Multiple Conditions step properties
The Multiple Conditons step contains a number of Case conditions (one to start with) and a Default, to be executed when none of the other cases apply. Cases are executed from left to right. For more information see Steps.
The properties described below become visible in the Step properties pane when the Multiple Conditions step is selected in the Steps pane.
Description
This subsection is collapsed by default in the interface, to give more screen space to other important parts.
Name: The name of the step.
This name will be displayed on top of the step's icon in the Steps
pane.
Comments: The text entered
here will be displayed in the tooltip
that appears when hovering over the step in the Steps
pane.
Condition
Left operand, Right operand
The Left and right operand can be Based on:
- Position: The data
in the specified position for the comparison.
- Left (Txt and PDF only): The start
position for the data selection. Note that conditions are
done on the current line, either the current cursor position,
or the current line in a Repeat step.
- Right (Txt and PDF only): The end
position for the data selection.
- Height (Txt and PDF only): The height
of the selection box.
- Column (CSV and Database only): Drop-down listing all fields in the , of which the value will be used.
- XPath (XML only): The path to the XML field that is extracted.
- Top offset: The
vertical offset from the current pointer location in the Data Sample ().
- Use Selection:
Click to use the value of the current data selection for the
extraction.
- Trim: Select to
trim empty characters at the beginning or the end of the field.
Value: A specified
static text value.- Value: The text
value to use in the comparison.
- Use selected text:
Uses the text in the current data selection as the Value.
If multiple lines or elements are selected, only the first
one is used.
Field: The contents
of a specific field in the Extracted Record.- Field: The Extracted
Record field to use in the comparison.
JavaScript : The result
of a JavaScript Expression.
- Expression: The
JavaScript line that is evaluated. Note that the last value
attribution to a variable is the one used as a result of the
expression. See also: DataMapper Scripts API.
- Use JavaScript Editor:
Click to display the Edit
Script dialog (see Using scripts in the DataMapper).
- Use selected text:
Inserts the text in the current data selection in the JavaScript
Expression. If multiple lines or elements are selected, only
the first one is used.
Data Property: The
value of a data-level property set in the Preprocessor step (see Steps).
Record Property: One of the local variables that you can create and that are reset for each document as opposed to data variables that are global because they are initialized only once at the beginning of each job.
Automation Property:
The current value of a Document-level property set in the Preprocessor step (see Steps).
Extractor Property:
The value of an internal extractor variable:
- Counter: The value
of the current counter iteration in a Repeat
step.
- Vertical Position:
The current vertical position on the page, either in Measure
(PDF) or Line (Text and CSV).
Condition
The Condition drop-down displays
the cases in list form. Three buttons
are available next to the list:
- Add case: Click
to add a new case to the step. It will be placed next to any existing cases.
- Remove case: Delete
the currently selected case.
- Order Cases: Under the Name column, select a case, then click one of the buttons on the right (Delete, Move Up, Move Down) to delete or change the order of the cases in the list.
Operators
Case conditions are made by comparison of the two operands, left and right, using a specific
Operator. - is equal to: The two
specified value are identical for the condition to be True.
- contains: The first
specified value contains the second one for the condition to be
True.
- is less than: The
first specified value is smaller, numerically, than the second
value for the condition to be True.
- is greater than: The
first specified value is larger, numerically, than the second
value for the condition to be True.
- is empty: The first
specified value is empty. With this operator, there is no second
value.
- Invert condition: Inverts
the result of the condition. For instance, is empty becomes is not empty.
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