In the following activities, you will use XML to drive a complete, end-to-end prepress workflow. You will use a "control" job to support a hot folder that will take dropped XML and trigger a rule set that will consume the XML "intent" to provide parameter values to some of the actions within your rule set.
You will build the workflow progressively, using the RBA Debugger to validate each step of the rule set creation. You will have a generic Exception Handler logging to job history as appropriate.
At the end of the activities you will be able to drop XML into a job hot folder and have your rule set behave according to the intent, i.e., create the specified job in the intended group with all of the job elements.
For the sake of this self-study guide, we have provided both a schema and an XML file with the intent. The XML file includes information about how to name the job, which server and job share to store the job on, which input files and imposition to use, and how to assign the pages using APA. If desired, it is possible to open and edit this XML file.
See the outline to view a brief description of each activity.
It is recommended to complete activities in sequential order, as each activity continues from the previous one.
Important: It is highly recommended to complete the RBA basic self-study guide before starting this advanced self-study guide.
The final rule set will look like this:
