Sort keys for documents in FastObjects database

If the documents are retrieved from a FastObjects database, you must use metadata associated with the stored documents as sort keys.

To define a sort key

1	Open the Runtime Output Connector Settings dialog box (generic layer).

2	Click the Job End icon and select the Document Sort tab.

3	Click . The Add Sort Key dialog box opens.

4	Configure the sort key:

–	Key – the metadata ($<metadata>) to use as sort key.

–	Type – Numeric or String. Must be the same type as defined for the metadata in the document repository.

–	Sort order – Ascending or Descending.

5

Click OK.

Defining sort keys using scripts

The DeclareMetadata script function specifies a metadata name to be used for sorting or bundling of documents. The metadata name can then be associated with a variable by for example using the following functions:

•	SetCurrMetadata – sets the metadata value on the current document.

•	SetSegMetadata – sets the metadata value on a specified document.

You can then sort the documents in the current segment by using the SortSegDoc script function:

Note:

If you do not use enveloping the whole input job is one segment.

Example 1

Job begin script

$ret = DeclareMetadata(“zip”, “N”; “A”)

 

Example 2

Post-processor Job begin script

$doc_id = getFirstSegDoc();

while (num($doc_id) > 0)

{$zip = “1234”

$setSegMetaData($doc_id, “zip”, $zip);

$doc_id = GetNextSegDoc($doc_id);}