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Send Container Undock Reply#

This action task sends the reply back to a Container Undock request received from the MES, completing the request/reply exchange started by the On Container Undock Request task.

It belongs to the System / MES category, under Actions, and is available in Data Flow workflows.

Send Container Undock Reply - Data Flow Task

Details#

Fields Details
Scope Connect IoT
Data Platform
Enterprise Integration
Factory Automation
Workflow Data flow
IsProtocol flag

Behavior#

When activated, this task sends the reply back to the Container Undock request that the On Container Undock Request task is waiting on, which unblocks the MES. The reply comes from the reply input, or from the Default Reply setting when no reply is provided.

This task must run in the same workflow branch (zone) as the request it answers. If there is no pending request to answer, the task emits Error instead.

Inputs#

Name Data Type Description
reply Object Reply to send back to the Container Undock request. Optional; when omitted, the Default Reply is used.
Activate Any Activates the task, sending the reply.

Table: Send Container Undock Reply task inputs

Outputs#

Name Data Type Description
Success Boolean Triggered when the reply is sent successfully.
Error Error Triggered when sending fails, or no pending request exists in the current context.

Table: Send Container Undock Reply task outputs

Settings#

On the General tab, you have the usual settings and the following settings:

Name Data Type Values Default Description
Default Reply Object {} Optional default message to reply with when the task is activated and no reply is provided on the input.

Table: Send Container Undock Reply task settings

Settings Wizard for Send Container Undock Reply Task

Remarks#

This task pairs with the On Container Undock Request task, which listens for the request that this task replies to. It must be executed within the zone created by that task.

MES confirms the operation with any reply and does not read its content. To refuse the operation with a reason, link an Error with a message into reply: MES fails the operation with that message. See Connect IoT - MES Interoperability Scenarios Tutorial.

This task uses a specific structure of context-based data called zone. More information on this topic can be read in the Zones page.