vantage API, you will need to add to your skill Process skill parameters that are linked to the Extract activity parameters whose values you want to change.

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Creating Process Skill Parameters and Linking to Extract Activities

To create Process skill parameters and link them to Extract activity parameters, follow these steps:
  1. Open your skill for editing.
  2. On the Skill Designer page, click the settings icon next to the skill name to view and adjust the skill settings.
  3. On the Parameters tab, click Add Parameter and choose one of the following parameter types: Data Catalog, Text, or Boolean.
  4. Specify a name for the parameter or keep the default name provided by the program. A parameter name cannot be longer than 256 characters.
  5. Specify the parameter’s default value:
    • For a Data Catalog parameter, select a data catalog from the drop-down list.
    • For a Text parameter, enter a string value or write a regular expression.
    • For a Boolean parameter, choose Yes or No.
  6. Optionally, add a description to the parameter.
  7. Click Save.
  8. To link the created parameter to a parameter of the Extract activity:
    • Go to the Extract activity. In the Actions pane, click the settings icon next to the name of the Document skill specified for the Extract activity.
    • Modify the value of any Document skill parameter to be the newly created Process skill parameter by choosing it from the drop-down list. Now this Document skill parameter will refer to the newly created parameter.
  9. Click Save and publish your skill.
Now you can use the created Process skill parameter to access Extract activity parameters and change their values via the Vantage API.