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Task properties
General Tab
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Action: Select the type of Metadata Field Management action to perform. Five action
types are available:
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Add/Replace: Create a new Metadata field. If the name already exists, the value is
overwritten with the new one.
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Duplicate: Create a new Metadata field. If the field already exists, a new instance is
created.
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Append: Append the new value at the end of the current one. If no field with that
name exists, a new one is created.
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Sum: Calculate the sum of all values found in all fields of a given name, at a given
level. The resulting number is formatted by default with the dot decimal separator.
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Delete: Delete the Metadata field if it exists and disable the Field information
column's Field value option.
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Field Information: Specify the Metadata node level, field name and field value of the
specified action.
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Level: Choose between Job, Group, Document, Datapage. The task will loop
through each selected node of the chosen Metadata level.
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Job: Apply the action on the specified field at the Job level.
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Group: Apply the action on the specified field at the Group level.
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Document: Apply the action on the specified field at the Document level.
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Data page: Apply the action on the specified field at the Data page level.
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Field Name: Enter the Metadata field name on which the task will operate.
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Field Value: Enter the Metadata field value. Note that if the chosen action is Delete,
this parameter is disabled. For other action types, in order to set the field value, click
the [...] button. This button opens the Data Selector, which allows to specify a data
selection as the field's value.
Note that when adding a Metadata field, if you perform a multi-line data selection on
a PDF region, only the first line of that region will be set to the Metadata field.
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Decimal Separator: Set the decimal separator for the Sum option. 3 possible
modes are offered:
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