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4. ClicktheBrowsebuttonandselectthefileyouwanttoworkwith.ForaJSONfile,change
thefiletypetoJSONfirst.ClickNext.
Afterselectingafile,youhavetosetthesplitlevelandtriggertype:
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XML Elements:Thisisalistofnodeelementsthathavechildrennodes.Selectthelevelinthe
datathatwilldefinethesourcerecord.
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Trigger:SelectOn elementtocreatearecordforeachoccurrenceofthenodeelementselected
intheXML Elementsfield,orselectOn changetocreatearecordeachtimetheelementisdif-
ferent.(Checktheoptiontoincludeattributesinthelistofcontentitemsthatcantriggerabound-
ary.)
Note: TheDataMapperonlyextractselementsforwhichatleastonevalueisdefinedinthefile.
Attributevaluesarenottakenintoaccount.
Attributevalues(prefixedwithan@signintheDataViewer)arenotextractedautomatically.
ClickFinishtoclosethedialogandopenthedatamappingconfiguration.
Advanced PCL to PDF options
TheConnectDataMapperusesLincPDFtoconvertPCLfilestoPDFfiles.Bydefault,theonlyoptions
itpassestoLincPDFaretheinputandoutputfilenames.Therefore,everythingdependsonLincPDF’s
owndefaultsettings.However,inordertoextractdatafromaPCLfileitmightbenecessarytotake
someoftheoptionsintoaccountthatweresettocreatethePCLspoolfile,suchasEdge-to-Edge,
page X and Y offset values,page widthandheightinthecaseofacustompagetype,orthenumber of
lines per pagetogeneratethecorrectnumberofPDFpages.
Thistopic'sintentionistoprovideyouwithamethodtomakeLincPDFtaketheseadvancedsettings
intoaccount,sothegeneratedPDFcanbecorrectlyreadintheDataMapper.
Note: ThemethoddescribedinthistopiccanonlybedoneusingPlanetPressWorkflow.
Requirements
TobeabletoimportPCLinputfiles,youwillneedthePCLInputlicense,inadditiontoPlanetPressCon-
nect.
TocheckifyouhaveaPCLInputlicense:
1. OpentheConnectSoftwareActivationmodule.
2. Clickonthe"i"iconnexttothePlanetPressConnectServerproduct.
3. WhentheLicense File Detailswindowopens,expandthePlanetPressConnectServer,then
expandtheDataMappernode.IftheInputs.PCLentryispresentinthatnode,youhaveaPCL
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