Configuration Components pane

The Configuration Components pane displays processes, subprocesses, variables, resource files and printer queues. It also lets you add any of these components using the right-click menu.

Components Area Sections

• Processes: Displays a list of processes in your configuration (see: About processes and subprocesses). Right-click on a process to access a drop-down menu that offers these choices:
  • Insert Process: Inserts a new process with a default input and output task.
  • Insert Startup Process: Inserts a new process as a Startup Process (see About processes and subprocesses).
  • Insert Self Replicating Process: Inserts a regular process that is set to be self-replicating.
  • Insert Local Variable: Inserts a new local variable (see: Local variables).
  • Cut, Copy, Paste: Controls the clipboard.
  • Delete: Deletes the process from the configuration.
  • Rename: Renames the process.
  • Active: Triggers whether the process is active (runs in service mode) or inactive (does not run in service mode). Inactive processes never trigger their input task or any other tasks.
  • Startup: Triggers whether the process is a startup process (runs before any other process).
  • Group, Ungroup: Triggers grouping functionality.
  • Properties...: Displays the process' properties, for scheduling and error handling.
• Subprocesses: Displays a list of subprocesses in your configuration (see: About processes and subprocesses). Right-click on a subprocess to access a drop-down menu that offers these choices:
  • Insert Subprocess: Inserts a new subprocess with a default input and output task.
  • Insert Local Variable: Inserts a new local variable (see: Local variables).
  • Cut, Copy, Paste: Controls the clipboard.
  • Delete: Deletes the subprocess from the configuration.
  • Rename: Renames the subprocess.
  • Group, Ungroup: Triggers grouping functionality.
  • Properties...: Displays the process's properties for error handling.
• Global Variables: Displays a list of variables that are shared between all your processes (see: Global variables). Right-click on a Global Variable to access a drop-down menu that offers these choices:
  • Insert Global Variable: Creates a new global variable
  • Cut, Copy, Paste: Controls the clipboard.
  • Delete: Deletes the global variable from the configuration.
  • Rename: Renames the global variable.
  • Reset: Resets the global variable to its default value. Useful if one of your process is modifying the global variable's value and you want to return it to its original default value.
  • Group, Ungroup: Triggers grouping functionality.
  • Properties...: Displays the properties, which lets you set a default value for the global variable.
• Connect Resources: Displays a list of PlanetPress Connect resources that can be used in processes (see: Connect resources). Different resources are divided into subfolders:
  • Data Mapping Configurations: Displays a list of data mapping configurations used with the Execute Data Mapping task. For each data mapping configuration in the list, the following two items appear within them:
    • Data Model: Displays the data model used in the data mapping configuration. Double-click on the data model to view it in your default XML viewer (generally, Internet Explorer).
    • Sample Data File(s): Displays a list of sample files that are included in the data mapping configuration. Double-click on a file to use it as a sample data file for the active process.
  • Document Templates: Displays a list of templates that can be used in content creation tasks: Create Email Content, Create Web Content and Create Print Content.
  • Job Presets: Displays a list of Job Presets that can be used in the Create Job task.
  • Output Presets: Displays a list of Output Presets that can be used in the Create Output task.
• PPS/PSM Documents: Displays a list of PlanetPress Suite Design and PrintShop Mail (Suite) documents that have been imported into PlanetPress Workflow (see PlanetPress Design documents and PrintShop Mail documents). Right-click on the section or on a document to access a drop-down menu that offers these choices:
  • Insert Resident Document: Inserts a new Resident Document, which is a placeholder for a PlanetPress Design document that resides exclusively on the printer.
  • Cut, Copy, Paste: Controls the clipboard.
  • Delete: Deletes the document from the configuration, as well as the Workflow Tools Working Folders.
  • Refresh: Regenerates a PostScript Cache from the original document's PTK file.
  • Group, Ungroup: Triggers grouping functionality.
  • Properties...: Displays the properties, which lets you see the form information and select its default printing behaviors.
• Printer Queues: Displays a list of printer queues in your configuration (see: PlanetPress Workflow printer queues). Right-click on a printer queue to access a drop-down menu that offers these choices:
  • Insert Printer Queue: Creates a new printer queue in your configuration.
  • Replace Printer Queue By: Replaces the currently selected printer queue with a new one.
  • Cut, Copy, Paste: Controls the clipboard.
  • Delete: Deletes the printer queue from the configuration.
  • Rename: Renames the printer queue.
  • Group, Ungroup: Triggers grouping functionality.
  • PS Test Page: Prints a test page in PostScript format. Useful for validating whether the printer supports PostScript.
  • Text Test Page: Prints a text-only test page on the printer.
  • Properties...: Displays the printer queue properties.