Manually submitting a query to retrieve documents

To manually submit a query to the Post-processor, you must configure a Directory or HTTP input connector and a Post-processor which retrieves documents from the post-processing repository.

Post-processor query

You must create a query specifying the documents to retrieve. The query must either be exported as a file or sent as a HTTP post to the input connector.

You use the Post Processor Repository Tool as a standalone application when you create a query to be manually submitted to retrieve documents from the post-processing repository.

To print all documents within a job, you can use a job info file, which you specify when storing the job in the post-processing repository. See Creating a Job Info file.

Using the Post-processor Repository Tool Export wizard, you can:

•	Export the query to a file.

See Creating a file query.

•	Export the query as an HTTP post to an HTTP input connector.

See Creating a HTTP post query.

Input connector

A Directory or HTTP input connector receives a query and forwards it to the Post-processor. If you use a query file, you must use a Directory input connector. If you use an HTTP query, you must use an HTTP input connector.

Note:

You can not use an HTTPS input connector.

To configure an input connector, see the Design Center documentation.

Post-processor

The Post-processor retrieves the documents specified in a query and sends them to the output connector.

See Configuring a Post-processor.

Process links

To use different Process and Page settings on the output connector, you must create a link between the Post-processor and the Process that was used when storing the documents in the post-processing repository.

If a specific Process name is matched when documents are processed in the Post-processor, the settings for that Process are used on the Process Begin and Page Begin levels.

Note:

The name of the Process used when storing the documents must be identical to the name of the Process link.

If no Process name is matched, the default Process link is used. You can not remove the default Process link. The default Process link automatically connects to the output connectors, which the Process links are connected to.

See Configuring Process links.

Output connector

You must specify Job output mode on the output connector.

You can select the output connector to use for the default Process link, based on the name of the PPQ file sent to the Post-processor. You define the connector selection method in the same way as in a StreamServe Job definition.

See the Design Center documentation.

Adding and modifying metadata of retrieved documents

To select documents to be retrieved according to criteria other than shown in the Post-processor Repository Tool, you can add or modify metadata associated with the retrieved documents, see Adding and modifying metadata when manually submitting a query.