7.4
Table Of Contents
- Copyright Information
- Table of Content
- Overview
- Getting Started
- Understanding PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools
- The Nature of PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools
- The Three Flavors of the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools
- Terms and Definitions
- About Configurations
- About Processes
- About Subprocesses
- About Tasks
- About Branches and Conditions
- About Data
- About Data Selections
- About Data Emulation
- About Related Programs and Services
- About Documents
- About Printing
- The PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration Program
- Start the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration Program
- The PlanetPress Button
- Create a New Configuration
- Open a PlanetPress Suite Configuration File
- Saving and Sending a Configuration
- Save your Configuration
- Send your Configuration
- Import Processes from Another Configuration File
- Import Documents
- Import PrintShop Mail Documents
- Change the Interface Language
- Exit the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration Program
- The Quick Access Toolbar
- The PlanetPress Suite Ribbon
- The Configuration Components Pane
- Access Process Properties
- Add a PlanetPress Suite Process
- Manipulate Local Variables
- Activate or Deactivate a Process
- Convert a Branch to a Subprocess
- Manipulate Global Variables
- View Document Properties
- Use Data and Metadata Files Attached to Documents
- Use Attached Document Preview
- Add Resident Documents in the Configuration Components Pane
- Associate Documents and PlanetPress Watch Printer Queues
- Using the Clipboard and Drag & Drop
- Rename Objects in the Configuration Components Pane
- Reorder Objects in the Configuration Components Pane
- Grouping Configuration Components
- Expand and Collapse Categories and Groups in the Configuration Components Pane
- Delete Objects and Groups from the Configuration Components Pane
- The Process Area
- Zoom In or Out within Process Area
- Adding Tasks
- Adding Branches
- Edit a Task
- Replacing Tasks, Conditions or Branches
- Remove Tasks or Branches
- Task Properties Dialog
- Cutting, Copying and Pasting Tasks and Branches
- Moving a Task or Branch Using Drag-and-Drop
- Ignoring Tasks and Branches
- Resize Rows and Columns of the Process Area
- Selecting Documents in Tasks
- Highlight a Task or Branch
- Undo a Command
- Redo a Command
- The Plug-in Bar
- The Object Inspector Pane
- The Debug Information Pane
- The Message Area Pane
- Customizing the Program Window
- Preferences
- General User Options
- Object Inspector User Options
- Configuration Components Pane User Options
- Default Configuration User Options
- Notification Messages Preferences
- Sample Data User Options
- Network User Options
- PlanetPress Capture User Options
- PDF Text Extraction Tolerance Factors
- Logging User Options
- Messenger User Options
- HTTP Server Input User Options
- HTTP Server Input 2 User Options
- LPD Input Preferences
- Serial Input Service User Options
- Telnet Input User Options
- PlanetPress Fax User Options
- FTP Output Service User Options
- PlanetPress Image User Options
- LPR Output User Options
- PrintShop Web Connect Service User Options
- Editor Options
- Other Dialogs
- Working With Variables
- Data in PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools
- Task Properties Reference
- Input Tasks
- Action Tasks
- Add Document
- Add/Remove Text
- Advanced Search and Replace
- Barcode Scan
- Change Emulation
- Create PDF
- Decompress File(s)
- Digital Action
- Download to Printer
- External Program
- Load External File
- Mathematical Operations
- Open XSLT
- PlanetPress Database
- Rename
- Run Script
- Send Images to Printer
- Search and Replace
- Send to Folder
- Set Job Infos and Variables
- SOAP Client Plug-in
- Standard Filter
- Translator
- Windows Print Converter
- Data Splitters
- Process Logic Tasks
- Connector Tasks
- Create MRDX
- Input from SharePoint
- Laserfiche Repository Output
- Lookup in Microsoft® Excel® Documents
- Microsoft® Word® Documents To PDF Conversion
- Output to SharePoint
- About PlanetPress Fax
- PlanetPress Fax
- Captaris RightFax Configuration
- About PlanetPress Image
- PlanetPress Image
- Overview of the PDF/A and PDF/X Standards
- PrintShop Mail
- PlanetPress Capture
- Metadata Tasks
- Output Tasks
- Variable Properties
- Unknown Tasks
- Masks
- Special Workflow Types
- Printer Queues and Documents
- PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Printer Queues
- Shared Printer Queue Properties
- Windows Output Printer Queue
- LPR Output Printer Queue
- FTP Output Printer Queue
- Send to Folder Printer Queue
- PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools and PlanetPress Design Documents
- Variable Content Document File Formats: PTZ, PTK and PS
- PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools and Printshop Mail Documents
- Triggers
- Load Balancing
- Location of Documents and Resources
- Debugging and Error Handling
- Using Scripts
- Index
Viewing log files
The second major role of the Service Console is to view and browse log files. The Service Console can both view existing log
files, or monitor the log file for the current day and update the view in real time.
When a service is selected on the left pane, its log file (if any exists for the current day)is displayed. The log displays in a tree
fashion. The log itself is the root, and each session (the time between the start and stop of a service)is listed. Under each ses-
sion, each time a process runs, a new branch is created and it can be expanded to see each action within that process.
The log viewer for the current day is always live, meaning it updates automatically as the log file is updated by the appropriate
service.
Viewing older log files
To open an existing, older log file:
1. In the File menu, click on Open.
2. Browse to the location of the log file you want to open
3. Click on the log file and click Open.
The log file is added, by name, at the end of the list of PlanetPress Suite services. Clicking on it opens the log file in the
viewer. Right-clicking on the file brings a menu from which the log file can be refreshed, or removed from the list.
The log viewer for existing log files does not refresh automatically since log files for older days do not generally change. The
display of the sessions, processes and tasks is the same.
The log viewer as described here was introduced in version 7.4 of PlanetPress Suite. Though it should be able to open
log files from older versions of PlanetPress Suite, the results are not guaranteed. Some log files may not display prop-
erly in this view.
Searching through the active log file
When a log file is active in the log viewer, it can be searched by going in the Search menu, then clicking Find. After entering a
search term and selecting the options (Match case and Direction), clicking Find Next will display the first result for the search
term.
When a search is started, using F3 on the keyboard or clicking Search then Search again will find and highlight the next
available result.
Add or Delete Document Instances
Update Document Instance to Printers dialog
The Update Document dialog lets you update your PlanetPress Design documents on your printers where those documents
are used in Printer-Centric mode. It displays the following information in the list of installed printer documents:
l Printer Queue:Displays in which printer queue the document is present
l Printer Group:If available, displays in which printer group the document is located.
l Document:Displays the name of the document
l Location:Displays the location (printer or workflow)of the document
Select any document in the list (use CTRL+Click or SHIFT+Click to select multiple document or use the Select All button) and
click OK to update these documents.
To add any document to this list, you need to assign them to a printer queue. See Associate Documents and PlanetPress Watch
Printer Queues.
The PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Configuration Program