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Note: Information about the Connect Server (host, user name etc.) is taken from the Workflow
Preferences (see "OL Connect preferences" on page654).
Advanced Properties
To get access to the following properties tabs, right-click the plugin in the process and select
Advanced Properties.
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 Pro-
cess area.
Execute Data Mapping
The Execute Data Mapping action task generates a record set by executing a data mapping con-
figuration on a data source. It can also automatically create a record set from a PDF/VT file without
using a data mapping configuration.
If the input is paginated, this task can create a Print Content Set as well, making it possible to bypass
the Job Creation task in a print process if there is no need to merge the data with a template.
Tip: Drag-and-drop a data mapping configuration from the Connect resources in the Con-
figuration Components pane on a process to add this task.
Input
Optional. Both main options can refer to external files, but either one can be the active data file using
%F. By default the Data Source is set to use the active data file as input.
Note: To open a Microsoft Access database, you have to use the Load External File task just
before the Execute Data Mapping task.
Processing
The task executes the selected data mapping configuration on the appropriate data source, or converts
the PDF/VT into a Record Set directly.
If the input is paginated, this task can create a Print Content Set as well.
If the data mapping configuration expects a database data source, the Data Source option is ignored
and the database is accessed instead. If a PDF/VT file is used, the data mapping configuration option is
optional - if one is present, it must be able to read the PDF/VT.
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