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I'm trying to build a flow that sorts a 2 page pdf so the page with less ink coverage is ordered first. I have a preflight check with pitstop server configured to output job data with an xml log. I assume I just need to map this snippet of xml to variables (Page 1 ink percentage = 143.01, Page 2 Ink percentage = 57.03) so I can configure a routing connection. How can I go about doing this?

I can think of a couple of ways to do this. Do you have the scripting module for Switch?

Yes, I do have a trial of the scripting module

Hello,

It may be possible to complete this process without the need for scripting by following these steps:

1. Split the PDF
2. Ungroup the job
3. Run a preflight check to obtain ink coverage data
4. Rename the job, using the ink coverage value as a prefix
5. Add leading zeros to ensure consistent digit length across all filenames
6. Reassemble the ungrouped job
7. Merge the files

That should do the trick

I was thinking of the same solution, but how would you add leading zeros when one file is names 57 and another 158 (to get 0057 and 0158)?

Using the latest versions of the Rename Job tool there's a handy new action called "Add Leading Zeros".

To make it work, you'll need to add a regular expression to find the number you want to pad in your filenames.

Example filenames: Use this regex to target the number before the `.pdf` extension: This feature wasn’t heavily advertised, but it’s super useful when dealing with numbers.