Product Part Data Zone. Esko Pilot

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Documento

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Automation Engine

Click

Show Product Location

to see a preview of where the uploaded file will be placed. An example:

Product Part Data Zone

Note:

Learn about the concept of

Data Zone

and see some examples in

Products Data

Structure

Every product part has a data zone. It contains the product part file itself and any additional related files.

When you look at a product's data zone in the Pilot, the depth of the data zone indicates the number of folders that you will see between the root of the data zone and the folder containing the actual product part file.

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The

Default Depth

value that you enter here is used when you create or change the product part properties.

9.13.34 SAP Servers

Configuring an SAP server is required when integrating with such a system. Learn more in

Interact with SAP task

9.13.35 SFTP sites

SFTP sites are used in the

Upload via SFTP task

and also by an

SFTP Access Point

. Learn more about SFTP in the documentation pages of those tools or in this

online article describing the difference between FTPS and SFTP

To configure an SFTP site (an SSH server), open the Configure tool, select the topic

SFTP

Sites

and choose

File

New

. A default name appears, click and wait to change it. It is good practise to add both the host server and the user in the name.

Settings

•

Server

: The name of the SFTP server.

•

User Name

: The name of the user logging in to that SFTP server.

• Authenticating with an SFTP server requires a valid SSH account ( username@host

) and one or both of these authentication methods:

• a valid password

• a pair of public-private key files, as generated by an SHH-keygen tool.

An SHH private key authentication enables a higher level of security (it for example avoids bots trying out all user/passwords). These keys come in pairs, a public and a private key.

Note:

In the rare case where the SFTP server was set to accept both types of authentication, you can enter both a password and a private key. The system then first checks the password method, and when that fails, it tries the keys.

• When using a

password

, enter the password.

• When (also) using a

Private Key

, use

Select...

to upload the private SSH key file into the

Automation Engine database. Optionally, fill in the

Passphrase

(to be able to unlock the key).

Note:

When the public-private key pair authentication is used, the public key must be added to the authorized keys of the SFTP server and the private key must be selected in this configure tool.

Clear

serves to remove a prior selected key from the Automation Engine database.

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•

Test Connection

. Always test before saving this configuration.

9.13.36 Secure Web Proxy

Learn about using web proxy settings in

the page on the item Web Proxy

This item is where you add proxy settings when the communication is https (not http).

9.13.37 Scripts

This dedicated chapter about Scripting

explains how Automation Engine can run custom scripts and so help automate desktop applications.

Learn more about its configuration in

this page on configuring the Script Runner tool

9.13.38 Shuttle

Enter the

Port

to use for communication between your Automation Engine server and the

Shuttle clients.

Note:

By default this is port 5182, but if this port is already used by other processes, you should enter the next available port.

Click to define the

Upload Folder

. This is where Shuttle clients will upload files that are not located in a Container (except the Shuttle DeskPack plug-in, that will always upload files to the

DeskPackContainer

Note:

The

Upload Folder

must be located in a Container.

• Select

Start Shuttle server automatically when Automation Engine is started

if you plan to make frequent use of the Shuttle technology.

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• Select

Use the task history to re-launch tasks using the same public parameters

if you want Shuttle to remember the public parameter values that were used when submitting a file. If you then re-submit that file, these values will be automatically filled out.

Click the

Start

button to start Shuttle server. This is not required to use the Shuttle application.

However, starting the server is required to use Shuttle via applications like ArtPro, PackEdge and Illustrator. Shuttle server makes Automation Engine’s workflows, tasks and files accessible to the Shuttle clients.

Save the settings by clicking

File

Save

Shuttle Server Status

This shows whether the Shuttle server is running and how many tasks it manages.

9.13.39 Track Edit Session

When you open a file that resides in an active Job (folder) in an Esko editor, the

Track Edit

Session

task can automatically start logging times and several editing actions. This tracking stops when the file is closed.

You can here select for which editors you want to (automatically) run this task.

Learn more in the page about the

Track Edit Session task

Note:

When changing this configuration, restart the editor to activate this behavior.

9.13.40 Viewer

The Viewer offers a range of tools that help guaranteeing optimal viewing details while at the same time limiting the time to prepare the view data. Learn more in

The Automation Engine

Viewer

. You can here define some of their settings:

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View PDF Files

Define here which normalization ticket will be used when you open non-normalized files

(native PDF, AI, (E)PS).

View ArtPro Files

As mentioned in

Supported File Types

, you can choose to see ArtPro files in the Viewer in either of these ways:

•

As in ArtPro

. This mode is advised for ArtPro users who do not work with normalized PDF files in their workflow.

•

As in PackEdge

. This mode adds a normalization step before the view data are created. It is advised when you want to compare ArtPro files with Normalized PDF files. Some users will prefer this mode because it was used before (it was the default mode before version 14.1).

