Scenario – Sorting before Process using multiple sort keys

The figure below illustrates a simple scenario, where two sort keys are used:

•	$customerNumber

•	$documentType

Figure 71

Sort before Process using $customerNumber and $documentType as sort keys.

 

1	The StreamServer application receives the input job.
2	The documents are sorted using $customerNumber the first sort key.
3	The documents are sorted using $documentType as the second sort key.
4	All customer 01 documents are delivered before the customer 02 documents.

In this scenario, the hardware invoices are delivered before the software invoices.

Customer	Document order
01	1 Hardware invoice 2 Software invoice
02	1 Hardware invoice 2 Software invoice

Output mode Document

In this scenario, you can use $customerNumber as Document trigger to group hardware and software invoices per customer.

Figure 72

Creating Documents using $customerNumber and $documentType as sort keys, and $customerNumber as Document trigger.