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Emulations in PlanetPress Design
The Data Selector in Workflow is essentially the same as the one used in PlanetPress Design.
When you create a document in PlanetPress Design, you choose a sample data file and
specify the emulation to use for the chosen data. Within PlanetPress Workflow, the same
emulation tools as in PlanetPress Design are available throughout your process, using the
Data Selector. One notable exception however is that User-Defined Emulation is not available
because it uses PlanetPress Talk code, which is not available within the PlanetPress Workflow
Configuration program.
The emulation that is used in your process can change during the process, and can be different
than the one used in any PlanetPress Design document used in your process. PlanetPress
Design Documents use their own emulations, as defined in the document itself from
PlanetPress Design.
For more information about emulations in PlanetPress Design see PlanetPress Design User
Guide.
Sample Data
This topic covers issues relating to the sample data used in your PlanetPress Workflow
configuration.
A sample data file makes it possible to:
l Create a process that retrieves dynamic data from a data file. Once a sample data file is
available, you can use it to make data selections in a process (see "Data selections" on
page26).
l Debug a process (see "Debugging your PlanetPress Workflow process" on page63).
To interpret a sample data file correctly, a process must have the corresponding emulation
setting; see "About data emulation" on the previous page. This is particularly important for
selections that have to be made in a data file after it has been changed to another format.
Choosing a sample data file
In order to create your PlanetPress Workflow 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.
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