An HTML Output job creates a static HTML output file for each primary key. Configure an HTML Output job only if you plan to limit access to your database and let users view a static HTML output file only. Static HTML output files may be necessary if you partner with thin or thick consolidators for statement presentment.
An HTML Output job is necessary only if you plan to provide users access to static HTML output. Use an Indexer job with dynamic HTML Web views to provide live retrieval of HTML-formatted statements.
Creating and configuring an HTML Output job requires you to:
· Specify configuration settings for the three production tasks that run sequentially as part of the Indexer job: Scanner, Indexer, and HTMLFormatter.
· Publish the DDF file for the application's Indexer task (if you don’t already have an Indexer job defined for the application).
· Publish the HTML Output view files (DDF, ALF, and HTML templates) defined for the application.
Review the task and field configuration settings to determine which options to set for your application.
1. On the Main Console, click the application name, listed under Applications in the table. The Edit Application screen appears.
2. Click Add New Job. eaDirect displays the Create New Job screen.
3. Enter a meaningful name for the HTML Output job. The job name must start with an alpha character. The rest of the name can be alphanumeric and can have underscores, but no spaces.
4. Select job type HTML Output.
5. Click Launch Publisher. eaDirect launches Publisher.
6. Click Create.
7. Under Batch Jobs, next to HTML Output, click the number of auxiliary HTML templates the view uses (the number in addition to the default template). Publisher displays the Create a Version Set for HTML Output screen.
8. Select the application name from the drop-down list.
9. Select the DDF, ALF, and HTML files in the HTML Output version set.
10. Click Submit. Publisher displays the Submission screen with details about the version set.
11. If you don’t already have an Indexer job configured for this application, click Publish Indexer to publish a DDF for the Indexer task that runs as part of the HTML Output job (If you already have an Indexer job for this application, go to Step 14.) eaDirect displays the Create a Version Set for Indexer screen.
12. Specify the DDF file for the Indexer task.
13. Click Submit. eaDirect displays the Submission screen for the DDF.
14. Close the Publisher window.
15. At the Create New Job screen in Command Center, click Configure Job and Continue. eaDirect displays the HTMLOutput job configuration screen.
16. Specify the configuration parameters for each of the three tasks that run as part of the HTML Output job. Carefully read the descriptions of each task and field (below) to choose the values appropriate for your application and job. See See Scanner Task Configuration Options, Indexer Task Configuration Options, and StaticHtmlFormatter Task Options
17. When finished entering configuration parameters, click Submit Changes and Schedule. eaDirect submits the job configuration parameters and displays the Schedule screen. You can specify the HTML Output job schedule later.
18. Click Main Console.