8.4

Since many of the concepts and explanations included in this chapter are closely related to
concepts and explanations found in the PReS Connect User Guide, we suggest that you
review this document, especially the Selecting an Emulation section.
Choosing a Database Type Sample Data File
The procedure for selecting a sample data file that is in fact a database is the same as doing so
in PReS Connect. For more information, please see the relevant page in the PReS Connect
User Guide.
Note
You can also use the PReS Workflow Database action task to get data form a database,
and output in multiple different formats such as CSV. See "Database Query" on page
222.
Choosing a Sample Data File
In order to create your PReS Workflow Process, the sample data you are going to use has to
correspond precisely to the job files that will be treated by that process, at least in terms of
structure.
The sample data file should have a relatively small number of pages (generally less than a
hundred)in order to be processed quickly, while your actual data may be much larger and take
more time to process. The sample data file should also contain at least one of every exception
you may want to detect, or data used for a specific condition. For example if you wanted to filter
out any data for clients in Canada, you would want to use a data file that has at least one user
from Canada, to test whether your condition removes it.
To choose a sample data file:
1.
Click the Debug tab in the PReS Workflow Ribbon.
2. Click on Select in the Data group.
3. Use the Data Selector to choose your sample data file and emulation options.
4. Click OK on the Data Selector.
PReS Workflow also keeps the last 9 used data files in memory, which you can reopen to use
in the same process, or a different one.
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