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The "Create Print Content" on page515 and "Create Email Content" on page502 tasks have the
option to update the records in the Connect database from the Metadata and use the updated
records as input.
Note: Date/time values are stored in the OLConnect database as Unix timestamps, i.e. the total
number of seconds from the starting time of UTC (Universal Time, Coordinated) to the current
time (with zero time zone offset). For instance: 1675950179.
In the Metadata, however, date/time values are represented in the following format: YYYY-MM-
DDTHH:MM:SSZ.
In PlanetPress Suite, the Metadata defines the order in which the data is consumed by a Design tem-
plate. 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.
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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555).
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The "Create PDF" on page365 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414, 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469), or use the "Metadata File Management" on page474 to
delete the active Metadata file and let the data file be taken into account instead of the Metadata.
Example
Here is an example of an issue that occurs when Metadata is not re-created in a Loop.
In the following process, the Job file is a PDF that contains several invoices. Some (but not all) of those
invoices start with a separator page that you don't want to print. Invoices that don't have a separator
page should be printed as-is.
The process would look something like this (by default):
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