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# About the Tool Input Panel

The Tool Input Panel displays the input data required to perform the operation or multiple operations configured for the selected web service. This is displayed in a structured and manageable hierarchy. This hierarchy is displayed in a tree format with expandable and collapsible nodes, similar to Windows Explorer, defined by icons. The panel contains the following items: Search — The panel has a search option at the top which can be used where the data tree is large. The search automatically executes as text is entered into the field and will select and highlight the first matching node. Pressing the carriage return or enter button on your keyboard will select and highlight the next matching node. Data — This contains a hierarchy of the data available, displayed as a number of nodes. These are described below.
|  | Parent Node — The Parent Node is a container that is used to hold nested Parent Nodes and any data Elements and Attributes required by the web service operation(s). You can also:
|  | Remove item mappings — If selected this removes any mapping for the Parent Node that you may have added through the click and drag functionality.
|  | Options — Displays the Element Options dialog box which enables you to define what should happen if the Element does not contain data, either mapped from the Data Input Panel or a fixed value that has been manually entered, when the Task is run.

|  | Map child items — If selected, where the Parent Node has already been mapped to a Parent Node in the XML schema displayed in the Tool Input Panel, then if the child items for both are identical they will be automatically mapped.

|  | Element Node - The Element Node is an XML tag that will be populated with data mapped to it from the Data Input Panel at Task run time. You can also:

|  | Remove item mappings — If selected this removes any mapping for the Element Node that you may have added through the click and drag functionality.

|  | Options — Displays the Element Options dialog box which enables you to define what should happen if the Element does not contain data, either mapped from the Data Input Panel or a fixed value that has been manually entered, when the Task is run.

|  | Map child items — If selected, where the Element Node has already been mapped to an Element Node in the XML schema displayed in the Tool Input Panel, then if the child items for both are identical they will be automatically mapped.

|  | Attribute Node — The Attribute Node is an XML tag that will be populated with data mapped to it from the Data Input Panel at Task run time. You can also:

|  | Remove item mappings — If selected this removes any mapping for the Attribute Node that you may have added through the click and drag functionality.

|  | Options — Displays the Element Options dialog box which enables you to define what should happen if the Element does not contain data, either mapped from the Data Input Panel or a fixed value that has been manually entered, when the Task is run.

|  | Map child items — If selected, where the Attribute Node has already been mapped to an Attribute Node in the

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