Course Outline

uPlan Welcome (watch me first!)

1m 57s

uPlan Introduction

2m 12s

uPlan basic concepts

3m 11s

uPlan user interface

4m 58s

The plan interpreter workflow

2m 37s

Creating a new plan

5m 55s

ADOR types

8m 49s

Linking to different data or assets

7m 36s

Creating and using a proofset

3m 5s

Using built-in uPlan functions

6m 1s

Creating and using variables

8m 35s

Operators, logic and control

11m 38s

Recipient filters

2m 58s

Using uImage with uPlan

6m 0s

Special characters

4m 37s

Setting campaign dials (uPlan)

1m 37s

Barcodes in uPlan

7m 40s

Working with other languages

2m 5s

AI Skills

10m 27s

The Insert Expression

4m 6s

Adding data sources to a plan

5m 21s

Using multi-table and multi-data source wizards

8m 2s

User views and Table ADORs

4m 19s

Using Adobe InDesign tagged text

6m 24s

The user view to string function UV2STR()

8m 26s

What is in a plan file?

2m 27s

Creating custom functions

8m 54s

How to get data from a REST web service

13m 53s

QLingo extension

12m 45s

How to get assets from a web URL

4m 50s

Accessing JobTicket parameters in uPlan

7m 59s

Advanced output file naming

4m 45s
XMPie-uPlan-Training

XMPie uPlan Training

3h 14m 32 videos v8 and later
Description

This e-Learning course focuses on uPlan - the XMPie application for creating the campaign logic or business rules. 
Designed for technical staff (data base administrator, programmer, etc) uPlan is a key part of the XMPie tool set to learn and understand. This course aims to help fast track that learning process.

Objectives

After completing this training series, participants should be able to:
• create new plan files using one of the built-in plan wizards
• add, modify or edit ADORs (content objects) and variables
• explain the different ADOR types and what they are used for
• understand the way the plan file is used as an intermediary between data and document production
• create plan filters
• create custom functions that extend the uPlan functionality
• understand the logic and control operators available in uPlan
• provide designers with plans and proofsets to achieve campaign goals
• create graphic ADORs for a variety of barcode formats
• create graphic ADORs that call uImage for image personalization
• and much more!

Prerequisites

This series of videos assumes basic knowledge of databases, logic, scripting and programming techniques, as well as an understanding of the basic concepts behind marketing campaigns.

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