Start

This is the point in a script at which execution begins.

The action cell also allows the following optional data exchange depending on how it is run:

Run as

Data Exchange

Subsidiary script

Receives data from a parent script’s Run FLOW Service action cell and sends data back to the parent.

A script calling a clear down handler script

Sends data to the clear down handler script.

A clear down handler script

Sends data to the parent script.

See also, Implement a Subsidiary Script and Implement a Clear Down Handler.

Properties

Start Section

Option

Description

Input Variables

Applies if this is a subsidiary script (called by another script) or a clear down handler script.

Populate this section with variables for receiving data from the parent script. In the Name column, enter a string ID (preceded by =) for associating the variable with the equivalent variable in the parent script. In the Value column, enter the user variable for receiving the value.

Output Variables

Applies if this is a subsidiary script.

Populate this section with variables for sending data back to the parent script when this script ends. In the Name column, enter a string ID (preceded by =) for associating the variable with the equivalent variable in the parent script. In the Value column, enter the user variable containing the value to send.

Note: Equivalent input and output variables must also be set in the parent script's Run FLOW Service action cell.

Send ringing on start

Clear this to prevent ringback messages being sent to the network when calls are received. This is useful in a script that begins by routing callers to outbound destinations and in which callers are required to hear network messages instead of ringing if the outbound calls fail.

Clear Down Section

If you are working in a script that needs to call a clear down handler script for cleanup operations, use this section to call that script and to, optionally, send variable values to it. If you are working in a clear down handler script, use this section to receive variable values (if any) from the calling script.

Option

Description

Enable a clear down handler

Select this option if this script is a main script calling a clear down handler script, or if it is a clear down handler script that needs to receive values from the calling script.

Service

In a main script calling a clear down handler, select the clear down handler script.

Clear Down Handler Input Variables

If this is a main script calling a clear down handler script, in the Name column, enter a string ID (preceded by =) for associating the variable with the equivalent variable in the clear down handler. In the Value column, enter the user variable whose value you want to pass to the clear down handler.

If this is a clear down handler script, in the Name column, enter a string ID (preceded by =) for associating the variable with the equivalent variable in the main script. In the Value column, enter the user variable to receive the value from the main script.

Exit Point

Exit Point

Description

Complete

This is taken when the script is invoked by an access point, a parent script, or a storm OUTBOUND campaign.