Add a Replacement Table

  1. Click [Workflow] → [General] → [Replacement Table].

  1. Click    (Add) on the replacement table list.

To create a new replacement table based on an existing replacement table, select the connector to copy, click    (Copy), and then select the replacement table to edit.

  1. On the [General] tab, specify the replacement table name, input/output information of metadata, etc.

    2. Item

    Description

    Replacement Table Name

    Enter the name of the replacement table.

    Description

    Enter the description of the replacement table.

    Input Metadata

    Select the input metadata from the drop-down list or enter the item name (ID). The target metadata element in the document is compared with the value of [Comparison Target String] in the replacement table.

    An error occurs if the specified metadata element is not included in the delivery document.

    Output Metadata

    Select the output metadata from the drop-down list or enter the item name (ID). The input metadata element is replaced with the output metadata value according to the Comparison Target String rules of the replacement table. The output metadata target can be input manually.

    An error occurs if the specified metadata element is not included in the delivery document.

    Enable Auto Entry

    If the input value does not match a value in the replacement table, specify whether to add that input value to the replacement table. When [Enable Auto Entry] is selected and a value that is not in the table is entered, that value is added to the table. This input value becomes the comparison string of that item, and the output value becomes blank.

    Auto entry is valid only when the [Job Processing Location] setting for a workflow is set to [On Server]. When [Location] is set to [On Device], auto entry processing is canceled.

    Default Output

    Enter the default output value. When the input value does not exist in the replacement table, this output value is used.

    You can enter up to 1000 characters.

    Export File Character Encoding

    Select the encode type to be used when exporting the replacement table from the following:

    • UTF-8

    • Windows Shift-JIS

    • JIS

    • Latin-1

  1. On the [Comparison Entry] tab, click    (Add) and then add entries to the replacement table.

    2. Item

    Description

    Comparison Target String

    Enter the string used for comparison of the input value. You cannot enter the same comparison string.

    You can enter up to 1000 characters.

    Comparison Result String

    Enter the string to be used as the output value when the input value matches the value of Comparison Target String.

    Using Regex

    Select this to use a regular expression in the comparison string.

    You can enter up to 1000 characters.

    Enable Comparison

    Select this to use the item to compare with the input value.

  1. On the [Comparison Entry] tab, click (Save).

To add more entries, repeat Steps 4 and 5. You can have up to 700 comparison entries can be added in one replacement table.

You can have up to 5,000 total comparison entries can be added in all replacement tables.

To change a comparison entry, select the entry to change, change the setting, and then click (Save) on the [Comparison Entry] tab.
To delete an entry, select the entry to delete, and then click   (Delete).

  1. Click (Save) on the replacement table list.