Type tab
The Type tab on the Step Details page displays the step type, which indicates the type of processing that the step performs. On this tab, you can view or change the step type attributes for the step.
The different step types are described in the sections that follow:
- Instructions steps
- Template steps, with more details provided in:
- Calling steps
- REST steps
- Step type is an attribute of a leaf (child) step. A parent step does not have a step type. Therefore, no step type value is displayed for a parent step.
- The step type calling step cannot contain instructions, input variables, or step feedback. Therefore, if you change the step type to a calling step, the workflow editor removes these properties from the step, if they were specified previously.
For more information about creating steps, see the topic Creating workflow definitions for z/OS in IBM z/OS Management Facility Programming Guide.