Script - Step
Use this page to add or update a script's steps. Open this page using
and then navigate to the Step tab.Description of Page
The Steps accordion contains an entry for every step linked to the script. When a script is initially displayed, its steps are collapsed. To see a step's details, simply click on the step's summary bar. You can re-click the bar to collapse the step's details. Please see accordions for the details of other features you can use to save time.
Select the Step Type that corresponds with the step. Refer to How To Set Up Each Step Type for an overview of the step types.
Step Sequence defines the relative position of this step in respect of the other steps. The position is important because it defines the order in which the step is executed. You should only change a Step Sequence if you need to reposition this step. But take care; if you change the Step Sequence and the step is referenced on other steps, you'll have to change all of the referencing steps.
Display Step is only enabled on BPA scripts for step types that typically don't cause information to be displayed in the script area (i.e., step types like Conditional Branch, Go to a step, Height, etc). If you turn on this switch, information about the step is displayed in the script area to help you debug the script.
Display Icon controls the icon that prefixes the Text that's displayed in the script area. Using an icon on a step is optional. This field is only applicable to BPA scripts.
Text is the information that displays in the script area when the step executes. You need only define text for steps that cause something to display in the script area.
The other fields on this page are dependent on the Step Type. The topics that follow briefly describe each step type's fields and provide additional information about steps.
Click on the View Script Schema hyperlink to view the script's data areas. Doing this opens the schema viewer window.
The View Script As Text hyperlink appears for server-based scripts only. Click this link to view the internal scripting commands in a separate window. The presented script syntax is valid within edit data steps.