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Advanced properties
To get access to the following properties tabs, right-click the plugin in the process and select
Advanced Properties.
"Other" Tab
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Job Information group
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Information elements: Indicates what Job Info variables are automatically created
by the input task.
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Add lines before first data page: Using the arrows keys you can add any job
information directly at the beginning of your data file.
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Backup input files: Check this to save a copy of each data file that is captured by your
input. These files are saved in the PlanetPress Workflow Tools working folders under
the "Backup" folder.
To navigate quickly to the Workflow working folders, press the keyboard shortcut
CTRL+ALT+Shift+F4 from within the Workflow configuration tool.
The number of days to keep backups of jobs processed by input tasks is set per process;
see "Process properties" on page874.
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Backup filename: Enter the file name that you wish the input data file backup to be saved
under.
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Delete Existing Metadata: Check to remove any Metadata from memory. This option is
disabled on initial input tasks, and is checked by default on secondary input tasks.
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.
NodeJS Server Input
NodeJS Server Input tasks are used to receive HTTP requests and to send replies to the
servers from which the requests were made.
Essentially this task does the same as the HTTP Server Input task, but it uses a NodeJS Server
(version 12.13.1, installed by Workflow) instead of Workflow's custom server component. The
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