About Document Broker Plus

Document Broker Plus enables consolidation of documents generated by several StreamServer applications by storing the documents in a common Document Broker repository. The documents can be collected by any StreamSever application that has access to the same Document Broker repository.

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Document Broker Plus scenario with two storing StreamServer applications and one collecting StreamServer application

Storing documents in a Document Broker repository

To store documents in a Document Broker repository, you need a Document Broker Plus output connector and driver. You must also specify a document trigger for the documents.

Adding metadata to stored documents

To be able to search for documents in the Document Broker repository you must add metadata to the documents. You do this you must first create a document type resource that includes all metadata to use, and then add this document type resource to the Document Broker Plus output connector.

Collecting documents from a Document Broker repository

To collect documents from a Document Broker repository you need an input connector, a Post-processor and a query. The query includes document type and metadata filters that define which documents to collect from the Document Broker repository. This query is delivered to the Post-processor via the input connector, and the Post-processor uses the information in the query to collect the documents.

Post processing documents

Documents collected from a Document Broker repository can be post-processed. Post-processing includes sheet layout, sorting, and enveloping 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 on post-processing features.

Document Broker for FastObjects

Previous versions of StreamServe include a Document Broker solution where documents are stored in a FastObjects database. This solution is still available in this version of StreamServe.

You can upgrade Design Center Projects that include Document Broker for FastObjects to Document Broker Plus. See Upgrading FastObjects Projects to Document Broker Plus. There are however some features in Document Broker for FastObjects (scripting, job context, PPQ editor, etc.) that cannot be used in Document Broker Plus.

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You cannot use Document Broker for FastObjects and Document Broker Plus in the same Design Center Project.