Argument (R)

The name of the argument.

The drop-down list includes input and output arguments of the selected business service.

Business Component

The name of the business component within the business object of the task. This is a required field when the Type is set to Business Component.

The drop-down list includes business components defined for the business object selected for the task.

Business Component Field

The name of a field within the business component. This is a required field when the Type is set to Business Component.

The drop-down list displays the fields defined for the selected business component.

Input/Output (R)

Flag that indicates whether the argument is an input argument or an output argument.

Input — input argument

Output — output argument

Name (S)

The name of the object.

Preferred Sequence (O)

Evaluation sequence of the argument.

When the step is executed, an argument with a lower preferred sequence is evaluated before an argument with a higher preferred sequence. Currently, only the input argument type has sequencing support. Evaluation sequence of other step and argument types is ignored.

Non-negative integer values.

Property Name

The name of the task property that is referenced in the argument. This is a required field when the Type is set to Task Property.

The drop-down list includes all task properties of the task.

Type (R)

The type of the argument.

Business Component, Literal, Expression, Output Argument, Task Property

Value (O)

This property stores a literal value or expression when the Type is set to Literal or Expression.