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l For the benefit of users who must identify files, be it in a folder or on a printer queue,
consider using names that are as meaningful and as precise as possible.
l Some devices or applications may use file name extensions to know what to do with
incoming files.
Since variable properties can be entered in the boxes where you specify the folder and file
names, you can use variables (see "About variables" on page703), data selections (see "Data
selections" below) and static text. You could, for example, use the following:
ClientID_@(1,1,1,1,14,KeepCase,Trim)_StatMonth_%m.
One last consideration regarding output file names has to do with standard JPEG and TIFF files
generated by PlanetPress Image. When an output job contains multiple pages, multiple JPEG
or TIFF files are generated (one image per file), each one identified by a sequence number
appended to its name (this is managed by your PlanetPress Workflow). A three page job to be
called Invoice, for example, will generate three JPEGs or TIFFs called Invoice0, Invoice1 and
Invoice2. Note that this does not apply to multiple TIFFs, which can include multiple images in
a single file.
Note
You can change the name of a previously named file using a Rename action task (see
"Rename" on page425).
Data selections
A data selection could be compared to an address. It indicates a location within a data file or
database: the job file (see "Job file" on page50), Metadata file (see "Metadata" on page74), or
"Data Repository" on page93.
Data selections can be used in many task property fields and are always evaluated at run-time
so they are always dynamic and depend on the job file that is currently being processed.
There are several types of data selections you can use, depending on which emulation you are
using, whether or not Metadata have been created by a previous task in the process, and
whether or not data have been entered in the Data Repository.
Adding a data selection
A data selection can be used in any task property that may contain a variable (see "Variable
task properties" on page299). These properties are recognizable by their colored field label
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