DevicesDynamic Field Values

When configuring the options in the Connection tab for a device connection, the following fields accept static characters as well as dynamic values from the system properties or data mapClosed A repository for the data for use when responding to a print request. Each data map entry is composed of a name (key) and a value..

Connection Type

Fields

TCP-based Connection Types

Document Name

File Connection Type (Print to PDF, Image, or XML)

File Name Pattern

Email Connection Type (Send as PDF or Image)

From

To

Subject

Body

System Properties

You can use the following case-sensitive values to enter data from system properties in the field.

Value

Description

%D{<format_string>}

Date format. Characters are case-sensitive. Static alphanumeric characters must be enclosed in single quotation marks.

Year: yyyy

Month: MM or MMM

Day of month: dd

Hour: HH

Minutes: mm

Seconds: ss

Milliseconds: SSS

Example: %D{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss 'PT'} results in a date and time like 2014-07-23 09:54:28 PT.

%J

Job ID, a numeric value.

%P

Print Job Detail Context ID. This numeric value can be useful for debugging.

%L

Device Group Name in Loftware Enterprise SP.

%U

User name of user who requested the print job.

Data Map Entries

To use data from data map entries in the field, enter the data refClosed Data reference. The data source used to populate a field with a value. An Input Data Ref is the data source from which a Prompt field obtains data. in ${/Body/Text} format.