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No storing or post-processing of the data records (faster): This option prevents
data from being written to the database. Instead, records are streamed directly into
the Content Creation process for immediate merging. Turning this feature on can
improve data mapping performance significantly, as well as the time required for the
cleanup process. However, since the data is not written to the database, there is no
way to do post-processing on the extracted data. Any post-processors defined in the
data mapping configuration will be disabled.
This option is unchecked by default.
Note
When the data mapping configuration provides multiple records, the preview
is created based on the first record.
Note
The Create Preview PDF plugin cannot pass runtime parameters to a data mapping
configuration. Instead it uses the default values set up in the Preprocessor of the
data mapping configuration.
To work around this issue, insert an Execute Data Mapping task (which does allow
to specify runtime parameters) immediately before the Create Preview PDF plugin;
configure it to output JSON, and use the JSON string option in the Create Preview
PDF plugin.
Other possibilities are to use the "All In One" on page582 task, or to include the
variables in the data file and let the data mapping configuration extract them.
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JSON string sets the data source to a JSON string (see "Working with JSON" on
page89). A text area is shown allowing the user to enter the JSON string.
The JSON string may contain local and global variables, Job Infos and data selections
(see "JSON string examples" on page90).
A single variable can be used, assuming that the respective variable contains a JSON
string.
In case the JSON string is not a valid JSON object, the plugin will error out with an explicit
message.
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