Apogee Help : Managing Hot Tickets : Hot Tickets for Packaging Jobs
Hot Tickets for Packaging Jobs
Hot Tickets Manager allows you also to automate the creation of packaging jobs. Files can be dropped in a hot folder or uploaded, and packaging jobs are created and submitted automatically.
For each product, the system creates an individual job that takes the file name as job name and the job name of the hot ticket as order number.
Packaging jobs Hot Tickets are managed in the Hot Tickets window. To create the Layout, you need the Layout Editor, and use Auto-Layout, Sheet Layout Templates, possibly in combination with Auto-Fill.
Packaging jobs and their Hot Tickets also support editing their Production Plan, using the commands Edit Production Plan, or Edit Hot Ticket and then select the Plan tab. This opens the job or the Hot Ticket.
Create a Hot Ticket for Packaging Jobs 
NOTE: This option requires a special license.
1 Go to the Hot Tickets window.
2 Choose File > New from Templates and then the Hot Tickets tab.
3 Choose the packaging template you want to use in the list.
4 Enter the Hot Ticket name, and the values you require; Copies, Product Type, Parts Body page size and orientation, Paper Stock type, number of parts to create (per product), and click Open.
NOTE: Product Type should be Unbound (Packaging single-sided).
5 In the Products tab opened, ensure that Imposition mode Edit Imposition with Layout Editor is selected. Click this button to open the Layout Editor.
6 In the Layout Editor, you can set up the layout just like you would do for a regular packaging job. Refer to “Layout Editor” for detailed information.
7 Click the Submit Job button to save your hot ticket.
Create jobs from a Hot Ticket for Packaging Jobs 
1 Go to the Hot Tickets window.
2 Context-click the hot ticket you want to use in the Hot Ticket list and choose Upload Document.
3 Browse to the products you want to upload. Multiple products can be uploaded.
4 Click Open.
The system creates one or more packaging jobs in the background. Go to the Jobs window and you will see the new jobs appearing in the Job list. An individual job is created for each product. For example, if you uploaded 20 products, the system creates 20 jobs.
5 Double-click a job to edit and fine-tune in the Layout Editor.
Make a Hot Ticket template for Packaging Jobs 
A Hot Ticket for packaging jobs is always created from a template. You can create your own templates from an existing Packaging Hot Ticket.
1 Go to the Hot Tickets window.
2 Select the hot ticket you want to save as a template in the Hot Ticket list.
3 Choose File > Save as Template.
4 Choose a template Category, enter the name, and click Save.
The template is added to the list of templates.
NOTE: To delete a template, go to the Templates resource. Read the section “Monitoring and Configuring Your System”.
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