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  • INTRODUCTION
    • Copyright
    • How to use this manual
  • INTRODUCTION TO CLOUDFLOW
    • What is CLOUDFLOW?
    • Database
    • CLOUDFLOW Modules
    • Access CLOUDFLOW
  • CLOUDFLOW Requirements
    • System requirements for the CLOUDFLOW Application server
    • Browser requirements
    • Interaction with firewall and anti-virus software
    • OpenGL 3.2 support (optional requirement)
    • CLOUDFLOW and virtualization
      • Recommendations
    • CLOUDFLOW in the network
    • Operating System security context
    • Back up
    • SHARE requirements
  • CLOUDFLOW Installation
    • Single CLOUDFLOW server setup
      • Install CLOUDFLOW
      • Initial setup
        • License
        • Initial configuration
      • nucleusd
      • Updating CLOUDFLOW
      • Running CLOUDFLOW over SSL
    • Multiple CLOUDFLOW server setup with fail-over
      • CLOUDFLOW configuration
      • Example of a setup
    • Install extra Work server
    • Backup Best Practices
    • MongoDB Installation
      • Run MongoDB as part of CLOUDFLOW (RECOMMENDED METHOD)
      • Install MongoDB on a separate machine (EXPERT METHOD FOR SPECIAL CASES)
        • System requirements for standalone MongoDB installations
        • Installation of standalone MongoDB
          • Installation on Windows
            • Installing MongoDB on Windows
            • Setting up the environment
            • Installing MongoDB as a service
            • Starting and stopping MongoDB as a service
            • Removing MongoDB
          • Installation on MacOS
          • Installation on Linux
          • Upgrading MongoDB to WiredTiger
      • Repair MongoDB
      • Back up MongoDB
  • CLOUDFLOW Configuration
    • DASHBOARD
    • LOGGING
    • WORKABLES
    • FILE STORES
      • File store requirements
      • Add a File store
      • File storage
    • OUTPUT DEVICE
    • FOLDER MAPPINGS
    • WORK SERVERS
      • Add a Work server
      • Configure a Work server
        • Add Workers
        • Map File stores
      • Workers overview
        • DATAROOM
        • EVENT HANDLER
        • FILE INDEXING
        • GARBAGE COLLECTOR
        • INTELLIGENT FLEXO
        • JAVA WEB APPS HOST
        • METADATA GENERATOR
        • NOTIFICATION WORKER
        • PACKZFLOW
        • POSTGRES
        • PREVIEW GENERATOR
        • PROOFSCOPE LIVE RENDERER
        • PROOFSCOPE RENDERER
        • QUANTUM COMBINED
        • QUANTUM DATA
        • QUANTUM JAVA
        • RIP
        • SHARE
        • SHARE SCHEDULER
        • SOFTWARE UPDATE
        • TECTONICS
        • VDP ENGINE
      • Default Worker setup
        • Performance Tuning
    • SETTINGS
      • Inspect Collections
      • CLOUDFLOW Plug-in Suite SETTINGS
    • RESOURCES
    • PATCHPLANNER
    • MAINTENANCE
    • LICENSE
  • HOME
    • Side bar
    • User Button
  • CLOUDFLOW WORKSPACE
    • Assets
      • ASSETS tab
      • Asset details
    • Pagebuilder
      • Activate Pagebuilder
      • Create a Pagebuilder page
      • Edit an existing Pagebuilder page
      • Pagebuilder overview
      • Web Page Settings
      • Build up the page
      • Pagebuilder components
        • CLOUDFLOW topbar
        • Title bar
        • Title
        • Text panel
        • Image
        • Link
        • Navigation
        • Table
        • Job Table
        • Tabs
        • Form
        • Button
        • YouTube
        • Twitter
        • Chart
        • Timeline
        • Custom Grid
        • Dashboard container
        • Custom page component
      • Translate a page
      • Working with Actions
        • Create an Action
        • Actions overview
      • Working with Page Variables
        • Components
        • Actions
      • Styling
        • Apply an existing style
        • Create a new style
      • Use case of PAGEBUILDER
    • Workflows
      • Building a workflow
      • Workflow Editor
        • Workflow Editor shortcuts
      • WORKABLES tab
      • Advanced Workflow Building
        • Sub Flow Customisation
        • Workflow Hooks
    • Nodes overview
      • Input
        • HTTP Service
        • Start Cleanup
        • Start From DBIO
        • Start From Web Request
        • Start From Hot Folder
        • Start From KIOSK
        • Start From Mail
        • Start From Timer
      • General Workflow Constructs
        • Call Sub Flow
        • Check File
        • Clone Workable
        • End
        • Form input
        • Get User Info
        • Go To Input
        • Hold in Kiosk
        • House Keeping
        • Join Workables
        • Return From Sub Flow
        • Repeat
        • Route
        • Script
        • Set DBIO Reply
        • Set HTTP Reply
        • Set Kiosk Info
        • Set Server Page
        • Set Variable
        • Start Sub Flow
        • Unhandled Problem
        • Wait
      • File Handling
        • Compare Files
        • Copy File
        • Copy Folder
        • Create Folder
        • Delete File
        • Delete Folder
        • Get File Info
        • Join Pages
        • Manage Pages
        • Move File
