Understand tasks
Learn what a task does and choose the right task type.
Use a task to define one repeatable operation on product data. A task does nothing until you add it to a workflow and start that workflow for products.
What a task is, and how it differs from a workflow
A task is one reusable step, such as translating or converting prices. A workflow is the chain of tasks that runs on each product. Editing a task changes every workflow that contains it, from the next run on; finished products never change. See core concepts.
Choose a task type
- Open Tasks.
- Select New Task.
- Choose one of the four available task types:
- Translate translates product content into a selected language.
- Template generates product-description content from ordered template elements.
- Conversion converts prices and can apply pricing and rounding rules.
- Custom runs your prompt using the product fields you select.
Expected result
After you select a type and create it, the task appears in Tasks and is available in the Workflow Builder.
Limits and choices
Task settings are reusable, so changing a task changes how that task behaves in future workflow runs. It does not change work that has already run. A task can be added more than once to a workflow if you deliberately need the same step twice.