2019.2

Note
When using a PlanetPress Design document as input, the PDF Splitter will do the job quicker
than the Metadata Sequencer task. However, when using a PDF as input, the Metadata Sequencer
might perform better. For more information and some test results, see this How-to: Performance
testing grounds.
Input
Any data file with accompanying Metadata.
Processing
A loop is established and the Metadata is separated into chunks, as defined in the rules set
forth in the task properties.
Output
The original data file is output once per chunk, along with this chunk's metadata. Note that all
the Metadata is in each of the sequence, but anything not part of the sequence is disabled and
is ignored by all tasks using Metadata afterwards.
Task properties
General Tab
l
Metadata level: Select the Metadata level to process.
l
Sequencing is based on
l
The following number of occurrences of the level: Determine a sequence based
on the number of instances found for the Metadata level currently processed. For
example, if the Metadata level is set to Group, and this value is set to 3, each
sequence contains 3 groups (except, possibly, the last one, depending on the
number of groups left in the last sequence). The next loop starts with the next group
after this sequence.
l
The following number of sequences in the job: Divides the Metadata into a set
number of sequences and equally distributes the number of levels between the
sequences. For example, it the Metadata level is set to Document, and this value is
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