Submit point is a producer that serves to submit jobs into a flow through the Switch Web Portal by a user with the appropriate access rights. See also Designing flows for use with the Switch Web Portal.
The backing folder for a Submit point is always auto-managed.Keywords
If you enter one of the following keywords in the Search field at the top of the Flow elements pane, the Submit point element will be shown in the list:
- Internet
- web
- network
- communication
- transfer
- input
- client
- user
- upload
- metadata
- workstation
Properties
Property |
Description |
|---|---|
Name |
The name of the flow element displayed in the canvas. By default it is displayed as "Submit point". |
Description |
A description of the flow element displayed in the canvas. This description is also shown in the tooltip that appears when moving your cursor over the flow element. |
Display name |
The name to be displayed on the Switch Web Portal. If set to Default, the name entered in the Name field is displayed. |
Thumbnail |
The image to be used as thumbnail for this Submit point on the Switch Web Portal (in the top left corner of the dialog). Allowed image types are PNG, BMP and JPEG. |
Attach hierarchy info |
If set to Yes, part of a job's submit information (as configured with the next two properties) is added to its hierarchy location path as it is injected in the flow; see Using hierarchy info for more details. |
Include Submit point name |
If set to Yes, the name of this flow element is included at the top of the remembered location path. |
Include user name |
If set to Yes, the name of the user submitting the job is included in the remembered location path. |
Attach user as email info |
If set to Yes, the submitting user's e-mail address is added to each job's email info as the job is injected in the flow; see Using email info in Switch. |
Attach extra email info |
E-mail addresses and body text specified with the editor for this property are added to each job's email info as the job is injected in the flow; the information added can vary depending on the user submitting the job; see Using email info in Switch. |
Enter metadata |
If set to Yes, the user is asked to complete metadata fields before submitting a job; see Picking up metadata and Defining metadata fields for more information. |
Metadata fields |
Definitions for the metadata fields to be entered; see Defining metadata fields for more information. |
Dataset name |
A name for the set of metadata entered here; see Picking up metadata for more information. |
Picking up client fields as metadata
The Submit point tool picks up metadata fields entered by the user when submitting a job (through the Switch Web Portal). Specifically, when a user submits a job and the list of field definitions in the Submit point's "Metadata fields" property is not empty, the Submit point:
Creates a metadata dataset containing the contents of the metadata fields entered by the user.
Associates this dataset with the job ticket for the submitted job under the dataset name specified in the "Dataset name" property.
Refer to Client fields schema for details on the format of the generated metadata.