Flexible attribute tracking and report generation for a workflow

摘要

System and methods for flexible attribute tracking and report generation for a workflow. One embodiment is a workflow server that receives a selection of attributes to track for print jobs as the print jobs are processed in a print system, and generates print reports based on the attributes being tracked. The workflow server receives an indication to remove a first attribute from tracking, receives an instruction to include data for the first attribute in a print report, retrieves the data for the first attribute that was recorded before removal of the first attribute from tracking, and includes the data for the first attribute in the print report while the first attribute remains removed from tracking.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a workflow server configured to receive a selection of attributes to track as print jobs are being processed in a print system, and to generate print reports based on the attributes that currently belong to the selection; the workflow server configured to receive an indication to remove an attribute from the selection, and, in response to the indication, to stop recording values for the removed attribute as print jobs are processed in the print system; the workflow server configured to receive an instruction to include data for the removed attribute in a print report, and in response, to generate the print report based on the attributes that currently belong to the selection and values of the removed attribute that were recorded prior to the removal from the selection, wherein the attribute remains removed from the selection during generation of the print report.