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Note: TheJobCreationoptionsarealsoavailableintheAdvancedPrinterWizardinthe
Designer,whichappearswhenyouselectFile > Print(orProof Print)andclicktheAdvanced
button.However,theAdvancedPrinterWizardcannotsaveyoursettingstofileforre-use.
Tip: WhenaPrinttemplateismergedwithdatabyaprocessinWorkflow,theresultingprintcon-
tentitemsaresavedintheConnectdatabase.Theseitemscanberetrievedlateron(usingthe
RetrieveItemstaskintheWorkflow)sothattheycanbere-usedandcombinedinnewprintruns.
Thisiscalledbatching and commingling.(Seealso:"Batchingandcommingling"on
page177.)
Filter and sort
Whilecreatingaprintjob,theConnectservercanfilteroutcertainprintcontentitemsbasedonthecon-
ditionsdefinedinaJobCreationPreset(see"Datafilteringoptions"onpage1073).
Theconditionsareevaluatedperrecordandcanbebaseduponsuchdiversecriteriaasthevalueof
datafields,thevalueofruntimeparameters(see"RuntimeParameterOptions"onpage1071),thebind-
ingoptionsusedinasourcedocument,oritssize.
Notethattheoverridingfinishingoptions,whichcanalsobedefinedinaJobCreationPreset,arenot
takenintoaccountwhilefiltering.First,thesourcedocumentsarefiltered.Anyoverridingfinishing
optionsareappliedatalaterstage.
Theremainingitemscanbesorted,eitherbytheConnectServer,basedondatafields,orbysome
externalsortingsoftware(see"Sortingoptions"onpage1077).
Tip: Externalsortingbenefitsconsiderablyfromruntimeparameters,definedintheJobCreation
Preset(see"RuntimeParameterOptions"onpage1071).
Grouping
Whilecreatingaprintjob,theConnectServercangroupPrintcontentitemsintoJobs,JobSegments
andDocumentSets(see"Groupingoptions"onpage1080).
Thisallowstoorganizecontentinacertainway,forinstance,togatherallforeignmailpiecesintoone
jobsegment,ortocomminglemultiplesetsofPrintcontentitemsinonejob.
TheexistenceofgroupsinaprintjobalsoallowstheWeaverengine,inthenextphaseoftheprintpro-
cess,toseparatetheoutputaccordinglyintodifferent(spool)files(see"Separation"onpage1326).
Itisalwayspossibletoseparatetheoutputonthedocumentlevel,i.e.outputindividualdocumentsas
separateprintfiles.
Inordertosplittheoutputonotherlevels,however,thePrintcontentitemsmustbegroupedfirst.
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