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In this tutorial, we'll take a surface
level,
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look at the methods
by which we can push jobs taken by Infigo.
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two. External folders or systems.
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We'll take a look at two major areas
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hot folders and MIS integrations.
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So first off, we can navigate to the hot
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Folders section.
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This section allows you to define folders
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to act as the recipient for job artwork
and to define rules
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as to which jobs get automatically sent
to which folder.
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In addition to automatically distribute
artwork into hot folders,
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you are required to configure
a separate service named Infigo sync.
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The Infigo Academy contains
details on how to obtain,
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install and configure this.
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Here, we'll give a basic run
through of the hot folder configuration
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functionality.
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Much more detailed configuration resources
are available on the Infigo Academy,
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so we'll start off with something
called a print location.
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You are required to specify print
locations which are essentially just that.
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There are location in which you print.
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Here, for example, we have facility one
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and facility two.
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The next level down,
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if you expand one of those is hot folders,
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so you can create one or more hot folders
within a print location.
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And these are just folders
which you are eventually
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going to get artwork directly sent to.
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On each of those folders we can say
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edit mapping.
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Detailed
mapping can be assigned to our hot folders
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to ensure that jobs are automatically sent
to the most appropriate location.
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This can take many different forms
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from direct product mapping to mapping
based on order location.
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Let's take a look at how
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hot folder use is shown to shared
print operation users.
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And this is once hot folders are fully
configured, including Infigo sync.
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so I'm going to locate a relevant job
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and scroll right down to the print
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location and folder section.
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Here we can see that we are notified
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the job has been assigned
to a particular folder
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and again, if we want to manually swap
the hot folder that this is assigned to,
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we can do so by changing the location
or changing the hot folder
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and say copy to hot folder.
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We can also take a look in the job status.
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The job status is also updated
with relation to folder actions
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so you can see here
that the job was placed in a hot folder.
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You can see
it was automatically downloaded
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and then it's been verified
as then be present within the folder.
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If everything is working
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correctly, you'll see artwork files
appearing in the specified hot folders.
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So now I'm going to
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navigate to connect plugins.
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So next
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we'll take a look at the MIS
approach of pushing jobs from Infigo.
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Infigo has direct
plug ins with numerous MIS providers
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such as printIQ, Veracore and Tharstern.
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In addition, Infigo produces
a module named Connect Flow,
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which allows data to be pushed from Infigo
in a much more generic way,
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allowing connections
to be formed with software.
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We do not have bespoke integrations with.
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So I'm just going to select
one of these connect options
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that we have and click on configure
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Full integrations
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of your Infigo and MIS solutions
can be a fairly complex process.
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However, we're here to help.
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The Infigo
Academy has a range of tutorials
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for each of our major integrations, plus
our support team are on hand to assist.
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If you're having a bit of trouble
in the process begins by entering your MIS
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credentials into Infigo
In order to form a link between the two.
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From here,
there are some additional configuration
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options
available to fine tune your integration,
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and you may find that these options differ
on the different integrations.
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Next, I'm going to locate an
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option called Connect Link,
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so you can see one example of it here.
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When working with an integration module,
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you will often see this connect link
button appearing throughout Infigo..
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This button allows you to link that
particular element with your solution.
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And it could appear on,
for example, product,
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an attribute which is within a product,
an attribute combination
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customer and various other locations.
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The operation of the Connect Link menu.
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So the page that appears
when you actually click
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this link will change based on
the integration you are working with.
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But what you're essentially doing
is just forming a connection between
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a certain part of the Infigo software
and a certain part of your MIS
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solution.
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Once again, navigating back to
our shared print operations.
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As with hot
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folders, any action
related to pushing data to an MIS
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will trigger a status update on the job
within a shared print operations
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When linking to an MIS
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A specific section is available on the job
within shared print operations.
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This will give updates on the current job
status.
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With respect to the MIS
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You can also manually re trigger
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the MIS connection
to push the job again if required.