Glossary

 

Alias	Method used to configure settings dynamically. There are two types of aliases: • Script alias, where you use scripting to determine which alternative to select. • Lookup alias, where you use lookup tables to determine which alternative to select.
Document	A Document (capital D) is a grouping of documents per customer number, delivery address, etc.. The scope of the Document is specified using a Document trigger.
Document trigger	A variable that determines the scope of the Document.
Event	An Event defines how to identify documents in the input job, which parts of an input document to extract, and how to create a Message.
Event tool	Each Event type has its own Event tool (PageIN, StreamIN, XMLIN, etc.) where the Event is configured.
Export	When you export a Project, you create an export file (*.export) that includes all the configuration files needed by the StreamServer application. The export file includes the configuration files for all Platform layers defined in the Project.
Filter chain	A collection of filters that can be used by a connector.
Generic Platform layer	The generic Platform layer (also referred to as logical layer) includes settings that must be the same in all target environments.
Input Analyzer	Enables input connectors to receive input in different formats, and to deliver the input to the appropriate Event.
Input connector	Input connectors are the channels through which input jobs are received.
Input job	A stream of data, with a distinct beginning and end, received via an input connector, and processed by the StreamServer.
Input queue	An input queue stores input jobs before they are processed by the StreamServer.
MailOUT	Process used to create email output.
Message	A tree structure of tagged fields and blocks used internally by the StreamServer when transforming input documents into output documents.
Message configuration	A Message configuration defines: • How to identify documents in the input job. • Which parts of an input document to extract. • How to create a Message. • How to use the Message to create the output documents.
MessageIN	Event for OpenText StreamServe XML input data.
MessageOUT	Process for output data sent to a MesageIN Event. The MessageOUT Process makes it possible to extend the processing chain over multiple StreamServers.
Output connector	Output connectors are the channels through which output jobs are delivered.
Output job	An output job is equivalent to a file, created by the StreamServer, and delivered via an output connector to a target application (printer, fax, etc.). The scope of the output job is set by the output mode, and in some scenarios by using script functions (e.g. SetDestPath).
Output mode	The output mode specifies how to group documents before they are delivered via the output connector to the target application.
Output mode Document	In output mode Document, the output is delivered as Documents. This means the output connector waits until the Document is complete before it delivers the output.
Output mode Job	In output mode Job, the output connector waits until the whole Runtime job is finished before it delivers the output.
Output mode Process	In output mode Process, the output connector delivers the output as it arrives from a Process. This means each output document is delivered separately.
Output queue	An output queue stores the output jobs before they are delivered to the target applications (printers, faxes, etc.).
PageIN	Event for page based input data.
PageOUT	Process for page based output data.
Physical Platform layer	A physical Platform layer includes environment specific settings.
Platform	The Platform represents the StreamServer application to which the Project is deployed, and contains the environment settings for that StreamServer application.
Post-processor	Used to retrieve documents from a Post-processor repository.
PreformatIN	Event for preformatted (e.g. PDF) input data.
Process	A Process defines which fields and blocks in a Message to use, and how to organize the fields and blocks in the output documents.
Process tool	Each Process type has its own Process tool (PageOUT, StreamOUT, XMLOUT, etc.) where the Process is configured.
Project	The configuration used by a StreamServer application to collect, transform, and deliver data. In Design Center, you create and configure the Project. Then you export the Project, and deploy it to the appropriate StreamServer application.
RedirectOUT	Process used to redirect input data directly to an output connector, and skip the processing steps in the StreamServer.
Resource	All external files that you refer to when you configure a Project must be available to the Project as resources. A resource in this context is a file with an embedded source file.
Resource set	A resource set is a set of links to physical resource files stored on disk.
Runtime configuration	The Runtime configurations in a Project connects Message configurations to the Platform.
Runtime job	A Runtime job is a grouping of one or several Message configurations in a Runtime configuration.
StoryTeller	Process for page based output data.
StreamIN	Event for record based and field based input data.
StreamOUT	Process for record based output data.
StreamServer	The server that uses the configuration created in Design Center to collect, transform, and deliver data.
StreamServer application	The StreamServer can run several StreamServer applications, where each StreamServer application is dedicated to a specific Design Center Project.
XMLIN	Event for XML based input data.
XMLOUT	Process for XML based output data.