Procedures

Automation procedures in the YAML book.

The following documentation is for YAML v1.3.11 (BDK).

Ensure that you have installed or connected the YAML book and created a new playground before using these automation procedures.

to convert a yaml to a (text)

Convert a YAML concept into text.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
yaml	The YAML concept	yaml	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
text	The serialized YAML concept	text

Examples

Example 1: Convert the YAML concept into text

convert the yaml to a text

to delete or remove a (yaml)'s property

Remove a property in a YAML concept.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
yaml	The YAML concept which contains the property to be removed	yaml	Yes	(no default)
property	The name of the property to be removed	conceptual or text	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
yaml	The updated YAML concept	yaml

Examples

Example 1: Remove the Year property

delete the yaml's year

to get a (yaml's property)

Retrieve a property by name from a YAML concept.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
yaml	The YAML concept	yaml	Yes	(no default)
property	The name of the property that should be retrieved from the YAML	conceptual or text	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
yaml's property	The property that was retrieved from the YAML	boolean or list of any or number or text or yaml

Examples

Example 1: Retrieve the Movies property using exact match on the name Example 2: Retrieve the Movies property using natural language

    get yaml's "Movies"
    get yaml's movies

to get a yaml as a (file)

Convert a YAML concept into a file.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
yaml	The YAML concept	yaml	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
file	The file containing the serialized YAML concept	file

Examples

Example 1: Convert the YAML concept into a file

get the yaml as a file

to get a file as a (yaml)

Convert a file into a YAML concept.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
file	The file that contains the serialized YAML concept	file	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
yaml	The YAML concept	yaml

Examples

Example 1: Convert the file into a YAML concept

get the file as a yaml

to get a text as a (yaml)

Convert a text into a YAML concept.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
text	The text to be converted	text	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
yaml	The YAML concept	yaml

Examples

Example 1: Convert the text into a YAML concept

get the text as a yaml

to merge a (yaml) to another yaml

Merge two YAML concepts into a YAML concept.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
yaml	The first YAML concept	yaml	Yes	(no default)
another yaml	The second YAML concept	yaml	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
yaml	The YAML concept that has been merged	yaml

Examples

Example 1: Merge the one YAML concept into another

merge the yaml to the other yaml

to set or change a (yaml)'s property to a value

Change a property in a YAML concept to a specific text value.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
yaml	The YAML concept which contains the property to be changed	yaml	Yes	(no default)
property	The name of the property to be changed	conceptual or text	Yes	(no default)
value	The concept to be used as value for the property to be changed	boolean or list of any or number or text or yaml	Yes	(no default)

Output Concepts

Concept	Description	Type
yaml	The updated YAML concept	yaml

Examples

Example 1: Change the Year property to 2000

set the yaml's year to 2000