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Related topics:
Use the Data Selector (Page 117)
Choose a Line Printer, CSV, ASCII, Channel Skip or XML Sample Data File (Page 120)
Choose a Database Type Sample Data File (Page 120)
Add or Edit Data Selections (Page 123)
Get Data (Page 124)
5.2.5 Add or Edit Data Selections
To add data selections you create references to specific data within the sample data file. At runtime, these
references are used to find information within the actual data. Used various in variable property boxes, they
add flexibility to your PlanetPress Watch/Server configuration.
To add data selections, you must have chosen a sample data file for the selected process. Note that changing
sample data file related settings typically changes data selection results.
Note that for compatibility reasons with earlier versions of PlanetPress Watch/Server, various reference
formats are accepted.
To add or edit a data selection:
1. Add or edit any task that uses variable properties in its configuration.
2. Do one of the following:
To add a new data selection, right-click anywhere in a variable property box and choose Select
Data from the pop-up menu.
To edit an existing data selection, select the reference of the data selection and choose Select
Data from the pop-up menu.
The Data Selector appears. If you are adding a new data selection, no data is selected. If you
selected a data selection in order to edit it, the referenced data is selected.
3. In the Data Pane, click the beginning of the data you want and drag the cursor to include all the
information. You may select multiple lines. To ensure that you are selecting all the cells required to
correctly reference the data, enable the Highlight data option using Selector Options tab (see Use the
Data Selector (Page 117)).
The references of your selection are indicated in the From line, To line, From column and To column
boxes.
4. To see the data selected on the various pages of the sample data file, use the Data page spin buttons.
5. Set the trim and case properties of the data selection.
Trim selection: Select to remove blank spaces before and after the content of the data selection.
Keep case: Select to keep characters in their original casing.
To uppercase: Select to convert all the characters to uppercase.
To lowercase: Select to convert all the characters to lower-case.
6. Click OK.
The Data Selector is closed and the references of the selected data are added to the variable property
box.
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