I can set parametric output paths e.g. for pdf output.
(by the way, the documentation is wrong, because the quotations marks around the format string must not be there, else the input field for path gives me an error. As you can see in one example there are quotation marks around the format string, in the other there are none)
This isn’t a bug. The correct way of doing this is to apply the pattern ${system.time, yyyyMMdd} to the Job Output Mask option instead, as shown in the following example:
Plus the documentation states clearly that these parameters can be used in the field “Job Output Folder”.
I’m sorry but that is not correct. The documentation states it clearly for file name variables. However, the pattern ${system.time, yyyyMMdd} is not a file name variable.
P.S. I can understand the confusion but please note that the pattern ${system.time, yyyyMMdd} is listed under the heading “Formatting date and number values” instead of under the heading “File name variables”.
See the screenshot above, it’s directly from the documentation. It is clearly stated that you can use file name variables in the Job Output Folder field when using the directory option. The documentation search (or the browser) even highlighted it.
The documentation needs to be clartified here in my opinion.
So if it is this way:
The date and number values are not a File Name Variable, but a Content Variable and thus cannot be used in the Job Output Folder, but it must be used in the file name in the field Job Output Mask.
I am sure you agree with me if I state that this is not obvious, coherent or easy to understand.
