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l The "Capture-Fields generator" on page702, "Error handling" on page707, "Capture-Get
document" on page717 and "Capture-Find document" on page713 tasks generate their
own Metadata.
l The "Lookup in Microsoft® Excel® Documents" on page481 enhances Metadata fields
with information from an Excel spreadsheet, but does not otherwise change its structure.
How Metadata affects the output
By default the data file is not affected when the Metadata are modified. There are however a
few situations in which Metadata will or may affect the output.
In OL Connect, output is normally created from records in the Connect database, but options in
some "OL Connect tasks" on page545 make it possible to influence the output via the
Metadata.
l The "Execute Data Mapping" on page582 task and "Retrieve Items" on page600 task
can output records in the Metadata.
l The "Create Print Content" on page570 and "Create Email Content" on page554 tasks
have the option to update the records in the Connect database from the Metadata and use
the updated records as input.
In PlanetPress Suite, the Metadata defines the order in which the data is consumed by a
Design template. Changing the order and location of the various items means that the final
output will be different than the original and will follow the order dictated by the Metadata
instead of the order of the physical data.
l When you print a PDF with a Windows Print Queue, the Metadata is inspected to
determine whether pages should print or not (see "Print using a Windows driver" on
page619).
l The "Create PDF" on page391 task also takes the Metadata into account.
Output issues caused by Metadata, and how to avoid them
A Branch, Loop (the "PDF Splitter" on page449, for instance, or the Loop task) and Condition
don't reset the Metadata. This can cause confusing issues if they are used in combination with
a task that takes the Metadata into account.
To avoid such issues, either regenerate your Metadata inside the (condition) branch or loop as
early as possible (see "Create Metadata" on page514), or use the "Metadata File
Management" on page520 to delete the active Metadata file and let the data file be taken into
account instead of the Metadata.
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