Next Loop Activity

Activity Description:

The Next Loop activity can be used as the terminal activity in a loop initiated using a For-Loop Activity. It will check if the count value has been reached. If the value has not been reached it will increment the 'Loop Variable' set in the For-Loop Activity and repeat the execution of the activities in the loop.

Activity Properties:

The Next Loop activity has to be configured by specifying appropriate values for the different properties in the Activity Properties area. The Activity Properties can be accessed by clicking on the Activity Properties tool in the tool bar or by selecting the appropriate option from the right click menu for the Next Loop activity. The Activity Properties are organized under the following groups of related properties. The properties under each group are described in this topic.

The properties in the Name & Description group have been described below. You can use these properties to specify the name and description for the activity.

Name - This property can be used to specify a name for the activity.

Property Type: Optional (This property needs to be set only if necessary.)

Description - This property specifies a brief description to be displayed for the activity.

Property Type: Optional (This property needs to be set only if necessary.)

Looping Behavior 

The property in the Looping Behavior group has been described below. You can use this property to specify the looping behavior of the activity.

Loop through this action if output is - This property is used to specify the condition for looping the activity by selecting an activity output from the drop-down.

Property Type: Optional (This property needs to be set only if necessary.)

Activity outputs:

The Next Loop activity returns the following value:

Next Step: Displayed to indicate the next step in the loop

Exception Behavior

Each activity has the Raise Error on Unhandled Linked Output property on click of which, it shows all the default configured mapped error outputs in red with their check boxes selected.

See Mapped Error Outputs for more details.