Obtain page count or number of records from a variable print job?

PlanetPress Classic
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Hello friends,

As the title states, I am looking for a way to obtain either the number of pages or number of individual records contained within a variable print job in PlanetPress Workflow 7.

My hopes are that there is a variable that could be used to capture this info and then write it to a CSV file, or into an outgoing email message. We basically just need to know the page count of each job for some accounting purposes.

Any help is much appreciated!

Cheers,
Andrew

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This can be achieved very easily by adding the Create Metadata plugin.
Unless you use a User-Defined emulation you don’t even need a PP7 form for it.

  • Simply use the None as the Documents selected in the plugin.
  • Make sure that you setup your emulation properly when you select your test file in your process. That is what will define how to read your incoming input.
  • Run this in debug and stop right after the plugin.
  • In the Debug menu, select the View Metadata and you’ll find the information you want at the Metadata level->Job. The Product information name is Number of data pages in the job.

Once you have tried that your next question will be how do I access this in the process?

In any of the other plugin where there is a maroon colored field like in the Set Job Infos and variables plugin, simply right-clcik in the field and select Get metadata location and look for your information.

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Hi there,

I’m trying to understand the metadata also and how to obtain the total pages and the number of pages per document.

Is this something that is available within workflow? I’m working with a document at the moment that produces 6 pages per record but when I look at the metadata whilst debugging the workflow on a document level it is saying Pages In Document = 1 and then Number of pages in the Group is equal to the record count and not records count x 6 as it should be.

Cheers

Michael

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Can you share your form?
If sensitive message me in private

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Hi Hamelj,

What documents do you need to see?

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The PP7 form and maybe your Workflow config if it is complex…if it is simple, just the PP7 form.

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Now that I know that you are using Connect workflow with Connect Server and not PlanetPress Workflow 7, you might be interested in this post: Feature Request: plugin to summarize Connect Job stats, counts, media types, etc - Workflow - Upland OL User community

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Thanks @hamelj, this worked perfectly!
Appreciate the assist.

Cheers,
Andrew