7.4

Ignoring Tasks and Branches
PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools lets you ignore individual tasks, branches or conditions.
l When a task is disabled, it is not executed when the process is run in debug mode (see About the Debug Mode) or by
the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tool Service.
l When a branch is disabled, the whole branch including the tasks inside that branch are ignored and not executed. In the
case of conditional branches, this means that the tasks appearing on the True side are not executed.
A task, branch or condition that was previously disabled out can be re-enabled at any time.
To disable or enable a task or branch:
1. In the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Process area, click the icon of a task or branch.
2. From the Debug tab in the Ribbon, click Ignore.
If the task or branch was enabled, it is now disabled, and vice versa.
Resize Rows and Columns of the Process Area
Resize the rows and columns of the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Process area in which tasks are located to better vis-
ualize the organization of your process.
To resize rows and columns of the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Process area:
l In the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Process area, place your cursor over the separator line dividing each section
of row or column rulers.
l When the cursor changes appearance, click and drag up or down to resize rows, or left or right to resize columns.
A dashed line appears as you drag indicating the new separation. The row or column, with all its tasks, moves accordingly.
Selecting Documents in Tasks
The properties dialog box of some action and output tasks let you select documents. Depending on where the document selec-
tion list appears you will have access to all the documents or only the documents installed on a printer queue.
In most cases, you have three options:
l You can choose not to use any document (only in certain cases). This means no document is merged with the data and
the job file is sent as is.
l You can choose a specific document from the list of installed documents. The document is merged with the data to gen-
erate output.
l You can choose a variable document (see below)
Variable Document Name
The Variable Document feature is used to dynamically determine which document is merged with the data in your output. The
document name can come from any of the variable properties (see Variable Properties). Note that if the data contains an
extension, it will be replaced by .ptk.
To use a variable document:
l Click on the %o entry in the document list
l Type the variable properties or use the right-click menu to insert the correct variable properties.
l Click OKon the dialog.
At runtime, if PlanetPress Workflow Tools cannot find the document name generated by those variables, the task will fail.
The PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration Program