Building a sequenced transformation profile

Sequenced profiles specify a list of profiles that are executed in parallel. For each inner profile in the profile sequence, you can specify whether the next profile should wait on the successful completion of the previous task. If there is no specification, profiles can be executed as soon as the tasks threads are available to process them. This means that each profile does not have to be complete before the next profile starts.

To build a sequenced transformation profile:

  1. Navigate to Administration/CTS/Profiles.

  2. Select one or more transformation profiles from the Profiles list that you want to put together in a sequence.

  3. Select Tools > Build Profile > Parallel or right-click on the transformation profile and select Build Profile.

    The Build sequence profile editor appears.

  4. In the Info tab:

    1. Enter a Name for the new profile. The selected profile’s name is entered by default. You may alter this name or enter a new name. The profile name may not contain any spaces or special characters. This is a required field.

    2. Enter a Label for the new profile. This is the value that is seen in the Transformation wizard. This is a required field.

    3. Enter a description for the profile. The description is seen in the transformation wizard.

    4. Select which products you want to be able to use the profile.

    5. Enter a location in the repository where you want the profile to be saved. The Profiles folder (//System/Media Server/Profiles) is entered by default. If you click Browse, you can place the new profiles in any repository location.

    6. Select System if you want the new profile to be a system profile. System profiles are not visible to users in the Transformation wizard, but may be used internally by Content Transformation Services products.

      You can use this market for profiles that you are working on and do not want to be used. If you want the profile to be invoked by the system, you must perform extra configuration. See the EMC Documentum Content Transformation Services Profile Modification Guide or the EMC Documentum Content Transformation Services Product Development Guide for more information on system profiles.

  5. Click Next.

  6. In the Inner Profiles - Selection tab select the existing profiles you wish to chain together to create the new profile. Any profiles you selected before launching the profile editor are already included in the Selected Profiles list.

    Select a profile in the Selected Profiles list and use the arrows to change the order in which the inner profiles are performed within the new profile (If you choose to have a profile wait for the preceding inner profile before performing the transformation).

  7. Click Next.

  8. In the Inner Profiles - Details tab, each profile selected in the Inner Profiles - Selection screen is displayed with the profile’s current parameters. The Inner Profiles - Details tab allows you to configure some parameters for each profile. Select a profile parameter and click Configure.

  9. In the Configure inner profile dialog:

    1. The location of the profile is shown in the Path field.

    2. Select an Output format for this specific profile. This output file will be used by the next profile in the chain, if applicable.

    3. Select Wait on completion if the next profile in the chain must wait for this profile to finish its transformation before the next can begin, usually to use its output.

    4. Click OK.

  10. Click Next.

  11. In the Formats tab:

    • Click Add to add another Source and Target format pairing for the new profile. These are the source file formats that the profile will accept for transformation and the target formats that those files can transform to.

      Click OK.

    • Select a Source and Target format pairing and click Remove to removing the pairing from the new profile.

  12. Click Next.

  13. The Parameters tab allows you to configure what parameters are required by the profile in order to complete the transformation. This includes all parameters from all inner profiles. Select a profile parameter and click Configure.

  14. In the Configure profile parameter dialog:

    1. Enter a label for the parameter. This label will appear in the transformation wizard.

    2. Select Use Default Settings to enable the Default Value and Hidden options.

    3. Enter a Default Value for the parameter if you want one. This value will appear for the parameter when user views the parameters for the transformation.

    4. Select Hidden if you do not want this parameter to be visible to the user in the transformation wizard. If the parameter is hidden as inner token mappings, the default value set for this parameter becomes the literal value.

    5. Click OK.

  15. Click Next.

    The Summary tab appears providing a review of the elements that were selected and defined in the previous screens.

  16. Click Finish to save the new profile.