8.6

Adding a data selection
A data selection can be used in any task property that may contain a variable. These properties
are recognizable by their colored field label (maroon, by default). Right-click the property field
and choose Get Data Location or Get Metadata Location to open the Data Selector (see "The
Data Selector" on page28) or Get Repository Location to open the Data Repository Manager
(see "Data Repository Manager" on page668).
Note
The Get (...) Value options will also open the Data Selector or the Data Repository Manager, but
once selected, the value becomes static and does not change between each datapage and job file.
After opening a sample of the data and/or metadata, you can easily make a selection.
It is also possible to manually enter a data selection, or to change it after making a selection
with the mouse pointer.
Wild card parameter "?"
Data/metadata selection functions accept a wildcard parameter "?", indicating the function
operates on allnodes (not just one) of a given level.
Examples
l In a PDF emulation, the format of a selected region could be:
region(?,0.59375,2.21875,1.85416,2.51041,KeepCase,NoTrim)
In this case “?” represents the current physical data page processed by the task.
l In the following rule, the Metadata selection function loops through all datapages in a job,
comparing their index in the document to a value:
(GetMeta(SelectedIndexInDocument[0], 11, Job.Group[?].Document
[?].Datapage[?]) Equal 0
l In the following rule, the question mark in the text-based data selection represents the
current page number:
(@(?,1,1,1,9,KeepCase,NoTrim) IS EQUAL TO Page 1 of)
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