Creating a rule to process jobs based on XML data

Create a rule set that reads an XML file and uses the data in the file to process the job—for example, to add and refine an input file. The new job gets its rule set from a template job.

1. Create a job named Template.
   This job is the template for new jobs that are created by the rule.
2. In the template job, create a new rule set.
3. Start the rule with a Remote Trigger event.

4. Add the Read XML action, and set the following parameters:

   Parameter	Setting
   Schema Name	General > MySchema
   File	String1
   Validate	True

   This identifies the XML file passed from the other rule set.

5. Add the Add Input Files action to the Read XML Success event, and set the following parameters:

   Parameter	Setting
   UNC File Paths	XML Data (MySchema) > InputFile
   Job	XML Data (MySchema) > JobName

6. Add the Refine Input Files action to the Add Input Files Added event, and set the following parameters:

   Parameter	Setting
   Input Files	Input Files
   Process Template path	Previous Event (XML Parsed OK) > XML Data (MySchema) > ProcessTemplateRefine

7. Add the Perform Loose Page Output action to the Refine Input File Success event, and set the following parameters:

   Parameter	Setting
   Pages	Input Files Refined Successfully > Pages
   Process Template path	Previous Event (Input File Added) > Previous Event (XML Parsed OK) > XML Data (MySchema) > ProcessTemplateOutput

8. Add the Email action to the Refine Input File Warn event, and set the following parameters:

   Parameter	Setting
   To	Previous Event (Input File Added) > Previous Event (XML Parsed OK) > XML Data (MySchema) > EmailProcessError
   Subject	Refine failed

   This sends an email message to someone if the refine fails.

9. Add the Email action to the Perform Loose Page Output Success event, and set the following parameters:

   Parameter	Setting
   To	Previous Event (Input File Refined OK) > Previous Event (Input File Added) > Previous Event (XML Parsed OK) > XML Data (MySchema) > EmailProcessError
   Subject	Output succeeded

   This sends an email message to someone when the output succeeds.

10. Add the Email action to the Perform Loose Page Output Warn event, and set the following parameters:

    Parameter	Option
    To	Previous Event (Input File Refined OK) > Previous Event (Input File Added) > Previous Event (XML Parsed OK) > XML Data (MySchema) > EmailProcessError
    Subject	Output failed

    This sends an email message to someone if the output fails.
11. Save the rule set with the name ProcessJob.
12. Enable the rule set in the Template job.

Note: If you write XML that does not adhere to the schema, Prinergy will fail upon reading the XML file and the information will be shown in the Rule Set Execution History panel with a red cross. The information will also be displayed in the Diagnostics application on the Prinergy server.