Renaming Jobs

As jobs are processed in a flow, it is often beneficial to rename them to follow standard naming conventions or to reflect the results of job processing. All SWITCH flavors support job renaming.

Required tools
SWITCH		All flavors of SWITCH can implement this task.
Other tools	All tools necessary for this task are built into SWITCH; no extra tools are necessary
Time savings
The ROI calculation assumes this task will be used for 95% of the jobs received (it assumes 5% of the jobs is not in the correct format and is simply returned to the supplier of the job) and that 2 minutes are saved per processed job.

More Information

The main tool to rename jobs in SWITCH is the rename job flow element. This flow element allows changing the complete file name, or just adding a prefix or suffix to the existing job name.

Fixed name changes

The tool allows to add literal pieces of text to the job name. This for example allows adding "_OK" as a suffix to the name of successfully processed jobs.

Variables

In all properties of the rename jobs tool variables can be used as well. This makes the name changes dynamic on the job that is being processed. This allows for example to add the value of an XMP metadata field embedded in the job to the job name.

Scripting

In PowerSWITCH script expressions in the properties of the rename jobs tool or complete script elements can be used to perform more complex renaming.

Example Flows

The following flows present examples of how jobs can be received into flows:

• Adding prefixes or suffixes to job names
• Adding a unique ID to the name of processed jobs (PowerSWITCH only)
• Renaming files based on SWITCHclient provided metadata (PowerSWITCH only)