Building an EXIT Step

Click the

button next to

on the flow service editor toolbar and click

.

Click

by the side of the flow service editor to open the Palette view. Click

and drag it to the flow service editor.

For this property…

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Comments

An optional descriptive comment for this step.

Label

An optional name for this specific step, or a null, unmatched, or empty string ($null, $default, blank).

Important:

If you use this step as a target for a BRANCH step, you must specify a value in the Label property. For more information about the BRANCH step, see The BRANCH Step.

Exit from

The flow step from which you want to exit. Specify one of the following:

Specify

To exit from the...

$loop

Nearest ancestor LOOP or REPEAT flow step.

$parent

Parent flow step, regardless of the type of step.

$flow

Entire flow.

Label

Nearest ancestor flow step that has a label that matches this value.

Note:

If the label you specify does not match the label of an ancestor flow step, the flow will exit with an exception.

Signal

Whether the exit is to be considered a success or a failure. Specify one of the following:

Specify

To...

SUCCESS

Exit the flow service or flow step with a success condition.

FAILURE

Exit the flow service or flow step with a failure condition. An exception is thrown after the exit. You specify the error message with the Failure message property.

Failure message

The text of the exception message you want to display. If you want to use the value of a pipeline variable for this property, type the variable name between % symbols (for example, %mymessage%). The variable you specify must be a String.

This property is not used when Signal is set to SUCCESS.