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l Split when condition found: You may not want to split the file every time the string of characters entered in the
Value box is found, but only every other time, or every third time. If so, enter the number of times in this box.
A Database Field Change:If you choose “A database field change” in the Split data file on list box (the Use emulation
option must be selected), the following box is displayed.
l Field name: Enter the name of the field that the Generic Splitter must check. If you enter “ID”, for example, the
Generic Splitter will only look in the field named “ID” for the value entered below. In this variable property box, you
may enter static characters, variables, job information elements or any combination of these.
l Consider case: Select to force the Generic Splitter to match the character casing of the string of the values appearing
in the selected database field. If this option is selected, “DAY” and “Day” will not be considered as matching the search
string “day”.
l Where to split group
l Pages or records: Enter exactly where to split the file. Enter 1 to split the file 1 page or record before or after
the string, 2 to split the file 2 pages or records before or after the string, or 0 to split the file immediately before
or after the string.
l Before or after: In the previous box, you entered where you wanted to split the file. Here is where you spec-
ify whether you want the Generic Splitter to split the file X number of pages or records before or after the string.
Choose 5 in the Pages or records box and “Records after” in this box, for example, to split the file 5 records after
the record that matches the condition.
l Split when condition found: You may not want to split the file every time the string of characters changes, but
only every other time, or every third time. If so, enter the number of times in this box.
On Error Tab
The On Error Tab is common to all tasks. Details can be found on Task Properties Dialog.
If storing the message or ID, if they are store in a jobinfo they will be available in any error handling process where errors are
being forwarded. In all cases, if your process continues after the error, the contents of the variables selected in this window
will be available for the rest of your process, or whenever they are overwritten.
PDF Splitter
PDF Splitter action tasks are used to split emulated PDF data files into multiple data files that are passed to subsequent tasks in
the process.
Input
A PDF Emulation data file.
Processing
The file is separated into multiple chunks according to the rules set in the task's properties.
Output
Multiple data files, sent one after the other to the rest of the tasks in the process. Metadata, job infos and user variables are
not modified by this task.
PDF Splitter action task properties are as follows:
General Tab
l Split on page group: Select to split the data file based on pages (rather than on a word found within the PDF data)
and to activate the option from this group, which is used to tailor exactly how you want the page based splitting process