Tasks

Task is the unit of work that can be performed in a Job. Job can contain one or more Tasks, and when a Job is executed, all active Tasks in the Job are executed in the specified order.

What Task does is determined by Task Type. There are many types of Tasks and more are being added depending on the customer needs.

Realtask supports following tasks.

Data Load
Used to process records from source to target. Supports various sources and targets. This is the primary Task type used for Org-to-Org data migration, data export, and data import.

Invoke Target
This Task is used to invoke a target service. This Task type doesn't have any source but only a target. For ex., it is used to run Sfdc DML statements, run Apex scripts, etc.,

Sfdc Data Copy
This Task is used to copy data from one Sfdc Org to another Sfdc Org, typically for Sandbox seeding.

Sfdc Data Mask
This Task is used to mask data in Sfdc Org.

Next up, go through Manage Tasks to learn how to create, edit, delete, and manage Tasks and then explore details of various Task types.