What is an automator

what is an automator? what does it do. How do i use it. Do i need to use it? is it necessarry?

JustMe2,
Read Automator, How it Works.
Also read Automator, Your personal automation assistant.
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Quick question about the Copy Finder Items action in automator: the "replace existing files" option, how is sameness determined? In other words, according to what criteria does Automator determine that two files are the same, and so eligible for replacement in the destination folder when that option is chosen? For example, would file Mydog.doc, modified 10/14/05, 230k be viewed as the same thing as Mydog.doc., modifided 2/21/06, 150k?
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I have an automated task that has an event in receive state and an internal Xquery automator. The event takes information from de order and send it to a specific queue, then the automator updates the orders to indicate that the information was sent.
I have noticed that sometimes the update automator is executed first that the event so when the event executes can not find information to send to the queue.
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Another problem is with Jeopardies in a manual task. In it i have an automator that complete the task to a specific state. The Jeopardy is executed but the task is not completed by the state defined?
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Hi,
I am not sure whether I understood completely. Lemme try to answer your 2 questions.
*1) If a the event is in receive state, why the automator is running first? what type of automator are accepted for each task state? So you are saying you have* defined an event when the automated task goes to Receive state ?
Ans : As you have defined the event on the "Receive" state of an automation task, it will be the event gets executed first. Basically during execution of any order, when you hit submit in the CreationTask, automatically next task will be loaded and its task state will be in Recieve state irrespective of Task type like Automated or Manual. That is why when loading the next task, the task will be in received state and the automator runs first.
If you want fire the event on different task state like "Accepted" or "Completed" you might have to change the event type.
*2) i have an automator that complete the task to a specific state. The Jeopardy is executed but the task is not completed by the state defined? Are there any restrictions to Jeopardies in manual tasks?*
Ans: As you said, Jeopardy is getting executed in the manual task correctly. Also you are expecting that the task should be completed along with jeopardy. But as the task type itself is a Manual Task, one has to manually open the order in worklist and make it proceed to next task. No plugins will make a Manual task to complete. Automation Plugins can be completed using the plugins.
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