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.
You can specify the paths for the output files in the various Destination setups. In the path name box, the default setting for the output folder is "$Template". This is a variable that creates a folder with the name of the current Qualify sequence. The folder is created the moment a new job is created and this Qualify sequence is assigned to the new job.
"Output is" list box
This is where you define whether the data 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 section
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. For that reason, it is also not possible to use the "Store" list box.
"Preflight Reports" group
"Store" list box
You can choose between the following options if "saved result" was set in the "Output is" list box:
•Job internal
The preflight reports generated are filed in the "PTJobs/Jobs/System/Preflightreport" folder. These reports are used within the workflow.
•Job external
You can select a folder for filing the generated preflight reports in the file system of the Prinect server or you can create a new folder. In this case, copies of the preflight reports are created in addition to the "job internal" reports and filed in the folder you selected. You can use these reports for checking purposes outside the workflow.
"Page Properties for Prinect Business Manager" group
Prerequisite: This group can be used only if a Prinect Business Manager is connected to the Prinect Manager.
You can select a folder for filing the generated page property files in the file system of the Prinect server or you can create a new folder.
"CAD Files" group
Prerequisite: This option can be used only if a Prinect Package Designer is connected to the Prinect Manager.
You can select a folder for filing the generated Package CAD files in the file system of the Prinect server or you can create a new folder.