Page Comparison

Agenda:

• Mobile Printer
• Label-Template
• Template Handler
• Dataset
• Designer
• Tenant

In this video you will be introduced to some of the terminology we use used for the Cloud Print Solution (Splashscreen: "Mobile Print Setup") "Create Standard Setup"

• Label-Template

The system comes with a set of default label-templates

We call them label- templates as they are known as "templates" in the designer.

The system comes with a set of default templates. 
Templates represent, among other things, the design of the label.
The default templates are documented here on Docs. You can see an example with real-world data and a mock-up with placeholders where each element's name is visible. 
This is useful if you plan to modify a template. (Vis docs) 

Let's go to Business Central to have a closer look at templates.
Go to "Mobile Print Setup.
" > Select Templates. 

There is where you set up the templates you want to use.

A label-template has a name that represents the Templates are named with their function and size of the label measured in inchestheir size. For example, "Item Label 2x1" means this is an "Item Label" and that it is 2 inches wide and 1 inch high.

It also has a Display name, so the mobile user has can have a friendlier name than the name used by the system.
For example, "Item Label 2x1" means this Item Label is 2 inches wide and 1 inch high
 
"Template Handler" makes on the mobile device.

"Template path" represents the path of the template in the designer.

"Available to" tells you whether a template is available to all - or only specific mobile printers.

• Template Handler

 
The system comes with a set of default Template Handlers.

They make it possible to share and reuse logic, step-collection and data mapping between similar templates.

"Template path" represents the path of the template in the designer.

"Available to" tells you whether a template is available to specific printers or not.

Remember, you can hover over elements to see tooltips.
(Vis hover over name)Say you create a copy of an existing template, setting the Template handler to the same as the original, makes you able to reuse the same logic for your template.

A developer can create code, that modifies how template handlers work

• Dataset

The dataset is an intermediate key-value format we use to ease the transfer of data from Business Central 

Dataset and design are independent of each other, meaning the same dataset can be used by any design, e.g, different label sizes.

• Print request contains mainly the dataset
• Dataset is customizable with events, so you can add/change values in it
• The dataset can include:
  • Context (Order, OrderLine, Lookup-result etc.)
  • Collected steps
  • Customized data. See Print Label and Print Label for examples

Dataset examples for each default template is available at Standard Label Template Designs   

• Tenant

The cloud print solution uses the Tenant concept to isolate customers, their templates, and processing from other customers.

If a customer wants to make changes to templates - they must have a separate tenant.

If not, a shared tenant exists. A customer might begin using the solution on this tenant, before moving to a separate tenant.

A partner can access several customers tenants.