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In this tutorial, we're going
to take a look at some of the options
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that are available in the general settings
of the Connect Flow plugin.
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This includes options such as configuring
your output file and specifying
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whether products are able to trigger
the Connect Flow plugin.
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So starting off with use data
format XML.
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This is a toggle switch
between the creation of your output
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file and XML or JSON format.
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Having the option selected results in XML
being produced.
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Having the option deelected results
in a JSON being produced.
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Options further down this setting list
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allow configuration of an XSLT file.
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If they are utilized,
then this setting is ignored.
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Next setting down
we have escape special characters.
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so in an XML file.
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Special characters are those that have
special meaning within the XML syntax.
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These characters are reserved
and cannot be used directly
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as text within the XML content.
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Instead,
they need to be escaped using specific
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sequences of characters
called escape sequences.
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So there's five different characters
that are considered special characters.
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In the example, you can find more details
on those in the step
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by step guide
that accompanies this tutorial.
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But just as an overview,
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we've got <,
>, &
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‘, “
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By using these escape sequences.
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You can include these special characters
within XML content
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without conflicting with your XML syntax.
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it's important to properly escape
special characters
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in XML to ensure valid and well-formed
XML documents.
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Failing to escape
these characters can lead to parsing
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errors
or misinterpretation of the XML data.
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Next time we have pause order processing.
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So this is a stop toggle switch.
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Enabling this setting means
that the connect flow plugin
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is not triggered by any orders.
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Next we have date time format pattern.
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This provides the ability
to specify a date format.
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predefined XSLT
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So an XSLT file can be used to transform
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the standard XML into any format
required by your third party software.
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we provide a
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range of preconfigured XSLT templates
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which can be freely utilized
and modified as required.
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So at a predefined XSLT
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format and Click Apply XSLT
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to generate the content
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within the textbox.
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So XSLT for submit order.
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This is the XSLT script
to be utilized upon
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the submission of relevant orders.
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It works by transforming
XML content into a format
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which can be utilized by your third
party system. Infigo offers
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Generation of XSLT files
as a professional service
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for an additional development charge.
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Growing down, we have delivery type
so available options in this dropdown.
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I'll print digital and all this allows you
to specify which products trigger
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the connect flow plugin
based on their delivery
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configuration
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include file upload attribute link.
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So a product attribute can be configured
to allow users
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to upload additional files
as part of an order.
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This option within the Connect Flow
plugin ensures information
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on these uploaded
files is captured within the output file
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by providing a downloadable link
for the uploaded
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file.
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The next series of options are various
different naming options.
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So this set of options allows you
to configure the naming
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convention
of many areas of the output file.
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So the majority of the users
that utilize the Connect Flow plugin
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don't tend to adjust the settings.
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So underneath the mapping settings section
we have include only mapped products.
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So this allows
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this option
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allows granular control over
which products will trigger
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the connect flow plugin with this checkbox
selected
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only products with an external ID specify
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it will be considered by the plugin
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The next steps will briefly cover
how to specify an external
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ID on a product by product basis.
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So what I'm going to do
is navigate to my product management
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screen, and in my case
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I'll open that in a new tab
so I don't lose my initial page.
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Click on the ‘+’ icon
next to your relevant product
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and then you'll see
we have this connect link icon
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within the product variant table
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clicking this will load a separate screen
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and all you have here
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is the selection of the relevant plugin
that you want to utilize.
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So we only have connect
flow activated in this case
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and then we have a box for external ID.
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So this is a perfect location
to import and identifier for this product
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from your third party system.
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So for example, I'm test mapping user.
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I want just as a sample.
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If you want to do something
a bit more detailed, then specify
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the connection for an entire product.
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Then you can go into more detail
inside the product variant details itself
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where you can do
the same process with attributes.
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If you had attributes assigned
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and attribute combinations,
so you can link those combinations
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as you would
the same method as the entire product
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include only mapped product attributes.
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So this option has the same behavior
as the setting above it,
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but applies to product attributes
of which there may be multiple per product
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rather than simply an entire product.
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So more information on product attributes
can be found within the Infigo Academy
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or within our help center.
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The next section is asset configuration,
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with the first option
being is asset download link enabled.
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So if selected, this provides
a link in the output file
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to download the artwork
produced by that Infigo job.
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Then we have include asset details.
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Note If I click on that, I get access
to a couple more options there.
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So this allows the generation or
the inclusion of an image of your artwork.
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So three formats are available.
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You can do a PDF.
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So this is simply utilizing
the artwork output produced by Infigo
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You can do a PNG.
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So the PNG is generated
from the artwork output file
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or you could do a jpeg.
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So a jpeg is generated again
from the artwork output pdf.
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If you specify a PNG or a JPEG,
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you're also able to specify the resolution
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of that resulting output.
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Next, we have related PDFs,
so this adds links in the output
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file related to additional PDFs
about the job in question.
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So you can choose to include invoices,
you can include packaging slips,
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and you can include job ticket links.
