Publication task to set scope of maps loaded

Overview

This task allows the scope of the operation of existing tasks to be restricted. This increases the flexibility of the publication process.

Implementation

The following (in red) can be inserted at the start of a taskset within the publication tasks xml:

<Task Type="SETSCOPEBYEXCLUDE" Search="triaster" />
<Task Type="SETSCOPEBYINCLUDE" Search="general" />

Example:

To restrict which maps are exported to Excel to those containing "it life cycle", the following tasks must be added in the order given below. Note: the folder Excel Master must be created manually prior to running the tasks.

The task type "SETSCOPEBYEXCLUDE" will exclude any file from processing where the path contains the Search string.

The task type "SETSCOPEBYINCLUDE" will only process files where the path contains the Search string.

If the Set Scope task is used at the top of a taskset, the scope restriction will apply to all tasks within the taskset.

If the Set Scope restriction needs to be applied to a single task, it can be set immediately before the task and reset to normal behaviour immediately after the task (by setting the Search string to "").

Technical Note:

The Set Scope tasks add a filter value into the registry which is used, along with the multimap root, to determine which maps are loaded as part of a specific task.