Metadata sequencer and Create output

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I need to split output based on the number of documents.
My idea is to let job preset sort records based on external sort, then to use metadata sequencer to split according to predefined number and after that use Create output to create one file for each sequence.
Apparently that does not work that way. Metadata sequencer selects a defined set, but Create output plugin always create output for the entire job.

I know that splitting by document number can be done in Output preset, but that’s not an option in this case. Currently I want to split only by the number of documents, but that will be upgraded to more complex logic in the future.

Can this be done with metadata sequencer, or is there another solution for this?

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The Metadata Sequencer is for “legacy metadata”, which was introduced in PlanetPress 6 or 7. Using the Metadata Sequencer plugin in Workflow will not affect the order of Connect contentset or dataset items in the Connect database… it’s not made really to work with Connect.

You need to look more closely at Connect’s Job Preset and Output Preset. You can group Documents into Document Sets in the Job Preset, sort them, and in the Ouput Preset you can “Separate” your output by Document Sets.

You can also Separate by number of documents, within the Output Preset, which seems to be what you’re looking to do:

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