Data Collectors
Data collector objects capture property values during job processing and store them
in a PostgreSQL database created by the Reports feature. You can access that data
and use it as input to your business intelligence software.
Data Collectors let you configure:
- The database table where the property values are stored.
- The retention period for the captured data.
- Job, printer, device, and user property values to capture.
You cannot store positional job properties in the Reports database. To determine whether a property is positional, check the help for that property.
RICOH ProcessDirector provides these data collectors that you can configure to meet your needs:
- Job Step Duration
- Lets you measure how long each step was in the queued and processing states, as well as the total duration for each step to complete processing.
- You can also select job properties to capture at the end of each step along with the step duration information.
- Job Step Progress
- Lets you select the job properties that are captured at the start and completion of each step in the workflow.
- You can use this data collector along with the WritePropsToReportsDatabase step to collect job and document properties.
- Job Print Progress
- Lets you select the job and printer properties that are captured when a job starts printing and when it finishes printing successfully, or if an error occurs.
- Printer Status
- Lets you select the printer properties that are captured each time that the Enabled status or Printer status changes.
- User Actions on Barcode Readers
- Lets you select the barcode reader and user properties that are captured when a user does an action on a barcode reader.
- User Actions on Input Devices
- Lets you select the input device and user properties that are captured when a user does an action on an input device.
- User Actions on Inserters
- Lets you select the inserter and user properties that are captured when a user does an action on an inserter.
- User Actions on Jobs
- Lets you select the job and user properties that are captured when a user does an action on a job.
- User Actions on Printers
- Lets you select the printer and user properties that are captured when a user does an action on a printer.
- User Actions on Users
- Lets you select the target user and user properties that are captured when a user does an action on a target user.
- Workflow Step Collector
- Lets you manage the data stored by the WritePropsToReportsDatabase step.
- Collect the values of document properties using the WritePropsToReportsDataBase step. You can include the step multiple times in a workflow to track changes in the value of the documents. The supplied Workflow Step Collector manages the job and document property data stored by the step.