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AnOLConnectdata mappingtaskwhichretrievesdatafromthejobfile(suchastherequest
XML).InadditiontocreatingrecordsintheConnectdatabase,thistaskcanoutputthe(IDsof
the)records.
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AnOLConnectdata getnodewhichretrievesanexistingrecordsetfromtheConnectdatabase.
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Astandardcreate filenodethatcreatesaJSONfile.
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Etc.
Whichnodeornodesfitbest,dependsonwherethedatacomefrom.
Tip: Anumberofnodesacceptruntime parameters.Thesecanbepassedviatheparameters
propertyofthemsgobjectwhichispassedbetweennodes.Forexample,aruntimeparameter
namedbrandIdwouldbepassedviamsg.parameters.brandId.Useafunctionnodeor
changenodetosettheproperty.
Files used in an OL Connect email flow
BeforecreatingtheemailflowintheeditorofNode-REDyouwillneedtocreate:
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AtemplatewithanEmailcontext.(See"Creatingatemplate"onpage415.)
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Iftheemailshouldcontainvariabledata,youmayneedtocreateadatamappingconfiguration
(see"Creatinganewdatamappingconfiguration"onpage200).IftheinputisgoingtobeJSON
data,youcouldaddthemtothedesignusingaJSONfile(see"AddingJSONsampledata"on
page720).
Notethatbeforetemplatesanddatamappingconfigurationscanbeusedinaflow,theymustbesentto
theOLConnectserverseparately.ThiscanbedonefromtheDesigner(see"SendingfilestoConnect
Serverortoanotherserver"onpage419)orinastartupflow(see"OLConnectStartupflow"on
page189).
An OL Connect print flow in Node-RED
ThistopicgivesanoverviewofthenodesandfilesthatareusedinatypicalOLConnectprintflowin
Node-RED.
AneasywaytocreatesomeexamplefilestoworkwithistouseaSampleProject.Therearetwo
SampleProjectsthatcreateasampleprintproject;see"SampleProjects"onpage918.Foraprintflow
inNode-REDyouwoulduseallfilesexcepttheWorkflowconfigurationfile.
IftheobjectiveoftheflowistoserveapreviewofaPDF,takealookatthistopic:"AnOLConnectpre-
viewPDFflowinNode-RED"onpage194.
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