SetDistributionChannel
What to use it for | Prerequisites for usage | Essential options to set |
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In very rare cases a subset of documents might need Distribution Channel filtering rules that are more specific than the built-in Distribution Channel filters allow. Only in these rare cases, use SetDistributionChannel Activity as alternative Distribution Channel settings. Click here to expand... With the Distribution Channel settings you can filter documents on a combination of doctype, docsubtype, format, sender, recipient, etc. In almost all cases, these options suffice, except in rare cases when documents are identical in all these properties. Example: Two documents are highly identical: Same doctype, same format, same sender, same recipient, etc. The difference might be that one of these was sent using a different communication module, and your business partner expects you to send a returning document to this different communication module. As the Distribution Channel settings have no option to filter on communication properties, you will need to use SetDistributionChannel. |
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Options for SmartBridge 3
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| Current document | Use CurrentDocument to indicate which data you want to process with the current Activity. This option only becomes relevant in case a preceding Activity generated new documents. | In general, leave at the default value.
Read more » The only situation in which you might need to modify this option, is when your Workflow produces several new documents based on one incoming original document. Activities that use a single document to produce several documents: These Activities produce several documents, and some of those might require additional, specific processing. To be able to indicate which documents require different processing, you will need to have done the following:
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| Communication module type(s) | Which types of communication modules are allowed to be used for sending. |
Supports dynamic values from Macros » Instead of using static values you can also use dynamic values. With so called Macros you can have SmartBridge dynamically replace (part of) the value with properties extracted from a document (e.g. recipient), or with system settings (e.g. date). See the Macros for Workflows for more details and examples. |
| Communication module configuration | The name of a Communication Module configuration that you want to use for sending. | Enter the name of a specific, existing Communication Module configuration. Supports dynamic values from Macros » Instead of using static values you can also use dynamic values. With so called Macros you can have SmartBridge dynamically replace (part of) the value with properties extracted from a document (e.g. recipient), or with system settings (e.g. date). See the Macros for Workflows for more details and examples. |
| Address | Specific address to where the document should be sent. | Enter a specific address of the recipient. The address should already be in use in one of the existing Distribution Channels. Supports dynamic values from Macros » Instead of using static values you can also use dynamic values. With so called Macros you can have SmartBridge dynamically replace (part of) the value with properties extracted from a document (e.g. recipient), or with system settings (e.g. date). See the Macros for Workflows for more details and examples. |
Options for SmartBridge 2
All options
Activity
Every Workflow Activity needs to have a name, and be configured to be either on or off. These generic properties are part of the Activity properties.
Option | What is it | How to use it |
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Name
| A unique name for the Activity. Names are used for two reasons:
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Description | Description of the activity, to give others some context about the Activity. | Enter an optional description. |
Enabled
| Specifies if the Activity should be enabled or not. Disabled Activities will be skipped during Workflow execution and validation. | Select option from the dropdown:
Recommended: True |
Distribution channel
| Option | What is it | How to use it |
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| Comm module configuration | The name of a Communication Module configuration that you want to use for sending. | Enter the name of a specific, existing Communication Module configuration.
Supports dynamic values from Macros » Instead of using static values you can also use dynamic values. With so called Macros you can have SmartBridge dynamically replace (part of) the value with properties extracted from a document (e.g. recipient), or with system settings (e.g. date). See the Macros for Workflows for more details and examples.
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| Address | Specific address to where the document should be sent. | Enter a specific address of the recipient. The address should already be in use in one of the existing Distribution Channels.
Supports dynamic values from Macros » Instead of using static values you can also use dynamic values. With so called Macros you can have SmartBridge dynamically replace (part of) the value with properties extracted from a document (e.g. recipient), or with system settings (e.g. date). See the Macros for Workflows for more details and examples.
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Document identification
In case you use the Clone Activity, SmartBridge will use this property to identify cloned documents.
Option | What is it | How to use it |
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Document Key | Only relevant for Workflows that contain a CloneDocument Activity. The key of the cloned document to be used for processing. Click here to expand... When creating a clone of the document (using the CloneDocument activity) you need to specify whether SmartBridge should process the clone or the original. When you have specified a Document Key, SmartBridge will assign the Document Key to cloned documents. With the Document Key assigned to cloned documents, you will be able to refer to the clones for further processing. |
Recommended: Leave empty when you are not using a Clone Activity. |
In SmartBridge 3 this option is replaced with 'Input Options'.
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