---
alias: user-guide-automation-core-tasks-index
tags:
- automation tasks
description: "This documentation details tasks within a core workflow package, categorized by IoT function and workflow stages"
---

# Core Tasks

This section details the available tasks in the Core package (`connect-iot-controller-engine-core-tasks`), grouped by their category on IoT Workflow designer.

## Core

- [Message Bus](core/task_messagebus.md) (Deprecated)
- [System Event](core/task_systemevent.md) (Deprecated)
- [Timer](core/task_timer.md) (Deprecated)

## Equipment

### Actions

- [Driver Command](equipment/actions/task_equipment_drivercommand.md)
- [Equipment Configuration](equipment/actions/task_equipment_equipmentconfig.md)
- [Equipment Setup Result](equipment/actions/task_equipmentsetupresult.md) (Deprecated)
- [Execute Equipment Command](equipment/actions/task_executeequipmentcommand.md)
- [Get Equipment Properties](equipment/actions/task_getequipmentproperties.md)
- [Send Notification to Driver](equipment/actions/task_sendnotificationtodriver.md)
- [Set Equipment Properties](equipment/actions/task_setequipmentproperties.md)

### Triggers

- [Driver Event](equipment/triggers/task_equipment_driverevent.md)
- [On Equipment Event](equipment/triggers/task_equipmentevent.md)
- [On Equipment Setup](equipment/triggers/task_equipmentsetup.md) (Deprecated)
- [Subscribe In Driver](equipment/triggers/task_subscribeindriver.md)

## MES

### Actions

- [Adjust State](mes/actions/task_adjuststate.md)
- [API Post Event](mes/actions/task_apipostevent.md)
- [Custom LBO](mes/actions/task_customlbo.md)
- [Entity Instance](mes/actions/task_entityinstance.md)
- [Execute Action](mes/actions/task_executeaction.md)
- [Execute Service Call](mes/actions/task_executeservicecall.md)
- [Get Equipment Properties](equipment/actions/task_getequipmentproperties.md)
- [Message Bus Reply](mes/actions/task_messagebus_reply.md)
- [Message Bus Send](mes/actions/task_messagebus_send.md)
- [Resolve Table](mes/actions/task_resolvetable.md)
- [Send System Action Reply](mes/actions/task_system_actionreply.md)

### Triggers

- [Message Bus Listener](mes/triggers/task_messagebus_listener.md)
- [System Action Listener](mes/triggers/task_system_actionlistener.md)

## Rabbit Message Queue

### Actions

- [Acknowledge](rabbitmq/actions/task_rabbitmqack.md)
- [Publish Message to Exchange](rabbitmq/actions/task_rabbitmqpublishtoexchange.md)
- [Send Message to Queue](rabbitmq/actions/task_rabbitmqsendmessagetoqueue.md)

### Configuration

- [Setup](rabbitmq/configuration/task_rabbitmqsetup.md)

### Triggers

- [Subscribe from Exchange](rabbitmq/triggers/task_rabbitmqsubscribefromexchange.md)
- [Subscribe from Queue](rabbitmq/triggers/task_rabbitmqsubscribefromqueue.md)

## Workflow

### Actions

- [Arithmetic Operation](workflow/actions/task_arithmeticoperation.md)
- [Calculate Checksum](workflow/actions/task_calculatechecksum.md)
- [Code](workflow/actions/task_code.md)
- [Get Configurations](workflow/actions/task_getconfigurations.md)
- [Log Message](workflow/actions/task_logmessage.md)
- [Merge Array](workflow/actions/task_mergearray.md)
- [Merge Object](workflow/actions/task_mergeobject.md)
- [Retrieve Data](workflow/actions/task_retrieve.md)
- [Retrieve Data From Queue](workflow/actions/tasks_queue_retrieve.md)
- [Store Data](workflow/actions/task_store.md)
- [Store Data In Queue](workflow/actions/tasks_queue_store.md)
- [Store Data In Queue With Expiration Date](workflow/actions/tasks_queue_store_in_timed_queue.md)
- [Store Data With Expiration](workflow/actions/tasks_queue_store_with_expiration.md)

### Configuration

- [Custom Templates](workflow/configuration/task_customtemplates.md)

### Control Flow

- [Break](workflow/control_flow/task_control_flow_break.md)
- [Call Function](workflow/control_flow/task_control_flow_callFunction.md)
- [Condition](workflow/control_flow/task_control_flow_condition.md)
- [For](workflow/control_flow/task_control_flow_for.md)
- [Foreach](workflow/control_flow/task_control_flow_foreach.md)
- [Function](workflow/control_flow/task_control_flow_function.md)
- [Return](workflow/control_flow/task_control_flow_return.md)
- [Switch](workflow/control_flow/task_switch.md)
- [Synchronize](workflow/control_flow/task_synchronize.md)
- [Throw Error](workflow/control_flow/task_control_flow_throw.md)
- [TryCatch](workflow/control_flow/task_control_flow_trycatch.md)
- [Workflow](workflow/control_flow/task_workflow.md)
- [Workflow End](workflow/control_flow/task_workflowend.md)
- [Workflow Start](workflow/control_flow/task_workflowstart.md)

### Parsers

- [Expression Evaluator](workflow/parsers/task_expressionevaluator.md) (Deprecated)
- [Generic Expression Evaluator](workflow/parsers/task_expressionevaluatorgeneric.md)
- [JSONata](workflow/parsers/task_jsonata.md)
- [Regular Expression Evaluator](workflow/parsers/task_expressionevaluatorregular.md)
- [XPath Expression Evaluator](workflow/parsers/task_expressionevaluatorxpath.md)

### Timers

- [On Cron Job](workflow/timers/task_timers_oncronjob.md)
- [On Timer](workflow/timers/task_timers_ontimer.md)
- [Sleep](workflow/timers/task_timers_sleep.md)
- [Timeout](workflow/timers/task_timers_timeout.md)

### Triggers

- [Unhandled Error](workflow/triggers/task_unhandlederror.md)

## Zero Downtime

- [Send Ready State Reply](zero-downtime/task_send_ready_state_reply.md)
- [Ready State Request](zero-downtime/task_ready_state_request.md)