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Task properties
General tab
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Automatic detection: By default, the format of the job file is detected automatically. If the
source file is a JSON file, it will be converted to XML. If it is an XML file, it will be
converted to JSON.
Uncheck this option to limit the task to one type of conversion.
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JSON to XML: the task only converts JSON files to XML.
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XML to JSON: the task only converts XML files to JSON.
Miscellaneous Tab
The Miscellaneous tab is common to all tasks.
Check the option Use as step description to display the text next to the icon of the plugin in
the Process area.
Data splitters
Splitter action tasks are used to split single data files into multiple data files.
Splitters initiate a recurring cycle that stops only when the original file has been completely
processed. When a given splitter creates a file, it hands it down to the task that follows, and all
the tasks on the same branch are performed until the output task. Then the splitter task creates
yet another file that is again handed down to the next task, and so forth until the cycle ends
(when there is no more data in the original file).
In PlanetPress Suite, such tasks can be used, for example, to split files that contain statements
for multiple clients into smaller files that each contain a single client statement. Each statement
can then be printed and sent by snail mail, or emailed directly from PlanetPress Workflow, to
each individual client.
Note that if the process merges the split data with a PlanetPress Design document, the splitter
must not alter the structure of the data file. In other words, each split file must have the same
structure as the original files, otherwise the Design documents to which they will be sent will
not be able to extract the data correctly and the merging process will fail.
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