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l From the Welcome screen
1. Open the PlanetPress Connect Welcome page by clicking the icon at the top right
or select the Help menu and then Welcome.
2. Click New DataMapper Configuration.
3. From the Using a wizard pane, select the appropriate file type.
l From the File menu
1. In the menu, click File > New.
2. Click the Data mapping Wizards drop-down and select the appropriate file type.
The steps to take with the wizard depend on the file type. See:
l "Using the wizard for CSV and Excel files" on page204
l "Using the wizard for databases" on page206
l "Using the wizard for PDF/VT or AFP files" on page210
l "Using the wizard for XML files" on page212. This wizard can also be used for JSON
files.
Generating a counter
Instead of creating a data mapping configuration for a certain type of data file, you may create a
data mapping configuration that only contains a series of sequential numbers. This is a solution
if, for instance, you need to create sequential tickets or anything that has an ID that changes on
each record.
Note
You can’t join this configuration to another data file. It is just a counter to be applied on a
static template.
To generate a counter:
l From the Welcome screen
1. Open the PlanetPress Connect Welcome page by clicking the icon at the top right
or select the Help menu and then Welcome.
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