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iSeries Automated Document Distribution
Quick Start Guide
Release date: 6/25/2013
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Overview of Automated Document Distribution
Automating document distribution processes saves time by automatically controlling how and
where documents are distributed. The information below illustrates the path of a document—
from an AFP spool file to a PDF stored in WebDocs—and how each program along the path
partakes in automating this process.
1.
InfoPrint Integrator/400 2.
Batch Report Server/400
3.
WebDocs iSeries Edition
Converts AFP spool files to
text-searchable PDF
documents and then re-
spools them.
Processes spool files
containing PDF documents
and checks them in to
WebDocs.
Allows users to store, edit,
and share text-searchable
PDF documents.
This product, along with IBM’s
InfoPrint software, monitors
rs
an iSeries output queue for
AFP spool files. When InfoPrint
Integrator/400 detects new
spool files, it converts them to
to
text-searchable PDF
DF
documents on the IFS. Then it
re-spools the PDF to an output
ut
queue.
Note: InfoPrint Integrator/400
00
requires a license for IBM
InfoPrint.
This product monitors an iSeries
output queue for spool files.
When it detects new spool files,
it recognizes the PDF documents
s
contained within the spool file,
and checks them in to WebDocs.
Docs.
During the check-in process, the
the
program looks for the folder
older
structure, Document Type, and
nd
index key values in the spool
l
file’s user defined data and sets
them in WebDocs.
The final step in automated
document distribution is to
manage the PDF documents in
WebDocs. WebDocs stores the
new PDF documents based on the
information listed in the user
defined data, which allows you to
quickly locate your documents.
You can now view and edit the
e
PDF documents.