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FreeFlow Process Manager Operator and Administrator Guide
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Workflow Builder
Creating conditional branches
Conditional branching provides an added level of logic to a
workflow, allowing it to examine the properties of submitted jobs,
and then act accordingly without human intervention.
You can add one or more conditional branches to a workflow,
each with one or more user-designated conditions that specify the
desired attributes or properties of the submitted jobs.
During execution, the condition(s) of each branch are compared
with the information retrieved from the job. The first branch whose
conditions or specifications “match” the properties retrieved from
the job will be taken.
Each Conditional node can include up to 12 branches; each
branch can include up to 12 conditions that must be satisfied.
You can specify two main categories of conditions:
• PDF-related conditions
• JDF ticket-related conditions
For more information about these conditions, see the Conditions
to Add table.
The branches of a Conditional node can be merged into a
common workflow. For more information, see Linking conditional
branches.
Conditional branching provides an alternative to using Preflight as
a means to filter and route jobs. For more information, see Using
preflight as a filter.
See also:
Guidelines for successful conditional branching
Adding and configuring branch conditions
Conditional branch conditions
Managing conditional branches
Editing conditional branches
Deleting conditional branches
Linking conditional branches