Configure a Publishing Job
You create a publishing job as described in Create a Publishing Job. This type of job defines the options for publishing documents or creating renditions.
To configure a publishing job:
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In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, in the Data Exchange group, click Jobs.
The All Jobs page opens with a list of existing publishing jobs. The jobs are grouped by the name of the computer (cluster node) to which they have been assigned.
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Double-click the publishing job that you want to configure.
The Overview page appears.
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Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.
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Click Save.
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Configure the applicable options as described in the remaining topics in this chapter.
Some of the options in the following table are only available for specific source or destination system types.
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Description |
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Synchronization |
The read-only type of the publishing job. |
Name |
The read-only, internal identifier used by Publisher to refer to the job regardless of the value of Display Name. |
Description |
Type a description of the job (500 characters maximum) as you want it to appear to users. |
Display Name |
Type a descriptive name as you want it to appear in the Administration Console and elsewhere. |
Source systems |
The sources of the documents to publish. The types of the systems are shown in italic text. The display names of the systems are shown in bold text. These are shown for users to select a specific destination from when the user publishes documents with a job that has multiple destination systems configured. The connection names of the systems are shown in normal text and link to the source system definition. If multiple destination systems are selected for a job, only the property definitions of the first system are shown for property mapping as described in Configure the Mappings. The property definitions of the other systems are assumed to be identical, at least for the properties that will be mapped. When the EnableFQDNS registry value is set to:
To change the sources:
To change the display names of the systems to be more user-friendly:
To check whether the systems that are listed are online and available:
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Properties file |
A Microsoft Excel (2003 or higher) file that contains document metadata to publish to the destination system. Available only for file system sources. The format of the metadata must be:
To select the file, click Browse. |
Destination systems |
The destination of the documents to publish. Note:
The types of the systems are shown in italic text. The display names of the systems are shown in bold text. These are shown for users to select a specific destination from when the user publishes documents with a job that has multiple destination systems configured. The connection names of the systems are shown in normal text and link to the source system definition. To change or check the destination systems, perform the tasks described for the Source systems option. |
Computer |
If a cluster is configured as described in Configure a Meridian Enterprise Server Cluster, select the node on which to run this job. |
Use database for metadata storage |
By default, document metadata is published to an XML file named <DateTimeStamp>_<JobName>.xml (for example, 2013-10-04_07-30-35_BA5586.xml) and located in the destination folder. All of the properties mapped as described in Configure the Mappings are output to the file. Enabling this option stores the document metadata in a database instead of in a file on disk. The database connection parameters are specified in the following options. Available only for file system destinations. |
Connection string |
A valid connection string to connect to a SQL Server or Oracle database where the metadata should be stored. |
Package destination URI |
If the job publishes packages from a Meridian Explorer repository, the URI where the packages should be uploaded. Following are examples: C:\Packages https://ServerName:444/Packages/ Note:
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If the Connection string option is specified, a user account name with rights to connect to the database specified in Connection string. If the job publishes packages from a Meridian Explorer repository, a user account with rights to the path specified for Destination systems and for Package destination URI. |
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Password |
The password for the account specified in User name. If the Connection string option is specified, to test the current connection credentials:
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Table |
The name of the table where to store the metadata. The column names and data types in this table must match the property names and data types that are mapped as described in Configure the Mappings. |
Create folders for recipients |
Creates one sub-folder for each recipient specified in the package. Supported only for UNC paths. For other types (for example, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS), the sub-folders must already exist. |
Path column |
The name of the column that will contain the document paths. The column must be the String data type. |