8.4
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to PlanetPress Workflow 8.4.1
- Basics
- Features
- The Nature of PlanetPress Workflow
- About Branches and Conditions
- Configuration Components
- Connect Resources
- About Data
- About Documents
- Debugging and Error Handling
- The Plug-in Bar
- About Printing
- About Processes and Subprocesses
- Using Scripts
- Special Workflow Types
- About Tasks
- Task Properties
- Working With Variables
- About Configurations
- About Related Programs and Services
- The Interface
- Copyright Information
- Legal Notices and Acknowledgements
Input
Any data file with accompanying metadata.
Processing
Fields are added, removed, modified, etc, according to the actions defined in the task properties. If the field
is present in a level that repeats (for example, the data page level), this task loops so that the action may
take place on each of the occurrence of that level.
Output
The original data file is output, along with the modified metadata.
Properties
General tab
l Action: Select the type of Metadata Field Management action to perform. 5 action types are available:
l Add/Replace: Create a new metadata field. If the name already exists, the value is overwritten
with the new one.
l Duplicate: Create a new metadata field. If the fields already exist, a new instance is created.
l Append: Append the new value at the end of the current one. If no field with that name exists, a
new one is created.
l Sum: Calculate the sum of all values found inall fields of a given name, at a given level. The
resulting number is formatted by default with the dot decimal separator.
l Delete: Delete the metadata field if it exists and disables the Field information column's Field
value option.
l Field Information: Specify the metadata node level, field name and field value of the specified action.
l
Level: Choose between Job, Group, Document, Datapage. The task will loop through each
selected node of the chosen metadata level.
l Job: Apply the action on the specified field at the Job level.
l Group: Apply the action on the specified field at the Group level.
l Document: Apply the action on the specified field at the Document level.
l Data page: Apply the action on the specified field at the Data page level.
l Field Name: Enter the metadata field name on which the task will operate.
l Field Value: Enter the metadata field value. Note that if the chosenaction is Delete, this
parameter is disabled.For otheraction types,in order to set the field value, click the [...] button.
This button opens the Data Selector, which allows to specify a data selection as the field's value.