Name/Code
The internal identifier used by Meridian Enterprise Server to refer to the job regardless of the value of Display Name.
Display Name
Type a descriptive name as you want it to appear in Configurator and elsewhere.
Source systems
The sources of the documents to publish.
Note The display names of the systems are shown in bold text. These are shown for users to select a specific destination from when the user publishes documents with a job that has multiple destination systems configured. The connection name of the systems are shown in normal text.
To change the sources:
- Click EDIT. The SOURCE SYSTEMS dialog box appears and lists the current source systems.
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To add another source system:
- Type a computer name in Server or select a server from the list.
- Click the search icon
or the browse icon 
, depending on the configured source type. The systems that are available on the selected server appear in the list. For file systems, the BROWSE dialog box appears. - Select the systems that you want. For a file system, navigate to the parent of the folder that you want to select, select the child folder, and then click OK. The path of the selected folder appears in the dialog box.
- To remove a system:
- Clear the checkbox next to its name.
To change the display names of the systems to be more user-friendly:
- Click DISPLAY NAME. The EDIT CAPTIONS dialog box appears.
- Edit the text in the DISPLAY NAME column and then click Change. The name s are updated.
To check whether the systems that are listed are online and available:
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Click CHECK AVAILABILITY. Meridian Enterprise Server connects to each system, confirms its availability, and shows the results.
Properties file
A Microsoft Excel (2003 or higher) file that contains document metadata to publish to the destination system. Available only for file system sources.
The format of the metadata must be:
- In the first worksheet in the workbook.
- Column A of row 2 and higher must contain the paths of the documents to publish. The paths must be relative to the source folder.
- Column B and higher of row 1 must be named PropertyName1, PropertyName2, and so on to the last column of metadata properties.
To select the file, click BROWSE.
Destination systems
The destination of the documents to publish.
To change the destination, perform steps similar to the preceding option.
Computer
Use database for metadata storage
By default, document metadata is published to an XML file named <DateTimeStamp>_<JobName>.xml (for example, 2013-10-04_07-30-35_BA5586.xml) and located in the destination folder. All of the properties mapped as described in Configuring the property mappings are output to the file.
Enabling this option stores the document metadata in a database instead of in a file on disk. The database connection parameters are specified in the following options. Available only for file system destinations.
Connection string
User name
Password
The password for the account specified in User name.
To test the current connection credentials:
- Click TEST CONNECTION.
Table
Path column