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alias: user-guide-business-workflow-task-material-dispatch
render_macros: false
description: "This task dispatches a material to a specified resource based on defined conditions"
---

# Dispatch

The task allows the user to Dispatch a Material to a Resource.

![Screenshot showing a business workflow task for material dispatch.](images/business_workflow_task_material_dispatch.png)

??? example "Example"

    Trigger: 

    - Task Name: `MaterialAbortPost_1`
    - Meaning: After performing Abort Material.
 
    Condition: 

    - Input Expression: `{{$MaterialAbortPost_1.Material.PrimaryQuantity>=10}}`
    - Meaning: If the Primary Quantity of the Material that was aborted is greater or equal to 10.

    Action:

    - Input: 
        - `{{$MaterialAbortPost_1.Material}}`
        - `{{$MaterialAbortPost_1.Resource}}`
    - Meaning: The Material that was aborted is dispatched to the same Resource.

## Behavior

The user will define a Material and a Resource.

## Inputs

| Name            | Data Type  | Description                                                                           |Expression|
| --------------- | ---------- | - |-- |
| `Material`      | `Material` | The Material that will be dispatched                                                  |- `{{$<task_name>.Material}}` </br> - `<material_name>`|
| `Resource`      | `Resource` | The Resource where the Material will be processed                                     |- `{{$<task_name>.Resource}}` </br> - `<resource_name>`|
| `Comment`       | `String`   | An optional comment that will be associated with the operation that is being executed ||

## Outputs

| Name            | Data Type  | Description                                                                           |
| --------------- | ---------- | - |
| `Material`      | `Material` | The Material that was dispatched                                                      |
| `Resource`      | `Resource` | The Resource where the material was dispatched                                        |

## Remarks

The Material and the Resource inputs can be defined by the user as a simple name or an expression, such as **\{\{\$task.Material\}\}** where `task` is the name of a block that has the Material as input/output.