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alias: user-guide-business-workflow-task-material-track-out
render_macros: false
description: "This task facilitates the tracking out of a material based on defined conditions"
---

# Track-Out

The task allows the user to Track-Out a Material.

![Screenshot showing a business workflow task for tracking out materials, labeled "MaterialTrackInPost1".](images/business_workflow_task_material_track_out.png)

??? example "Example"

    Trigger: 

    - Task Name: `MaterialTrackInPost_1`
    - Meaning: After performing Track-In Material.
 
    Condition: 

    - Input Expression: `{{$MaterialTrackInPost_1.Material.Type!="Production"}}`
    - Meaning: If the Material that was tracked in is not of Type `"Production"`.

    Action:

    - Input: `{{$MaterialTrackInPost_1.Material}}`
    - Meaning: The Material that was tracked in is tracked out.

## Behavior

The user will define a Material.

## Inputs

| Name            | Data Type  | Description                                                                           |Expression|
| --------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |----|
| `Material`      | `Material` | The Material that will be tracked out                                                 |- `{{$<task_name>.Material}}` </br> - `<material_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 tracked out                                                     |

## Remarks

The Material input 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.