Change Starting Entry

This activity changes the starting entry to a specified entry or updates the Entry Name and Entry Path tokens to reflect the entry’s current name and path. Learn about tokens this activity produces

Note: All the activities listed below the Change Starting Entry activity in the Designer pane act on the entry specified in this activity by default.

To set up this activity:

1. Drag the activity from the toolbox pane and drop it in the Designer pane.
2. In the properties pane, type a name and description of the activity.
   
3. In the Connection Profile property box, select the repository you want the activity to use.
4. In the Entries property box, select the Other Entry radio button, then the Edit button , and choose the entries you want this activity to operate on.

   Note: Select Refresh the starting entry's tokens to use the same starting entry but with new tokens.

You may want to disable activities if you only want to test specific sections of your workflow. To disable activities:

1. Select an activity in the designer pane to highlight it.
2. In the Description property box, clear Enable.

Tokens for Change Starting Entry Activity

This activity produces the following tokens:

Tokens

Name	Description	Sample Syntax
PreviousEntry_Name	The name of the previous starting entry.	%(ChangeStartingEntry_PreviousEntry_Name)
PreviousEntry_Id	The Laserfiche ID number of the previous starting entry.	%(ChangeStartingEntry_PreviousEntry_Id)
PreviousEntry_Path	The folder path of the previous starting entry.	%(ChangeStartingEntry_PreviousEntry_Path)
PreviousEntry_FullPath	The folder path of the previous starting entry, including the entry's name in the path.	%(ChangeStartingEntry_PreviousEntry_FullPath)
PreviousEntry_Repository	The repository the previous starting entry was in.	%(ChangeStartingEntry_PreviousEntry_Repository)
OutputEntry_Name	The name of the starting entry specified in this activity.	%(ChangeStartingEntry_OutputEntry_Name)
OutputEntry_Id	The Laserfiche ID number of the starting entry specified in this activity.	%(ChangeStartingEntry_OutputEntry_Id)
OutputEntry_Path	The folder path of the starting entry specified in this activity.	%(ChangeStartingEntry_OutputEntry_Path)
OutputEntry_FullPath	The folder path of the starting entry specified in this activity, including the entry's name in the path.	%(ChangeStartingEntry_OutputEntry_FullPath)
OutputEntry_Repository	The repository that contains the starting entry specified in this activity.	%(ChangeStartingEntry_OutputEntry_Repository)
EntryWasFound	Whether the new starting entry selected in this activity was successfully found in the Laserfiche repository. This token can have one of two values: True or False.	%(ChangeStartingEntry_EntryWasFound)

The "ChangeStartingEntry" portion of the syntax changes to match the activity's name.

Note: All non-alphanumeric characters, except underscores, are removed from the name. For example, if you rename the activity "'Refresh' Tokens", the syntax for the PreviousEntry_Id token will be "%(RefreshTokens_PreviousEntry_Id)".