When a print job is processed by a sequence in the Prinect workflow, not only do you have the processed PDF documents or pages that generally run through the various sequences or are output but you also have additional data that are created or copies of the processed data that are saved. In "Destination", you define how and where these data will be saved. This means that you can save, for example, the PDF documents processed by a sequence also as a side result. After the whole Prinect workflow has finished, you can then understand how a sequence processed the job data.
In the "Output is" list box you define whether the data that are created as the "result" will be saved as an "intermediate result", as a "saved result", as a "saved side result" or as a "temporary side result". Data that are saved as a "Temporary side result" can be overwritten by subsequent sequences.
The various result types differ as follows:
•intermediate result
The resulting data are saved but are processed by subsequent sequences and are released for overwriting after they are sent to the next processing stage.
•saved result
The resulting data are not overwritten by subsequent sequences, i.e. these data are filed as the "saved result".
The two result types "intermediate result" and "saved result" are part of the "main track" of a Prinect workflow. In addition to the "main track" of a workflow, you can file the resulting data also in a "side track" as a "side result". This can be a good idea, for example, if you use two different "Qualify" sequences for processing a job; for example, one sequence with an enabled Recombiner function and one without. If you process the pages of a print job first with the Recombiner-Qualify sequence, you can file the resulting data of this sequence as the "main track", e.g. as the "saved result". You can file the resulting data that are created by the Qualify sequence without the Recombiner function, for example, as a "saved side result". In this way, you can, for example, compare the influence of single functions with each other, in the example of the Recombiner function, or use the data for different output purposes.
Note: When you are defining an automatic processing route, it is not possible to combine a "side track" sequence with the same kind of sequence (e.g. "Qualify") of a "main track".
•Temporary side result
The resulting data are saved as a side result but are processed by subsequent sequences and are released for overwriting after they are sent to the next processing stage.
•Saved side result
The resulting data are saved as a "side result" and are not overwritten by subsequent sequences, i.e. these data are filed as the "saved result".
In the Qualify sequence you can save the following resulting data in "Destination":
•Pages:
The PDF pages processed by the Qualify sequence are always filed in the default folder "PTJobs/Jobs/System/Pagefiles/Current". You cannot change this setting.
•Preflight Reports:
The preflight reports are filed in the "PTJobs/Jobs/System/Preflightreport" folder when you set "job internally" in the "Store" list box. These reports are used within the workflow.
If you set "job externally", you can use "Browse" to select a folder for filing the preflight reports in the file system of the Prinect server or to create a new folder. In this case, copies of the preflight reports are created in addition to the "job internally" reports and filed in the folder you selected. You can use these reports for checking purposes outside the workflow.