Linked Scripts
Like queries, Orbital allows you to create links from scripts to queries. These scripts are called Linked Scripts.
Linked scripts are scripts that can be connected or linked to one or more existing queries. By linking a script to one or more existing queries, the script can use the endpoint list from the existing query, provided that the existing query returns results that are not empty. This means that the linked script will only act on those endpoints that the existing query identifies as having met its criteria.
| Important Note: | Scripts can only be linked to an existing query. They cannot be linked to another script nor can queries be linked to existing scripts. Additionally, the Link Query command will only be listed in action menus, located on the Results page, that are associated with queries. It will not be listed in the action menus for existing scripts. |
It might be tempting to think of linked scripts as a pipe; however, this would be incorrect. Pipes treat the entire output of one command as the input of another command.
Instead, a linked script is a results-based endpoint selector. It behaves much like a multilevel boolean search does, where you are using the outcome of a previous search to drill down into more detailed results. It can also be thought of as a type of filter.
Linked scripts will only supply the list of endpoints that met the query's criteria with its script to run.
| Note: | Linked scripts do not perform any actions on the actual data returned from the query's criteria match. |