Setting up step templates for external steps

You create a step template that contains the command that calls the external program. Then, you tune the step template so that it will run on the Linux or Windows system on which the external program is installed.

In this section:

  1. Setting up step templates for external steps that use the command line or control files
    Use this process to set up a step template for external steps that use the command line or a control file to pass parameters between RICOH ProcessDirector and the external program.
  2. Setting up step templates for external steps that use hot folders
    Use this process to set up a step template for external steps that use hot folders to pass input and output between RICOH ProcessDirector and the external program.
  3. Tuning step templates
    Tuning a step template lets you specify how much system resource the step requires for processing. You can also specify which computers can run the steps created from the step template.
Parent topic: Adding functions to workflows