Control files for the Archive feature

The RICOH ProcessDirector Archive feature can use an Associated properties file and a Document properties file as input to the StoreInRepository step. The Associated properties file defines properties you want to store in the repository that are associated with a job but are properties of other objects. The Document properties file is a tab-delimited file containing property values to store in the repository. Neither file is required for Archive processing, but they may be useful to capture data your company desires about the production history of a job in its workflow.
The Archive feature can also produce a file containing the properties stored about a job or document when it was written to the repository. That file is produced by the ExportFromRepository step template and is called the Export results file

In this section:

  1. Creating an associated properties file
    You can create an associated properties file to specify one or more properties that are associated with a job, but that are properties of other objects. When a step based on the StoreInRepository step template runs, these properties and their values are stored in a repository along with job and document data. For example, you can store the model of the printer requested for a job or the color of the media specified to print a job.
  2. Document properties file
    The Document properties file contains values for document properties as well as properties that are not defined to RICOH ProcessDirector to be stored in a repository. The file can contain either or both types of properties that you want to store in the repository as part of your workflow. If the property is not defined as a RICOH ProcessDirector property, you cannot use it to retrieve a job or document from the archive, but you can see the value the job or document had for the property when it was stored.
  3. Export results file
    The export results file contains values for document properties that you have chosen to export from the repository as a comma-separated value (CSV) file. The file is created by the ExportFromRepository step.
Parent topic: Syntax for RICOH ProcessDirector control files