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+====== STATUS ======
+Category: Workflow / Internal \\
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+=====Description=====
+This action updates project execution status with a custom message (which can be calculated using an expression). It serves the same purpose, but works differently, in EasyMorph Desktop, Launcher, and EasyMorph Server.
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+=====Use cases=====
+The Status action can be helpful on various occasions:
+  * Indicate milestones for long-running projects.
+  * Since Status messages from called/iterated subprojects are also displayed, it allows for creating status messages that indicate the progress of iterations (e.g. “10 files processed out of 123”, or “Processing: 12-May-2021”) which can help estimate total run time.
+  * Log particular messages or custom warnings into task logs (e.g. number of dates processed, data quality metrics, etc.). Such messages can later be parsed and necessary actions taken.
+  * Estimate execution time of an action or a chain of actions in a project. In this case the Status action can be used to record start/end times.
+  * Log values of calculated parameters (input parameters are logged automatically in the task log).
+  * Create audit records with file names or database tables modified.
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+=====Action settings=====
+^Setting^Description^
+|Set execution status as|Choose the source of the status message text.  Options:  //Text// (and enter the message text),\\ //Expression// (and enter an expression that returns the message as a calculated result), or\\ //Cell value// (and select the Column and Row number<sup>*</sup> holding the value used for the message).|
+|Show also as Windows notification (Launcher only)|When checked, the status message will appear in the Windows notification area when the project is run from the EasyMorph Launcher.|
+<sup>*</sup> Setting can be specified using a [[:parameters|parameter]].\\
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+=====Remarks=====
+**Desktop Application:** The status message will appear in the "Still running..." window.\\
+**Desktop (command-line mode):** The status message will appear in the command window.\\
+**Launcher:** The status message will appear in the "Status" tab.  It will also appear in the Windows notification area if that setting was selected.  See Action settings, above.\\
+**Server:** 1) It updates the task status in the web console, and 2) writes status messages in the task log.\\
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+=====Examples=====
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+=====More examples=====
+[[https://community.easymorph.com/t/the-status-action/271|Community:  The Status Action]]
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+=====See also=====