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Runtime Parameters: The runtime parameters defined in the selected template are displayed
and their values can be set here. (See Runtime parameters in the Online Help of OL Connect.)
Right-click the field to open the contextual menu that allows to select variables, data and lookup
functions (see "Data selections" on page49).
If the template name is dynamic, you must enter the name (or select a variable that contains the
name) and set the value of all runtime parameters that may occur in the template.
If a runtime parameter is defined in a template, but not set in the task properties, an error will be
raised. Note that it is not possible to change a parameter's type here; that can only be set in the
template itself.
At runtime, Workflow passes the parameter values as strings, and the type defined in the tem-
plate will be used to try and parse the input parameter value. In order to make this work: Boolean
values need to be entered as either “true” or “false”. (When the comparison actually occurs, it will
be a full Boolean comparison. Thus it can compare this runtime parameter with Boolean data val-
ues that are stored as 0/1 in data fields.) Numeric string values need to be parseable as a num-
ber (either a whole integer or decimal value). Dates should be in an ISO8601 compatible format
(e.g. 2019-10-15) or use the current Windows Locale date settings options. The latter is not
recommended as it requires all computers in the cluster have the same locale data format.
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Preview: Displays a preview of the output generated by the Print context of the selected Tem-
plate. Not available for the PDF/VT or dynamic template names.
By default the entire Print context is printed. Printing selected Print sections can only be achieved with
a Control Script in the template (see Control Scripts in the Designer Help).
Job Creation Tab
The Job Creation step prepares a series of print content items for output generation. A Job is not actual
contents but simply a collection of content items ready to be printed.
Note: You can only use a Job Creation Preset if the option "No saving or post-processing of the
data records (faster)" is disabled in the Data Mapper tab.
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Job Preset file: Select which Job Preset to use to generate the job.
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Default: The IDs in the Metadata are used instead of a job preset file.
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None: Select this option to prevent the execution of Job Creation and Output Creation. In
this case you also have to select 'None' on the Output Creation tab as well.
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"%o": Select to use a dynamic preset name. Click on %o to change the expression that
determines the name of the preset to use. The preset name must be available in the list
below.
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