Meta Data options

This page appears as part of the Advanced Print Wizard and the Job Creation Presets Wizard.

The Meta Data Options page defines meta data entries that will be added to PDF output files and optionally added to AFP output (where they are added as TLEs by default, but can be removed in the AFP Options page).

Meta data entries are ignored in all other output types, except when they are associated with Additional Content or used as conditionals or in output file names, in the Advanced Print Wizard or in Output Creation Presets.

Meta data properties have a length limitation of 255 characters.

The meta data entries can be added to any of these levels, as indicated by the tabs on top: Job, Job Segment, Document, Document Set, and Page Tags.

It is important to note that if Impositioning is used then the only meta data that will be available to the job thereafter will be the meta data at Job Segment level.

When using Impositioning everything within the Segment is Impositioned, so all meta data below the Job Segment level is lost.

In each of these levels, a list of entries is available in a table. The Table options are as follows:

  • Always create meta data for this level even when fields are selected: Select this check box to create a blank meta data entry if no fields are selected. Done to ensure that a meta data store is always available, if required.
  • Tag Name column: Name of the meta data tag added to this level. Once a tag has been added, its name can be edited by double-clicking on the Tag Name.
  • Source Type column: Displays the type of field being used - either Text or Data Field.
  • Source column: For Data Fields and runtime parameters only. Either the runtime parameter name or the Field name from the data mapping configuration whose value will be used for this tag.
  • Add meta data: Click to add a new tag to the current level. Select from one of Add field meta data, Add runtime parameter meta data or Add text meta data from the Field Selection context menu. Those options do the following:
    • The Add field meta data option launches the Field Selection dialog.
    • The Add runtime parameter meta data option launches the Runtime Parameter Selection dialog.
    • The Add text meta data option inserts a new text meta data entry straight into the current meta data table.

    Once loaded in the table, the meta data fields Tag Names can be modified as desired. As can the source they point to, in the case of runtime parameters and data fields.

  • Delete: Click to delete the currently selected meta data entry.
  • / Move Up / Move Down: Click to move the currently selected tag(s) one position up or down.