Defining the job capture criteria

This procedure describes how to define the job capture criteria. You can use the capture from job output to search the output of a job for specified text, and based on the capture parameters, extract words or characters from the output.

The destination of the capture is a variable that can be set to any of the following types: local, global, named pool or smart folder as described in Adding a variable.

To define the job capture criteria:

1. In the Workspace, select the job that you want to define the job capture criteria.
2. Select the Actions tab.
3. In the Capture from job output area, click .

   The Capture from job output dialog appears.

4. In the Variable Name field, type a variable name.
5. From the Variable Type drop-down list, select a variable type as described in Adding a variable.
6. In the Search String field, type the string from where to begin the capture process in the output file.
7. In the Forward by: _ Lines field, type the number of lines to skip from the search string.
8. Do one of the following:
   • To capture words in the output file, do the following:
     1. In the _Words field, type the number of words to skip from the search string in the output file.
     2. From the Delimiter drop-down list, select a delimiter type:
     • White space
     • Space
     • Tab
     1. From the Capture drop-down list, select one of the following:
     • No. of words
     • Up to end of line
     1. In step (c), if you selected No. of words, type the number of words to capture.
   • To capture characters in the output file, do the following:
     1. In the _Characters field, type the number of characters to skip from the search string in the output file.
     2. From the Capture drop-down list, select one of the following:
     • No. of characters
     • Up to end of line
     1. In step (b), if you selected No. of characters, type the number of characters to capture.

   The job capture criteria is defined.