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Data in PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools
PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools is a versatile tool that can capture various types of data files and dispatch this data to var-
ious PlanetPress Design documents. To fully understand PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools and how it treats data, you must
understand how it is integrated into PlanetPress Design.
This section covers issues relating to the sample data used to create your PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools configuration and
to the actual data that PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools will send to PlanetPress Design documents. It is an important section
which you should fully understand before you start creating your configuration. Also included in this section are procedures
that let you make data selections as well as get data from the sample data file.
Since many of the concepts and explanations included in this chapter are closely related to concepts and explanations found in
the PlanetPress Design User Guide, we suggest that you review this document, especially the Selecting an Emulation sec-
tion.
Choosing a Sample Data File
In order to create your PlanetPress Workflow Tools Process, the sample data you are going to use has to correspond precisely
to the job files that will be treated by that process, at least in terms of structure.
The sample data file should have a relatively small number of pages (generally less than a hundred)in order to be processed
quickly, while your actual data may be much larger and take more time to process. The sample data file should also contain at
least one of every exception you may want to detect, or data used for a specific condition. For example if you wanted to filter
out any data for clients in Canada, you would want to use a data file that has at least one user from Canada, to test whether
your condition removes it.
To choose a sample data file:
1. Click the Debug tab in the PlanetPress Suite Ribbon.
2. Click on Select in the Data group.
3. Use the Data Selector to choose your sample data file and emulation options.
4. Click OK on the Data Selector.
PlanetPress Workflow Tools also keeps the last 9 used data files in memory, which you can reopen to use in the same process,
or a different one.
To reopen a sample data file used previously:
1. Click the Debug tab in the PlanetPress Suite Ribbon.
2. Click on Reopen Data File in the Data group.
3. Click on one of the data files in the list.
4. Use the Data Selector to change the emulation options if necessary.
5. Click OK on the Data Selector.
The Data Selector
The Data Selector is the tool you use to choose your sample data and metadata files, to select the appropriate emulation,
make data selections, and to stabilize your data.
Data in PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools