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new 21c55d569a fix #2877 WorkflowExecutor documentation improvements
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commit 21c55d569a32baaf859424fb7c546c101e6b54e2
Author: sramazzina <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Apr 28 12:28:04 2023 +0200
fix #2877 WorkflowExecutor documentation improvements
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.../modules/ROOT/pages/pipeline/transforms/workflowexecutor.adoc | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git
a/docs/hop-user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/pipeline/transforms/workflowexecutor.adoc
b/docs/hop-user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/pipeline/transforms/workflowexecutor.adoc
index f9a12c15d5..7209d0d21e 100644
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a/docs/hop-user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/pipeline/transforms/workflowexecutor.adoc
+++
b/docs/hop-user-manual/modules/ROOT/pages/pipeline/transforms/workflowexecutor.adoc
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ By default, the specified workflow will be executed once for
each input row.
This row can be used to set parameters and variables and it is passed to the
workflow in the form of a result row.
-You can also allow a group of records to be passed based on the value in a
field (when the value changes the workflow is executed) or on time.
-
-In these cases, the first row of the group or rows is used to set parameters
or variables in the workflow.
+You can also allow a group of records to be passed based on the value in a
field (when the value changes the workflow is executed) or on time. In these
cases, the first row of the group or rows is used to set parameters or
variables in the workflow.
It is possible to launch multiple copies of this transform to facilitate
parallel workflow processing.
@@ -99,8 +97,9 @@ If you don't need a certain result simply leave a blank input
field.
In the "Result rows" tab you can specify the layout of the expected result
rows of this workflow and to which transform to send them after execution.
-Please note that this transform will verify that the data type of the result
row fields are identical to what is specified.
-If there is a difference an error will be thrown.
+The workflow executor performs a consistency check over the fields we declared
in this tab as the fields that want to receive in output. The check will be
performed by making sure the fields we require are really present in the
results stream and that type of each fields is really the type we expected to
be. If there are any differences an error will be thrown. The error will give
you the complete picture about which fields are missing and/or which fields
were declared by considering a w [...]
+
+*Note*: remember that currently this transform always give you a result row
back even if the pipelines started in the sub-workflow don't return any result.
In this case, the result row that you will get back will contain only the
fields provided by the flow as input of this transform.
=== Result Files Tab
