7.8 Map PDF Output window
From the Map PDF Output window, you can output jobnet definitions to a PDF file in map form.
The following explains the displayed items.
- Output whole job hierarchical tree
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Select this option to output information for the specified unit and all its subordinate units.
- Output n levels of job hierarchical tree. Specify n:
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Select this option to output information for a specified number of hierarchical levels below the specified unit.
Specify the number of hierarchical levels as a value from 1 to 2,147,483,647. The default is 1.
If you specify 1, the system outputs information for the units directly below the specified unit in the hierarchy.
- Insert a page break before a jobnet
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Select this check box to insert a page break between jobnets.
- PDF file name
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Specify the target file for PDF output. Note the following when specifying the PDF file name:
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Make sure that the file name does not exceed 63 bytes, and the path and file name together do not exceed 258 bytes.
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Specify .pdf as the file extension.
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Do not use machine-dependent characters or any of the following symbols in the file name.
\ / : * ? " < > | $ ` -
The default path and file name consists of:
The value specified in the Saved PDF file of map and jobnet flow output field in the Environment Settings window as the path, the date and time at which the Map PDF Output window was displayed as the file name (in the format YYYYMMDDhhmmss#), and the extension .pdf.
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YYYY: four-digit year; MM: Month (01 to 12), DD: Day (01 to 31), hh: Hour (00 to 23), mm: minutes (00 to 59), ss: seconds (00 to 59)
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- Start
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Starts map PDF output.
- Cancel
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Cancels processing and closes the window.
Figure 7‒20: Example of map PDF output (1) (using standard JP1/AJS3 - View icons) Figure 7‒21: Example of map PDF output (2) (with last update time)
When map PDF output is performed for multiple jobnets, the maps cascade downward.
The name of each jobnet is displayed in full, prefixed by Name:.
The map appears after the jobnet name.
A map can contain a maximum of 100 x 100 jobs per jobnet.
Cautionary notes:
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Even if maps are configured in the Environment Settings window to display comments, no comments are included in the map PDF output. If you want to display comments in a PDF file, enable comments in the Environment Settings window, output a map to an Excel file, and then convert it to PDF format.
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If a user without administrator privileges in an environment where UAC (User Account Control) is enabled, specifies a protected folder such as C:\Program Files as the output destination for the PDF file, the file might be redirected and saved to each user's VirtualStore folder.
Files are redirected when the save destination is a folder in one of the following directories:
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system-drive:\Windows
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system-drive:\Program Files
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system-drive:\Program Files (x86) (for 64bit Windows)
The redirected files are stored in the following directories:
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%LocalAppData%\VirtualStore\Windows
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%LocalAppData%\VirtualStore\Program Files
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%LocalAppData%\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)
The default value of the %LocalAppData% is system-drive:\Users\OS-user-name\AppData\Local.
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In the following circumstances, only the full jobnet name is output:
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There are no units to display in the jobnet
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The unit is a root jobnet or manager jobnet
You can check the definition items in the Job Operation Document Output window or by outputting the information to a CSV file.
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Do not specify 1 for n in Output n levels of job hierarchical tree. Specify n: if you selected a job group in the unit tree in the Job Operation Document Output window. If you specify 1, nothing is output. Specify a number that includes a hierarchical level in which jobnets are defined.
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JP1/AJS3 - Print Option uses the standard icons provided by JP1/AJS3 - View 13-00. The following icon appears for units that do not have an icon in JP1/AJS3 - View:
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The map PDF output process uses Microsoft Excel to output data to a PDF file. For this reason, the amount of information you can output depends on the maximum number of lines and columns allowed by Microsoft Excel. If the output information exceeds these limits, Microsoft Excel will terminate abnormally.
You can find out how many lines and columns Microsoft Excel allows by viewing the Help or other documentation for Microsoft Excel.
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Do not use Microsoft Excel while map PDF output is in progress. Doing so might affect not only the map information being output, but also any other files you are working on.
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You cannot perform multiple instances of map PDF output concurrently, or perform map PDF output at the same time as jobnet flow output or jobnet flow PDF output. If you attempt to do so, the tasks are processed sequentially in the order in which they were executed.
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You cannot perform map PDF output if the default printer is unavailable.
The map PDF output process uses Microsoft Excel to output data to a PDF file, and sets the page orientation to landscape when outputting information to Microsoft Excel. If the default printer is unavailable, Microsoft Excel generates an error in relation to the printer settings and map PDF output fails.
In this situation, use one of the following workarounds:
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Make the default printer available
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Set a dummy local printer as the default printer
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Delete all printers
Note that if your default printer is a networked printer, the status of the print server will affect the availability of the printer.
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If a unit name contains characters outside the ASCII character set, icons, arrows, and unit path names might become hidden behind a text box.
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You cannot tell whether a jobnet has release information from its icon. A jobnet with release information has the same icon as a jobnet without release information.
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Some characters might be missing from unit names in the PDF files created by map PDF output. In this case, view the document in Microsoft Excel.
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The processing time for map PDF output depends on the rendering performance of Microsoft Excel. Maps take longer to render as the number of units and relation lines increases. If the source information contains a large number of units or relation lines, consider splitting the units across several maps or limiting the number of hierarchical levels in the output data.
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If the unit name is not displayed fully in the print and print preview, you can extend the unit name display area to display the cutoff unit name. For details on how to extend the size of the unit name display area, see 7.19 Environment Settings window.
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If the arrow is hidden by the unit name's background, you can make the unit name background transparent to display the hidden arrow. For details on how to make the unit name background transparent, see 7.19 Environment Settings window.
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Line weights of arrows are determined according to the default setting of Microsoft Excel. Therefore, line weights might be different depending on the version of Microsoft Excel and your execution environment.
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Even when a line-feed position is specified in the Environment Settings window, no line feed is inserted at the specified number of characters in the unit name in the map PDF output. If you want to add a line-feed character to the unit name, select Specifies under Specify line-feed location in unit name in the Environment Settings window, output a map to an Excel file, and then convert it to PDF format.