KB184725897: Automation Engine - How to format the XML you can load in a Job setup

Summary

How to format the XML files that you can load in a Job setup. 

Symptoms

In the 'New Job' or 'Job Setup' dialog, you can load an XML file to import Job Parameters and you can also load an XML file to load a list of Job Categories.

The information they read is different. 

Solution

• To load Job Parameters, the format of the  XML file isn't critical ; all the elements and values will be imported.
  
  
• To load Job Categories, know that:
  • The element names are not imported, only their values.
  • The elements need to be at the top level.  (When using Excel to produce the XML file, the values need to be at the top of each spreadsheet column)
    
    

Example: XML to load Categories:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<List>
<name1>Flexo</name1>
<name2>Flexo combo</name2>
<name3>Digital</name3>
</List>

When loaded, will look like: