Create Object

These plugins deal with the creation of Ooyala Flex objects.

Create Object

Create Child User Defined Object

This plugin supports the creation of a new user object and assigning it to a parent object.

Properties:

Field	Value	Explanation
Icon		Plugin icon
Sub-type	Create Object	Sub-type of this plugin
Classification	Workflow	Classification of this plugin
Deployment	Internal	Whether the plugin is deployed inside Ooyala Flex or within another product
Supports Configuration		Whether this plugin supports configuration
Supports Scripting		Whether configuration supports scripting
Scripting Context	job, asset, event *	What Ooyala Flex objects can be referenced from within the scripting context. * Note: the event object is only visible in the context of an action running in an event handler.
Undo Action		The action required to undo this action
Redo Action		The action required to redo this action
Timeout		Whether or not to select a timeout
Auto retry		Whether or not to select an automatic retry
Compatibility	5.x	What versions of Ooyala Flex this plugin works for
Lifecycle	Stable	Maturity of this plugin (Experimental, Unstable or Stable)

Configuration:

Field	Field Type	Mandatory	Multiplicity	Description
Parent Details	complex
Parent User Object	User Object		1	Parent Object ID
Parent User Object ID	string
Child Type	User Object Type		1	Child object type
Number of Children	complex		1	Number of children to create
Parent Data Field	string		1	Parent data field name containing number of children
Number of Children	string		1	Number of children to create
Parent Data Field to Inherit	string		0..*	Field Inherited from parent

Create User Defined Object

This Plugin supports the creation of a new user object.

Properties:

Field	Value	Explanation
Icon		Plugin icon
Sub-type	Workflow	Sub-type of this plugin
Classification	Internal	Classification of this plugin
Deployment		Whether the plugin is deployed inside Ooyala Flex or within another product
Supports Configuration		Whether this plugin supports configuration
Supports Scripting	job, asset, event *	Whether configuration supports scripting
Scripting Context		What Ooyala Flex objects can be referenced from within the scripting context. * Note: the event object is only visible in the context of an action running in an event handler.
Undo Action		The action required to undo this action
Redo Action		The action required to redo this action
Timeout		Whether or not to select a timeout
Auto retry		Whether or not to select an automatic retry
Compatibility	5.x	What versions of Ooyala Flex this plugin works for
Lifecycle	Stable	Maturity of this plugin (Experimental, Unstable or Stable)

Configuration:

Field	Field Type	Mandatory	Multiplicity	Description
Name	string			Object name
Description	text			Object description
Type	single option			Object type
Number of objects to create	string			Number of objects to create.
Metadata Details	complex		1	Metadata details
Source JSON Variable	string		1	Source JSON variable
Source XML Details	complex		1	Source XML details
Source XML	complex			Source XML
Source XML Path	string		1	Source XML path.
Source XML Variable	string		1	Source XML variable.
XSLT	file		1	XSLT file.
Parent Details	complex		0..1	Parent details
Object ID Variable Name	string			Variable name to store the resulting object ID.

Create Placeholder Asset

This plugin supports the creation of a VFS Placeholder Asset.

Properties:

Field	Value	Explanation
Icon		Plugin icon
Sub-type	Create Object	Sub-type of this plugin
Classification	Internal	Classification of this plugin
Deployment		Whether the plugin is deployed inside Ooyala Flex or within another product
Supports Configuration		Whether this plugin supports configuration
Supports Scripting	job, asset, event *	Whether configuration supports scripting
Scripting Context		What Ooyala Flex objects can be referenced from within the scripting context. * Note: the event object is only visible in the context of an action running in an event handler.
Undo Action		The action required to undo this action
Redo Action		The action required to redo this action
Timeout		Whether or not to select a timeout
Auto retry		Whether or not to select an automatic retry
Compatibility	5.x	What versions of Ooyala Flex this plugin works for
Lifecycle	Stable	Maturity of this plugin (Experimental, Unstable or Stable)

Configuration:

Field	Field Type	Mandatory	Multiplicity	Description
Name	String			Object name
Description	Text			Object description.
Asset Type	Resource			The placeholder asset type to create.
Asset Origin	Resource			The origin to set on the asset.
Variant and Metadata	Complex		0..1	Specify the variant and optionally the metadata definition to set on the asset. If not specified, a default will be used if it has been configured.
Variant Name	String			The variant to set. This must be a valid configured variant name
Metadata Details	Complex		0..1	Metadata details
Metadata Definition	Resource		0..1	The Metadata definition to set. If not specified, a default will be used if it has been configured.
Source JSON Variable	String		0..1	Source JSON variable
Source XML Details	Complex		0..1	Source XML details.
Source XML	String			Source XML.
Source XML VFS Location	String		0..1	The Source XML Virtual filesystem location
Protocol	Resource			Protocol for accessing the location
Hostname	String			Hostname for accessing the location (mandatory except for file, s3, google or dropbox protocols)
Port	String			Port for accessing the location (mandatory except for file, s3, google or dropbox protocols) (#)
Path	String			Path for accessing the location (absolute path starting with / except for ftp, sftp, ftps which are relative to the User's home directory)
Username	String			Username for authentication (not required for file protocol)
Password	String			Password for authentication (not required for file, s3, google or dropbox protocols)
Key	String			Key for authentication (only applicable to s3, google and dropbox protocols)
Secret	String			Secret for authentication (only applicable to s3, google and dropbox protocols)
Token	String			Token for authentication (only applicable to google and dropbox protocols)
Bucket	String			Only applicable to S3 protocol
Private Key File Only	File			Only applicable for SFTP certificate authentication
Source XML Variable	String		0..1	Source XML variable.
XSLT	File		0..1	XSLT file.
Relationships	Complex			Relationships
Child	String		0..1	Child
Parent File Asset	String			Parent File asset.
Asset ID	String		0..1	Asset ID
Asset	Resource		0..1	Asset
Reference Name	String			Reference name which will be set to asset.
Member	Complex		1..*	Member.
Parent Group	Complex			Parent Group
Group ID	String		0..1	Group ID.
Group	Resource		0..1	Group
Membership Name	String			Optional membership name to set on the group-member relationship.
Parent Object Details	Complex		0..1	Parent object details
Parent ID	String		0..1	Parent ID
Parent	Resource		0..1	Parent
Set in Context	Resource			Set in context
Store asset as variable	string		0..1	Variable name to store asset as workflow variable.

ITV: Create Versions

Properties:

Field	Value	Explanation
Icon		Plugin icon
Sub-type	Create Object	Sub-type of this plugin
Classification	Process	Classification of this plugin
Deployment	Internal	Whether the plugin is deployed inside Ooyala Flex or within another product
Supports Configuration		Whether this plugin supports configuration
Supports Scripting		Whether configuration supports scripting
Scripting Context	job, asset, event *	What Ooyala Flex Objects can be referenced from within the scripting context. * Note: the event object is only visible in the context of an action running in an event handler.
Undo Action		The action required to undo this action
Redo Action		The action required to redo this action
Timeout		Whether or not to select a timeout
Auto retry		Whether or not to select an automatic retry
Compatibility	5.x	What versions of Ooyala Flex this plugin works for
Lifecycle	Stable	Maturity of this plugin (Experimental, Unstable or Stable)

Configuration:

Field	Field Type	Mandatory	Multiplicity	Description
Series Details	complex		1
Parent Series Object	boolean			Parent object
Parent Series Object ID	string			Parent object ID or expression
Version Data Field	string		1..*	Version type field

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