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Supported behaviors for tasks and elements in Process Composer

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Supported behaviors for tasks and elements in Process Composer

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Updated: 2024/08/08

Process Composer tasks, logic conditions, and end points support copy, paste, and cut behaviors from the Bot editor. This also includes the ability to double-click and replace items on the canvas.

Supported behaviors

Note: The functionality of these behaviors are the same for both Process Composer and Bot editor with the exception of some specific task types.

Copy: Use CTRL + C to copy data from the task.
Paste: Use CTRL + V to paste copied data in your task.
Cut: Use CTRL + X to copy and remove data from your task.
Double-click to add: Double-click a task to add data to it.

Copy behavior

When you copy a task or element in the canvas, these behaviors will occur:


Task types	Behavior
Bot Task Form Task Filter Task Document Validation Task If Else if End process Go to	Properties are retained in the clipboard.
Else	Task is not retained in the clipboard.

Paste behavior

When you paste a task or element in the canvas, these behaviors will occur:


Task types	Node selected	Behavior
Bot Task Form Task Filter Task Document Validation Task If/Else pair	None	Task is attached to the last node located before the end point (End process or Go to).
Bot Task Form Task Filter Task Document Validation Task If/Else pair	End process Go to	Task is attached to the last node placed before the end point (End process or Go to).
Bot Task Form Task Filter Task Document Validation Task If/Else pair	Bot Task Form Task Filter Task Document Validation If Else if Else	Task is attached to the node.
End process Go to	Bot Task Form Task Filter Task Document Validation If Else if Else None	Paste is not allowed or disabled.
End process Go to	End process Go to	Task replaces the selected node.
Else if	If Else if	Task is added as a new Else if node in the same line as the If or Else if, and located in the last position before the Else.
Else if	Bot Task Form Task Filter Task Document Validation End Process None	Task is not added to the canvas because this action is invalid.

Cut behavior

When you cut (remove) a task or element in the canvas, these behaviors will occur:


Task types	Behavior
Bot Task Form Task Filter Task Document Validation Task	Task is removed from the canvas by deletion but the clipboard retains the task with all the properties .
If Else if	Task is removed from the canvas by deletion but the clipboard retains the task with all the properties. All child nodes are deleted from the canvas.
Else	Task is not removed or retained in the clipboard.
End process Go to	Task is removed from the canvas by deletion but the clipboard contains the task with all the properties.

Double-click to add behaviors

When you double-click a task or element in the canvas to add data to it, these behaviors will occur:


Task types	Node selected	Behavior
Bot Task Form Task Filter Task Document Validation Task If/Else pair	None	Task is attached to the last node located before the end point (End process or Go to) of the main branch (farthest left).
Bot Task Form Task Filter Task Document Validation Task If/Else pair	End process Go to	Task is attached to the last node located before the end point (End process or Go to).
Bot Task Form Task Filter Task Document Validation Task If/Else pair	Bot Task Form Task Filter Task Document Validation If Else if Else	Task is attached to the selected node.
End process Go to	Bot Task Form Task Filter Task Document Validation If Else if Else None	Double-click is not allowed or disabled.
End process Go to	End process Go to	Task replaces the selected node.
Else if	If	Task is added as a new Else if node in the same line as the If or Else if and in the last position before the Else.
Else if	Bot Task Form Task Filter Task Document Validation Else if End Process Go to None	Task is not added to the canvas because this action is invalid.