Task Types

The following table lists the available tasks and their description.

Icon	Task Type	Description and Usage
	CopyFilesTask	Copies, moves, or overwrites files. For example, you can use this task to copy log files to a different location, move processed vendor files, or place copies of files in backup folders.
	DeleteFilesTask	Deletes files that meet the specified criteria. For example, you can use it to delete log files after the system moves them.
	DeleteSqlTask	Performs a SQL DELETE command on rows of data meeting the specified criteria. Allows commands to execute before and after the delete process, and allows you to save deleted records to a file.
	EmailTask	Creates an email message notification with or without attachments for one or more recipients. You can convert text into HTML using XML/XSLT.
	ImportTask	Imports files based on the specified parameters.
	MethodTask	Executes a method in the specified class and assembly. This task allows Custodian to execute custom methods in third-party assemblies that have no knowledge of Custodian.
	ProcessTask	Runs a separate executable file, passes arguments to the file, and determines whether the file executed properly.
	ScriptTask	Not used.
	SoleResponsibilityTask	Retracts active sole responsibility requests that are either pending approval or in an approved state for accounts that no longer have a valid PIF or SIF arrangement.
	SqlCursorTask	Queries for data, then processes against the data on the server side. Uses separate commands to retrieve and then process the data.
	SqlTask	Runs a standard SQL command against the Instances specified.
	SqlToFileTask	Queries data and then processes each query result to create one or more files.
	StoredProcedureTask	Runs a stored procedure located in the Latitude database.
	TransformFileTask	Converts an XML file using an XSL file and saves it to a file for viewing in HTML format.
	TruncateTask	Removes erroneous data from the tables specified.
	ValueListSqlTask	Runs a SQL command on each value provided in a list against the databases specified. Values can be true/false, date, number, text, or a SQL statement. You can use parameters to populate the list.