Variables allow you to process different jobs and job types with one Preflight Profile; instead of using multiple Profiles with different, fixed values, you enter a variable which is defined when running the Preflight Profile.
Note that you need to have defined a Variable Set with Smart Preflight variables before you can use variables in a Preflight Profile.
Note: In Switch (for use with the PitStop Server Configurator), you cannot create or
edit a Preflight Profile; you need PitStop Pro or PitStop Server to do so.
To use variables in a Preflight Profile
- Click and double-click the Preflight Profile concerned.
- In your Preflight Profile, open the CHECK ON: category for which you want to use a variable.
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Do one of the following:
- If a variable should be used for enabling or disabling all checks on
the tab, click the Actions link in the top
right corner of the tab and select Enable Variable
Names. A button
appears next to the checkbox of Enable checks
without restriction/Enable checks of <restriction>. - If a variable should be used for one particular check, in the attributes
of the check concerned, click the Enable Variable Names
button
. A button appears next to each property where it is
relevant.
- If a variable should be used for enabling or disabling all checks on
the tab, click the Actions link in the top
right corner of the tab and select Enable Variable
Names. A button
-
Click next to the property for which
you want to use a variable.
Note that this button is only shown when the check can have a variable
applied.
- In the Select a Variable dialog, make sure Use a Variable from the selected Variable Set is selected and select a Variable Set as required.
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Double-click the variable you want to use for the property concerned.
Only the variables that match the type required for the property concerned are
shown. For example, if you want to define the page width, you need a variable of
the type Length.
The name of the variable is shown in the Preflight Profile.