Collecting documents from a Document Broker repository

You need the following Design Center components to collect documents from a Document Broker repository:

•	Query (DBQ or PPQ)

•	Input connector for the query

•	Post-processor

Overview

StreamServer collects and processes documents as follows:

1	The Post-processor receives a DBQ or PPQ via an input connector.

2	The Post-processor uses the DBQ/PPQ to query the Document Broker repository for documents.

3	The Post-processor collects the documents from the Document Broker repository, and StreamServer post-processes the collected documents.

4	StreamServer delivers the documents via the appropriate output connector.

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Collecting documents from a Document Broker repository

Query

The query is used by the Post-processor to query the Document Broker repository for documents. The query specifies which documents to select, and the action to apply to the selected documents:

•	Process the selected documents.

•	Process and delete the selected documents.

•	Delete the selected documents.

Input connector

The input connector collects the query. You can use different types of input connectors to collect queries. For example, a Directory input connector that collects the query from a specific directory.

Post-processor

The Post-processor executes the query and collects the documents from the Document Broker repository.

Post-processing

StreamServer can post-process the collected documents. Post-processing includes sheet layout, sorting, and bundling of documents. See the Sheet layout documentation (About sheet layout) and the Document sorting and bundling documentation (About document sorting and bundling) for more information about post-processing features.