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alias: user-guide-business-workflow-task-load-entity-attributes
render_macros: false
description: "Loads selected attributes for existing entities and returns their values in input order."
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# Load Entity Attributes

Loads selected attributes for existing entities and returns their values in input order.

![Screenshot of a Business Workflow loading InspectionRequired attributes for a Material collection.](images/business-workflow-task-load-entity-attributes.png)

## Inputs

Set `EntityType`, `Entities`, `AttributeNames` in the task details. Use the value editor to select compatible results from earlier tasks.

### Named Input Rows

Use the **+** button in **Inputs** to add one row per attribute default. Enter its exact name, select its type, and enter a value or select an earlier result. Keep the fixed inputs. Additional names must be unique and different from the fixed input names.

See [Named Input Rows](../../../business_workflow_task.md#named-input-rows) for a worked example.

## Settings

Configure `RequireAllAttributes` in the task settings.

## Outputs

Use `Result`, `Values`, `Exists` in subsequent tasks.

??? example "Load Entity Attributes"

    Connect the **Material** collection and its entity type, select the attribute names to read, and add a Boolean row named `InspectionRequired` with value false as its missing-value default. Consume the corresponding `Values` and `Exists` outputs.

## Behavior

Default rows supply values for absent attributes. Check `Exists` to distinguish a stored value from a default. This task does not save attributes.