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Input
Any data file with accompanying metadata.
Processing
A loop is established and the metadata is separated into chunks, as defined in the rules set
forth in the task properties.
Output
The original data file is output once per chunk, along with this chunk's metadata. Note that
*all*the metadata is in each of the sequence, but anything not part of the sequence is disabled
and is ignored by all tasks using metadata afterwards.
Properties
General Tab
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Metadata level: Select the metadata level to process.
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Sequencing is based on
l The following number of occurrences of the level: Determine a sequence based
on the number of instances found for the metadata level currently processed. For
example, if the Metadata level is set to Group, and this value is set to 3, each
sequence contains 3 groups (except, possibly, the last one, depending on the
number of groups left in the last sequence). The next loop starts with the next group
after this sequence.
l Thefollowing number of sequences in the job:Divides the metadata into a set
number of sequences and equally distributes the number of levels between the
sequences. For example, it the Metadata level is set to Document, and this value is
set to 5, a 100 document job file will be divided into 5 sequences of 20 documents
each.
l Thefollowing rule: Determine if a new sequence starts or if the current one ends.
For each metadata level, the current value of the specified metadata attribute / field
is compared with the one in memory. If they are different, either a new sequence
starts or the current sequence is ended. The next sequence starts with the next
metadata level being processed. For details see the Rule Interface.
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