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Pages before if you want the file to be split a given number of pages before the field that
matches the set condition. Select Pages after if you want the file to be split a given
number of pages after the field that matches the set condition.
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Split when condition is found group: Use this group if you want the condition to be met
a multiple number of times before splitting the file. Leave the default value of 1 in the
Times box if you want to split the file every time the condition is met, but enter a value of
2, for example, if you want to split the file every second time the condition is met.
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Time(s): Enter the number of times the condition must be met before the file is to be split.
The following options are only displayed when the Field count option has been selected
at the top of the dialog box.
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Maximum records per file: Enter the maximum number of records to include in each file.
Enter 0 for no limit.
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Maximum pages per file: Enter the maximum number of pages to include in each file.
Enter 0 for no limit.
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 Process area.
Emulated Data Splitter
Emulated Data Splitter action tasks are used to split emulated data files (with the exception of
XML and database data files - refer to "XML Splitter" on page452 or "Database Splitter" on
page442) into multiple data files that are passed to subsequent tasks in the process.
The data received by the process is typically prepared for a given output device using a pre-set
emulation. In some cases, the data’s original emulation may also have been changed by a
Change Emulation action task (See "Change Emulation" on page387 and "About data
emulation" on page60).
Using an emulation to format the data before splitting provides the most splitting options, but
slows down the process. Splitting a data file containing a few hundred thousand pages may
take several hours. So you may choose to use non-emulated data to speed up the splitting
process (See "In-Stream Splitter" on page447).
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