2018.1
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to PlanetPress Workflow 2018.1
- Installation and Setup
- Basics
- Features
- The Nature of PlanetPress Workflow
- About data
- Data Repository
- Debugging and Error Handling
- About Printing
- About Processes and Subprocesses
- Using Scripts
- Special Workflow Types
- About Tasks
- Working With Variables
- About Workflow Configurations
- Workflow Configuration resource files
- About related programs and services
- The Interface
- Customizing the Workspace
- PlanetPress Workflow Button
- Configuration Components pane
- Components Area Sections
- Process properties
- Manipulate Global Variables
- Connect resources
- PPS/PSM Documents
- Associate Documents and PlanetPress Printer Queues
- Using the Clipboard and Drag & Drop
- Renaming objects in the Configuration Components Pane
- Reordering objects in the Configuration Components pane
- Grouping Configuration Components
- Expanding and collapsing categories and groups in the Configuration Component...
- Delete objects and groups from the Configuration Components pane
- Other Dialogs
- The Debug Information Pane
- The Message Area Pane
- The Object Inspector Pane
- The Plug-in Bar
- Preferences
- Other Preferences and Settings
- General appearance preferences
- Object Inspector appearance preferences
- Configuration Components Pane appearance preferences
- Default Configuration behavior preferences
- Notification Messages behavior preferences
- Sample Data behavior preferences
- Network behavior preferences
- PlanetPress Capture preferences
- OL Connect preferences
- PDF Text Extraction Tolerance Factors
- General and logging preferences
- Messenger plugin preferences
- HTTP Server Input 1 plugin preferences
- HTTP Server Input 2 plugin preferences
- LPD Input plugin preferences
- Serial Input plugin preferences
- Telnet Input plugin preferences
- PlanetPress Fax plugin preferences
- FTP Output Service preferences
- PlanetPress Image preferences
- LPR Output preferences
- PrintShop Web Connect Service preferences
- Editor Options
- 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 Links
- Highlight a Task or Branch
- Undo a Command
- Redo a Command
- The Quick Access Toolbar
- The PlanetPress Workflow Ribbon
- The Task Comments Pane
- Additional Information
- Copyright Information
- Legal Notices and Acknowledgements
Processing
The task executes the selected data mapping configuration on the appropriate data source, or
converts the PDF/VTinto a Record Set directly.
If the data mapping configuration expects a database data source, the Data Source option is
ignored and the database is accessed instead. If a PDF/VTfile is used, the data mapping
configuration option is optional - if one is present, it must be able to read the PDF/VT.
Output
The output to this task is twofold. On the OLConnect Server side, a Record Set containing
multiple records is created and saved. On PlanetPress Workflow side, metadata is returned
with information about each record set.
Alternatively, it is possible to ignore creation of the Record Set on the OLConnect Server and
simply return an XMLfile containing the full Record Set structure.
Properties
General Tab
l Data mapping configuration:Enter the full path to a valid data mapping configuration
(.oldatamapper)file, or use the Browse button to find the path.
l Data Source or PDF/VT file:Enter the full path to a valid data source compatible with the
above data mapping configuration or a PDF/VTfile, or use the Browse button to find the
path.
l Output Type group:
l Output IDs in Metadata: Select to only output the Record and Job IDs in the
metadata. This does not permit sorting and filtering, but it enhances performance
since only minimal data is exchanged between the OLConnect Server and
PlanetPress Workflow.
l Output records in Metadata:Select to output the full Record table (no Details
table)as metadata in the task. It is then possible to sort and filter the metadata using
the regular metadata tools, as long as the Update Records from Metadata option
is used in further tasks to use the modified metadata.
l Output results in XMLdata file:Select to output an XMLstructure containing the
full Record Set including all details table. When this option is used, the Record Set
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