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The plugin appears in the Plug-in Bar of Workflow under OL Connect Send.
Typically, it is used in the OL Connect Send interaction process, just after the initial HTTP Server Input
plugin.
The Get Job Data plugin gets all relevant information for the dedicated print job using the Unique Job
ID. Whenever an OL Connect Send Printer Driver is sending a print job to the OL Connect Send
Job Processor plugin, it creates a unique ID string composed of 10 upper- and lowercase letters and
digits e.g. “ri0zZdluLp”. This Unique Job ID is used in any communication between the Printer Driver
and the plugin and is the leading identification element for this particular job. All job related information
is stored in the underlying database and linked together by this Unique Job ID.
Note: The Get Job Data plugin gets data from the OL Connect Send database which means it
only works when Connect is in LICENSED mode.
Properties
General tab
Three different settings affect the general behavior of the plugin:
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Where to get the Print Job ID.
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When to continue with the next step.
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Where to store the job information details.
Select Job ID Source
The plugin can be used in a generic way. Whenever information about a specific print job is required, it
can be retrieved as long as the related job ID is known. However, the plugin has been implemented in a
way that it can also be used very easily in the OL Connect Send interaction process. It can get the
related job ID from the incoming data of the HTTP Server Input plugin.
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Read from HTTP Input data: When this option is selected, the plugin analyzes the incoming
data and if it can find the Job ID at the expected location, it uses it for further processing.
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Read from Variable: When selecting this option, any existing Workflow variable can be chosen
via the drop-down field. In this case, the plugin reads the Job ID from that variable.
Select Returning Type
Depending on this setting the plugin gets status information about the job before it has arrived or it gets
information after the job has been completely received.
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