8.1

Workflows
The following topics describe the workflows currently available from Quark for Automation
Services.
In order to work correctly, Automation Services needs to have sufficient rights to read and
write to the folders it works with. For more information, see "Setting access privileges and
idle time-out" in A Guide to Automation Services.
XML to QuarkCopyDesk
The XML to QuarkCopyDesk® workflow lets you transform content from QuarkXPress®
projects, QuarkCopyDesk articles, and XML sources into QuarkCopyDesk articles without
using an article template.
If the output of the transformation for this workflow includes a QPSEntityModel mapping
component, Automation Services uses the default Job Jackets file (if any) for the target
main category/subcategory. Otherwise, Automation Services uses the default server-level
Job Jackets file for QPS.
• Transformation: Choose a transformation that has QuarkCopyDesk as an output format,
such as DITA to QuarkCopyDesk Article with Template.
• Image Folder Paths: Specify the path(s) where any images required by the workflow can
be found. When the automation profile executes, the software searches these paths for
any images referenced in the transformation's XML output, attaches them to the article,
and checks them into QPS (if necessary). Note that if you specify a path in the file system,
you must use a valid UNC path to which the Automation Services server has read access.
If Automation Services cannot locate a picture file, it substitutes a default picture with the
same name as the missing picture. The default picture can be found at [application
folder]\AutomationServices_Data\Resources\ProfileManagement\FallbackImage.jpg.
• Save Location: Specify where you want the final file to be put. You can save the file to
the file system or check it into QPS. If you check the file into QPS, the transformation
must supply the corresponding metadata in a QPSEntityModel output. Note that if you
specify a path in the file system, you must use a valid UNC path to which the Automation
Services server has write access, and the path must include the name of the output article.
Pictures are stored in a "Pictures" folder at the same level as the output article.
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