Choosing a task

The task configuration setting defines the specific work you want Workbench to perform. This table may help you choose when to use a specific task:

If you want to	Then use this task	Start with this documentation
Create nodes from CSV and, optionally, attached media	create	Preparing your data, Field data (Drupal and CSV)
Create basic nodes without using CSV, and attach media	create_from_files	Creating nodes from files
Add child nodes to existing parent nodes	create	Adding children to nodes that already exist
Update node field data	update	Updating nodes
Delete nodes and, optionally, their attached media	delete	Deleting nodes
Add media to existing nodes using a list of node IDs	add_media	Adding media to nodes
Update media field data	update_media	Updating media
Replace files, including media track files, attached to media	update_media	Updating media
Update media field data, or replace files, including media track files, attached to media usig node IDs	update_media_by_node	Updating media using node IDs
Delete media using a list of media IDs	delete_media	Deleting media
Delete media using a list of node IDs	delete_media_by_node	Deleting media
Export node field data using a list of node IDs	export_csv	Generating CSV files and exporting Islandora content
Export node field data using a Drupal View	get_data_from_view	Generating CSV files and exporting Islandora content
Export a media report using a Drupal View	get_media_report_from_view	Generating CSV files and exporting Islandora content
Populate a vocabulary from CSV	create_terms	Creating taxonomy terms
Update terms in a vocabulary from CSV	update_terms	Updating taxonomy terms
Create URL redirects	create_redirects	Creating redirects
Add alt text to images	add_alt_text	Adding alt text to images
Update image alt text	update_alt_text	Adding alt text to images
Ren scripts on existing nodes, media, and terms	run_scripts	Running scripts on existing entities