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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591 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
page91). 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92).
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.
Note
This option requires that keys in the JSON string have matching field names in the
data model of the template. When they have, the JSON values are passed to the
template and the personalization scripts of the template will have access to the
values through the record's data fields. (See the Designer help: Adding Variable
Data).
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