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Working with Triggers
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Condition: This is a Visual Basic Script boolean expression. Only two results are
possible (True and False). Use this option to enable current action only when some term
is met. The action will be started only if condition returns True as the result of the
expression.
Note: This functionality is only available with the NiceWatch Enterprise Business
Connector product.
Using Filters
Working with Filters
The middleware integration server includes powerful filter capabilities to parse input
data, extract required data fields regarding your criteria and map them to the variables
defined in the label. If the data you have received from your trigger (file, COM, email,
TCP/IP, database, Web service) cannot be used immediately, you have to use filter
options to extract only the portions of the data that you need to print the labels. Mapping
data filters is an optional function that you only need to set up if the data from your
trigger cannot be used immediately to print the label.
The application offers three filter types to process data:
• Document analysis of unstructured text files
• Text database analysis of structured text and database files
• XML database analysis of XML files
Note:
The data for filters is provided from your trigger. The data received by the trigger will be
used as the input data for the filter.
Selecting the Filter Type
Selection of the proper filter type for your trigger is based on the structure of the input
data. The received data is usually formatted in one of the following formats:
unstructured text files Document analysis filter
This filter can be used with data that has no structure
whatsoever. The perfect example for this filter is a report
file or printer data stream file (text file with printer
commands). Use this filter to define data-parts within
received data, that you want to assign to certain
variables.
structured text files Text database analysis
This filter can be used with a classic text database files
that hold the data for variable fields on the label. Data