Show metadata at Checkpoint

Clive Andrews · Post by **Clive Andrews** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 9:54 am

I know this is probably a stupid question - but I have a checkpoint for the CSRs to ok & route jobs to end of flow. I'd like to show them the metadata that was attached to the file when it came in - which was xml created as input from an iDropper. One of the lines has the xml tag of "Reference" - now seeing as I carry that through with the job, and refer to it in confirmation emails, I thought I could just use the same naming convention (see grabs)

Can anyone advise me where I am going wrong - how do I get Metadata attached to the job to show that information in the Switch Client? (strangely enough I've only just started to use the Client after best part of 2 years!)

dkelly · Post by **dkelly** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 3:28 pm

Hi Clive, you can use "Default" to set the value of your read-only SwitchClient metadata using "Text with variables" to access the XML metadata.

Dwight Kelly

Apago, Inc.

dkelly@apago.com

Clive Andrews · Post by **Clive Andrews** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:31 am

Yup, I got it, thanks Dwight....

Follow up question

Can I write into the job metadata the name of the operator who interacted with the file (i.e. the Switch Client login that was used)...?

Edit - I'd like to write it as a comment into the PDF core Metadata...

Thanks guys!

dkelly · Post by **dkelly** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 5:25 pm

[Job.UserName] contains the user name of SwitchClient after a Checkpoint.

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Clive Andrews · Post by **Clive Andrews** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 5:40 pm

As usual, my thanks to you sir.

Now - 3rd and final question for now - is there a quick and dirty way to squirt it into the Document Properties, either Keywords or the Custom Properties....

....I bet you'll say "Use Callas" lol - I'll have a look and see if I can do it in CPDF...

dkelly · Post by **dkelly** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 5:45 pm

Use XMP Inject, to set the dc:creator you could use the path "dc:creator/*[1]"

Clive Andrews · Post by **Clive Andrews** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:42 am

dkelly wrote: Use XMP Inject, to set the dc:creator you could use the path "dc:creator/*[1]"

I actually have "dc:creator/[Job.UserName]" - can I change "creator" to some other text/field - i.e. "continued by"..?

My first attempt "dc:creator/*[Job.UserName]" gave "Cannot inject dataset 'dc:creator/*Clive Andrews-Lewis': dataset is not available" - so hopefully I have the correct syntax now. Testing is sloooow as I have other users, with live work, that I have to fit between....

Failing that I will try CPDF and change the keywords in that - I'm just loathed to spend £195 if I can do it for free with Switch tools...

Edit - I see my error, I should be doing Update XMP within the "XMP Inject" - I can then change the creator (which is enough to leave the Audit trail I'm looking for)