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
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
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
Export node field data using a Drupal View	get_data_from_view	Generating CSV files
Export a media report using a Drupal View	get_media_report_from_view	Generating CSV files
Populate a vocabulary from CSV	create_terms	Creating taxonomy terms
Update terms in a vocabulary from CSV	update_terms	Updating taxonomy terms