        • Move Folder
        • Pitstop Preflight
        • Prepare Asset
        • Select Files
        • Set File Info
        • Split Pages
        • Unzip files
        • Update XMP
        • Zip Files
      • Collaboration
        • Wait for approval
        • Route After Approval
        • Set Approval Assessment
        • Start Approval
      • Assets
        • Get Meta Data
        • Add tag
        • Get tags
        • Remove tag
        • Set Meta Data
      • PROOFSCOPE
        • Prepare PROOFSCOPE
        • Generate PROOFSCOPE URL
        • Save PROOFSCOPE View To File
        • Update PROOFSCOPE Configuration
      • PACKZflow
        • AI Roundtrip
        • Analyze
        • Barcode
        • Color Conversion
        • Convert to Image
        • Dimensions
        • Export as CIP
        • Export as Image
        • Export Die
        • Export Gravure
        • Export PACKZ Metadata
        • Flatten
        • Grid Imposition
        • Handle Separations
        • Insert Path
        • Layers
        • Live Objects
        • Nested Step And Repeat
        • Packzimizer
        • Pageboxes
        • Prepress
        • Replace Station
        • Save to Device
        • Search and Select
        • Simplify
        • Tabular Step and Repeat
        • Text
        • Transform
        • Trap
        • Variable Data Printing
          • Calculate only
          • Partitioning VDP
        • Warp
        • White Underprint
      • RIP
        • CLOUDFLOW RIP
          • Input
          • Output
          • Separations
          • Calibration
          • Color Management
          • CIP3
        • Intelligent Flexo
        • Dry Offset Screening
        • Resample TIFF files
      • Network
        • Call REST
        • Call SOAP
        • Download to file
        • Upload file
      • External Tools
        • Process By HotFolder Application
        • Run Command Line Tool
      • Output device
        • Print
      • Conversions
        • Create HelioDisk JobTicket
        • CSV to JSON
        • Excel to JSON
        • Image to PDF
        • Len To TIFF
        • Save Preview To File
        • Save Rasterized To File
        • XML to JSON
      • Share
        • Add Sync Spec Mapping
        • Remove Sync Spec Mapping
        • Sync File
        • Sync Folder
        • Update Sync Spec Mapping
        • Wait for Sync
      • Data
        • List SQL Records
        • Call Custom Function On Data Connector
        • Create XML
        • Get Record From Data Connector
        • List Records From Data Connector
        • Transform XML
        • Update JSON
        • Update Record To Data Connector
        • Update XML
        • Get Custom Object Record
        • List Custom Object Record
        • Update Custom Object Record
      • Jobs
        • Copy Job
        • Create Job
        • Handle Form
        • Next Job Phase
        • Select Job
        • Start From Job
        • Update Job
        • Wait For Job State Change
      • Mail
        • Send E-mail
      • 3D
        • Render 3D View To File
        • Replace Labels in IC3D
        • Update Labels in IC3D
      • Presets
    • KIOSK
      • Submit a job to a workflow
      • Jackets overview
      • Access KIOSK
    • Form Builder
      • How to build a form
      • Overview of the KIOSK parameters
        • Text
        • Paragraph
        • Checkbox
        • Number - Number with decimals
        • Choose from a list
        • Multi select from a file list
        • Unit
        • Date
        • Radio buttons
        • Interactive lists
        • Readonly
        • Autofill
        • Make list
        • Item repeater
        • Rip Settings
        • Auto fill by table
        • Hidden
        • Title
        • Image
        • Error Message
    • Users and Contacts
      • Manage contacts
      • Manage users
      • User Preferences
      • Admin user and administrators
    • Scopes
      • Create a scope
      • Assign a scope
      • Guest scope
      • Restricting access to workflows using scopes
      • Scoping workables
      • How to filter assets with scopes
    • Variables
      • Defining custom variables
      • Variable specifications
      • Expression Builder
        • Open Expression Builder
        • Create an expression
        • Custom variables
        • Adding a variable
        • Variable options
        • Modifiers
        • Change the syntax
        • Change the value type
    • Approvals
      • Build an approval cycle
      • Manage approvals
        • Approve or reject a file
        • Force pending approvals
      • Approval templates
      • How to avoid issues when sending out approvals
  • PROOFSCOPE
    • View PDF files
      • Sidebar
      • Toolbox
      • Generate report and download file
    • View 3D files
    • View screened files
    • Compare files
    • Approve, reject or delegate files
    • PROOFSCOPE shortcuts
    • Supported PROOFSCOPE formats
    • PROOFSCOPE SDK
      • The CLOUDFLOW API
        • Authentication
        • Import a file in CLOUDFLOW
        • Remove a file from CLOUDFLOW
        • Get file metadata
