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Normally when a pipe requests data from a non-static input stream, that stream will first attempt to bring itself up to date, generating new stream sets as necessary, before supplying the data requested. However, if this field is ticked, the input stream will not run. Pipes from collectors cannot be marked as static.
Mandatory
If ticked, when multiple Streams are being merged then there must be an input record from this Pipe for an output record to be generated by the output Stream.
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