Note:

The

WebCenter Viewer

and the

Publish to WebCenter

task always use this mode for

ArtPro files.

External Images

you can define a ticket that has the correct settings to find the external images.

Viewing Preferences

•

Anti-Aliasing

smoothens the staircase effect that you can get when pixels represent line art objects.

•

Merge Similar Inks

merges inks with the same name that have a different ruling or angle.

Attention:

We strongly advise to enable this option when viewing ArtPro files or

Normalized PDF files generated by ArtPro.

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'Speed up for Viewing'

Choose the ticket that the "

Speed up for Viewing

" folders should use. Learn more in

Speed Up

For Viewing

9.13.41 Web Proxy

For tools where Automation Engine uses http communication, you can here configure details of the Web Proxy to use.

•

Web Proxy Server

: Specify the computer name or IP address and port of the proxy server.

•

Proxy server requires a password

: When the proxy server requires authentication, specify the

User Name

and

Password

to use to authenticate.

•

Bypass proxy settings

: Specify a list of patterns separated by ' | ', The patterns may start or end with a '

' for wildcards.

Attention:

You need to restart Automation Engine before its tools start to use the web proxy for http communication.

These Automation Engine tools use web proxy settings for http communication:

• Tasks:

Create or Modify WebCenter Project

Download WebCenter Document

Integrate with

WebCenter

Publish on WebCenter

Interact with Web Service

• Cloud applications and storage tools, configured in

External Web Services

on page 74.

•

Connection Doctor

, to troubleshoot the server.

• In the

Server Web page - Server Admin - Server Checks - Network

, the

Online help

check and the

WebCenter Sites

check.

• Automation Engine's JDF Server (JMF), used to communicate with devices and external systems.

9.13.42 WebCenter Sites

This item serves to configure links from Automation Engine to WebCenter sites.

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Specify the web address of the WebCenter site. After you entered the WebCenter address, click

Open...

to check if the WebCenter site is up and running. If you are redirected to the login page, it means that the address is correct and that the site is up and running.

Tip:

Be aware that this address is also the address that will be included in the notification e-mails when adding links to documents (approval cycle start E-mail). You should therefore make sure that the address can be accessed from the outside. Make sure to not use an internal address, but one that you want your (external) users to use when

they

use WebCenter.

WebCenter and Automation Engine are in the same LAN

Select this toggle if this is true. This will most likely be the case. Deselect this toggle if

WebCenter and Automation Engine are not in the same LAN.

Note:

How can you verify if these two systems are in the same LAN? They are in the same LAN when you can connect from WebCenter’s application server, this is the system where JBOSS is installed, to an Automation Engine Job Folder with the credentials of the

System Account

(by default the user BGSYSTEM or the one you changed it to, using

the System Account page in the

Server Web page

WebCenter's Approval Client:

If WebCenter and Automation Engine are not in the same LAN, you first need to create an

Automation Engine

Approval Client

in WebCenter. This is necessary to give Automation

Engine permissions to listen to the approval messages that are stored in WebCenter.

Tip:

If the

Approval Client

does not exist yet, follow these steps:

In WebCenter, log in as

Administrator

Go to the

Admin

section. In

Configurations

, select

Workflow and Tunnel Approval

Clients

Click the link “

New Workflow and Tunnel Approval Client

Enter a

User name

and a

Password

for the Automation Engine client. Mind that this is also the user name and password that have to be entered when configuring the WebCenter site in Automation Engine.

Fill out the client

Name

and

Password

and click the

Check Connection

button. This will check if the user can log on successfully.

The

Info

button displays the following information:

”In case Automation Engine and WebCenter are not in the same local area network (LAN), the retrieval of the approval results is secured by a name and password. The name and password specified in Automation Engine must match the name and password specified in WebCenter by the WebCenter administrator. When clicking the 'Check' button, the WebCenter version will be checked and the name and password will be validated by

WebCenter.”

Check Connection

When you click this button, you should, after a few seconds, get a window saying “

Check OK

The software version of that WebCenter will also be mentioned.

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Note:

The button will check the validity of the user name or password to connect to that

WebCenter but

not

of your WebCenter’s

Approval Client

Note:

Passwords are encrypted.

Note:

When you connect to a secured WebCenter site (for example one that uses HTTPS://), then you have to export its security certificate and import it on the Automation Engine server.

If this is not done, publishing from Automation Engine to WebCenter will result in an error.

Learn more on how to do this in the chapter

Install SSL Certificates on the Workflow

Production Server

of the

WebCenter documentation

Tip:

After configuring a new WebCenter site, it is recommended to close your Pilot and start it again in order to see the updated list of WebCenter sites in your tickets.