Key concepts
- Group Trigger
- Group triggers identify the beginning of a group. You must define at least one group trigger. Trigger1 must be a group trigger.
- Group Index
- Indexes generated once for each group. All data stored in Content Manager OnDemand must be indexed by group (even if a group contains only one page).
- Recordrange Trigger
- Triggers that can be found in a range of records. For example, the trigger string value is Total Income. The string might appear in record seven or eight, depending on whether the address contains three or four lines. Define a recordrange trigger to cause ACIF to search records seven and eight for the trigger string value.
- Float Trigger
- Triggers that do not necessarily occur in the same location on each page, the same page in each group, or each group. For example, customer statements contain one or more accounts. Not every statement contains all types of accounts. The location of the account type does not appear on the same line or page in every statement. Define a float trigger to locate each type of account, regardless of where it appears in the statement.
- Page Index
Indexes that can be created zero or more times for each page in the group. A page index identifies one and only one field. The field must be based on a floating trigger. Because the field is based on a floating trigger, the page index might or might not occur. Page indexes are only allowed within group indexes. Page indexes cannot break a group index. Page indexes are stored with the document, not in the database. This means that you cannot use page indexes to search for documents.
After retrieving a document from the server, you can use the page indexes to move to a specific page in the document by using the Go To command. ACIF can only generate this type of page-level information when converting the input data to AFP. This type of page-level information is generated by specifying the CONVERT=YES and INDEXOBJ=ALL parameters, and by creating an index field with the TYPE=PAGE option. For more information, see TYPE=PAGE.
- Index Break
- Indexes that determine when ACIF closes the current group and begins a new group. One or more group indexes can be used to determine when ACIF breaks groups. However, a group index based on a floating trigger cannot be used to control group breaks. A page index cannot be used to control group breaks.
- Convert
- Determines whether ACIF converts the input data to AFP. To generate page-level indexes that are written to the output file and can be used to move to a specific page in the document, you must convert a line data input file to AFP.
- Resources
- Objects required to load, view, and print AFP data. If the input data is AFP or you convert line data to AFP, you must specify resources and resource paths.