Available with Production Mapping license.
The product library custom steps and tokens can be used to leverage the file management capabilities of the product library as part of a workflow. These steps and tokens allow you to identify and associate a product library product with a job, synchronize the job files with the product files, check out the product, work with the product in ArcMap to perform data edits or cartographic updates, synchronize the product files with the job, and check the product back in.
Product library custom steps
The product library custom steps are included in the Production Mapping steps library. The steps, a basic description, and return codes are outlined in the table below.
See Creating step types for general information on configuring step types.
| Step name | Prog ID | Description | Return codes |
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Identify Product | ProductionMappingSteps.IdentifyProduct | Associates a product library product with a job. The Check Out and Check In steps perform operations based on this association. |
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Check Out | ProductionMappingSteps.CheckOutProduct | Checks out the product associated with the job. |
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Launch ArcMap and Edit Product | JTXDesktopSteps.LaunchArcMap | Opens the map that has been checked out by the product library and saves the map in the checkout location. | |
Check In | ProductionMappingSteps.CheckInProduct | Checks in the product associated with the job. |
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Sync Product Files | ProductionMappingSteps.SyncProductFiles | Copies files from job attachments to the product or vice versa. |
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The product library tokens
Two additional tokens are available when working with the product library custom steps.
See the Tokens topic for general information on working with tokens.
| Parser | Token | Description | Example input | Example output |
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Product Library | [PL:TOKEN_MXD_NAME] | Name of the map document associated with the job | [PL:TOKEN_MXD_NAME] | My Map |
Product Library | [PL:TOKEN_MXD_LOCATION] | The checkout location for the product associated with the job | [PL:TOKEN_MXD_LOCATION] | C:\Data |