        • Create a view URL
        • Create a diff URL
        • Retrieve a thumbnail of an asset
        • Customize user preferences
      • The PROOFSCOPE component
        • Case 1: integrate PROOFSCOPE in a page
        • Case 2: integrate PROOFSCOPE in an external approval system
  • PACKZflow
    • PACKZflow
  • PATCHPLANNER
    • Create a job
    • Create a sheet
  • RIP
    • Screening
      • AM screens
      • HDS screens
      • HXM screens
        • HXM screening sets
    • Standalone RIP
      • Jobs
        • Job overview
        • Start a RIP job
        • Overview of the finished job
      • Presets
        • Output
        • Color Management
        • Post Process
        • Separations
        • Calibration
        • CIP3
      • Curves
        • Curve Collections
        • Curve Profiles
          • Curve Recipes
        • Curve Details
      • Color Profiles
      • Logs
    • TIFF viewer
  • SHARE
    • Set up a SHARE network
      • Define a server as a site
      • Add a site
      • Create a sync specification
    • View the share status
    • SHARE best practices
  • DATALINK
    • Connect a database
    • Add a query
  • JOBS
    • Job workflow
    • Job data
    • User Interface
      • CONFIGURATION
        • General
        • Job types
      • Dashboard
        • Job list
          • Job data
          • Job details
        • Searches and Views
        • Create a Job
    • Jobs in KIOSK
    • JOBS examples
      • Example of JOBS workflows for a label printer
      • Use case
        • Parties involved
        • Actions taken
        • Behind the scenes
  • 3D
    • 3D
  • API
    • JSON-RPC
    • JS and PHP layers
    • cURL
  • CFApp
    • Install CFApp
    • Use CFApp
    • Use case
  • MARS
    • What is a MARS app
    • MARS Creator license
    • Use MARS without a MARS Creator license
      • Show MARS user interface
      • Your list of MARS apps
      • Installing and updating a MARS app
    • Use MARS with a MARS Creator license
      • User roles
      • Types of MARS apps
        • Public Apps
        • My Apps
        • Apps Shared With Me
      • How to...
        • Install a Public MARS app
        • Update an installed Public MARS app
        • Copy a Public MARS app
        • Create a new MARS app
        • Edit a MARS app
        • Change the icon of a MARS app
        • Add documentation and release notes to a MARS app
        • Upload a MARS app to MARS
        • Change the version of a MARS app and upload it
        • Send a request to publish a MARS app
        • Share a MARS app with another User
        • Assign a co-owner
      • MARS app design guidelines
    • Scenarios
      • Scenario: installing a public MARS app
      • Scenario: updating a public MARS app
      • Scenario: copying a public MARS app
      • Scenario: creating and uploading a MARS app
      • Scenario: upload a new version of a MARS app to My Apps
      • Scenario: installing a MARS app from My Apps
      • Scenario: publishing a MARS app
      • Scenario: sharing a MARS app
      • Scenario: assigning the co-ownership of a MARS app
        • Assigning co-ownership of a MARS app to a customer
        • Assigning co-ownership of a MARS app with a colleague
      • Scenario: installing and updating a MARS app at a customer
  • CLOUDFLOW Plug-in Suite
    • Installation
    • Illustrator Plug-in
      • Connect to the CLOUDFLOW server
      • File menu
      • Window menu
        • Cloudflow KIOSK
        • Page Boxes
        • Preferences
    • PACKZ Plug-in
      • Enable CLOUDFLOW Plug-in Suite in PACKZ
      • Use CLOUDFLOW Plug-in Suite in PACKZ
        • Open a file from a mapped File store
        • Kiosk
    • Desktop Service
      • Configuration
      • Functionalities
  • COCKPIT
    • Install COCKPIT
    • Initiate COCKPIT
    • Use COCKPIT
      • UPLOAD
      • DELIVERIES
      • ITEMS
      • JOBS
      • TOOLS
      • ADMIN
    • Template and customizations
  • TECTONICS
    • Prerequisites
    • Configuration
    • User interface
      • Placement
        • JOBS
        • SHEETS
      • Queues
      • Cutoffs
      • Archive
      • Statistics
      • Settings
  • INTELLIGENT FLEXO
    • Description
    • Intelligent Flexo Process
    • Prerequisites
    • Configuration
    • Intelligent Flexo Node
    • Building a Workflow
  • VDP
    • Prerequisites
    • Configuration
    • User interface
      • Job Station
      • Job management
      • Create a Job
  • APPENDIX
    • PROOFSCOPE Quick Start
      • EN version
    • Data Structure of HelioDisk Job Details
    • Functions in the Script node
    • Using custom objects in the database
    • Output File Path Generation
  • GLOSSARY
    • Anti-aliasing
    • Asset
    • Bar Width Reduction
    • Bleed
    • Blend Mode
    • CIP3
    • Combined approval
    • Curves
    • Distortion
    • Glossary term
    • Illustrator blend
    • Jacket
    • mongod
    • Oversampling
    • Page boxes
    • Pull Back
    • Regular approval
    • Screening
    • Strip
    • Tile
    • Trapping
    • Workable
    • White Underprint
    • Regular expressions