Switch workshops

This is the recording of a monthly workshop given by Laurent De Wilde, Solution Architect at Enfocus, and two app creators: Jeordy Bouck (GrafiStore) and Christian Blaise (aasapp) on December 4th, 2024.

Topic: Enfocus Appstore in the spotlight: featured apps 

• StringWizard (aasapp)
• SwitchMitter (GrafiStore)
• Writify (GrafiStore)

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a webinar given by Isabelle Noppe, Switch Product Manager, on November 6th, 2024.

Topics:

• Get to know Isabelle and what's next for Switch
• What is new in Switch 2024 Fall
• New apps & 'Works with Enfocus Switch' Program

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Davy Verstaen, Appstore Manager @ Enfocus and two of our App creators, John Trap (Canon Production Printing) and John Callahan (All Systems Integration) on June 12th, 2024.

Topic: Switch apps:

• PRISMAsync
  
• autoFlow™

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by 2 of our App Creators, John Trap (Canon Production Printing) and Thomas Deschamps (Bluewest), on March 6th, 2024.

Topics: 

• John Trap from Canon Production Printing introduces the PRISMAsync app bundle, which allows users of Enfocus Switch to take full advantage of the power of PRISMAsync. All apps can create dynamic decisions and/or settings based on JMF responses from the connected Canon device.  
  
  
• Thomas Deschamps from Bluewest presents some of the new apps that Bluewest has released, including the PDF Form app, which won the “Most innovative app of 2023”-award on the Enfocus Virtual Channel Event in January earlier this year. 
  

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Davy Verstaen, Switch Product Manager, on February 7th, 2024.

Topic: The power of AI

In today's fast-paced world, these cutting-edge technologies are revolutionizing how we work and live. Automation streamlines processes, boosting efficiency, while AI brings unparalleled intelligence, enabling machines to learn and adapt. Together, they redefine possibilities, making tasks smarter, faster, and more innovative. Join us on a journey into the future, where automation and AI converge to shape a world of limitless potential. 

In this session, Davy showcases the practical applications and seamless integration of these apps into your workflow. Additionally, he presents a project crafted by our Solution Architect, Laurent, which was featured and demonstrated at last year's Printing United show. 

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a webinar given by Steven Nuyt, Head of Product Management, Chad Stevens (HP Inc.) and Robert Zacherl (Impressed GmbH) on December 6th, 2023.

Topic: Apps created by HP and Impressed Gmbh.

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Davy Verstaen, Switch Product Manager, on February 8th, 2023.

Topic: Asset management in the cloud

Nowadays we are moving more and more from an on-premises way of storing our assets to a cloud service. But did you know that Switch already has a lot of apps on the Appstore that enables you to connect to these kinds of services. 

For example: 

• Dropbox 
• Google Drive 
• AWS S3 
• Wetransfer 
• Smash 

This is the recording of a workshop given by Davy Verstaen, Switch Product Manager, and Freddy Pieters, Solution Architect, on December 14th, 2022.

Topic: What's new in Switch 2022 Fall

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Laurent De Wilde, Solution Architect, on November 9th, 2022.

Topic: Hierarchy in apps, elements, scripting...

Job hierarchy has already been used in Switch for many years, but what can you do with this? In this workshop we show you the simplest way of using Job hierarchy using some of the default elements that come by default with Switch.
But we also highlight some other apps from our Appstore that use job hierarchy.

And we show you how you can use job hierarchy in combination with scripting.

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a webinar given by Laurent De Wilde, Solution Architect, on September 13th, 2023.

Topic: Enfocus Review (public beta)

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Davy Verstaen, Switch Product Manager, on October 12th, 2022.

Topic: How to revert back to a previous version or state of your job after it has gone through some processing steps.

For example, you have downsized a PDF file to be able to forward it to your customer for approval. Or you have manipulated the file to add or extract some information but you will need to revert to a previous version before you forward it to production. 

Topic: The App Developer Program

• Introducing the Enfocus App Developer Program, by Angelo Manno (Enfocus)
• Presenting apps, by Jan Suhr (Color Consult AB)
• Presenting apps, by Sean Davis and Andrew Oswood (Significans Automation)

This is the recording of a workshop given by Freddy Pieters, Solution Architect, on August 10th, 2022.

Topics:

• Folder Apps:
  • Filepool Cleanup
  • Job Sorter and Spacer
  • Filetypes Counter
• Generic application
• Execute command

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Laurent De Wilde, solution architect, on July 13th, 2022.

Topic: Node.js script expressions 

• Basics: return a string, a number, route jobs
• Define a hierarchy path, also using Scan hierarchy and Inject Wildcard apps
• Read XML datasets and private data

Some interesting “Power of apps” flows to  

• Rename PDF files based on the content, using PDF Stripper app (by GrafiStore)
• Route PDF files based on the content, using PDF Stripper app (by GrafiStore)
• Merge PDF files in printing batches, using Counter - Numberer app (by ezFlow)
• Scan a folder hierarchy, using Scan hierarchy (by Enfocus)
• Inject jobs into a flow, using Inject Wildcard (by Enfocus)

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a webinar moderated by Angelo Manno, Global OEM & Strategic Accounts Manager on April 12th, 2023.

Topic: App Creators in the spotlight

• Bluewest, an Enfocus reselling partner in France, is an IT services company, providing training, production support, pre-press and IT integration, as well as the sales and deployment of collaborative solutions, focused on multi-channel digital distribution.
  Bluewest joined the Enfocus App Creation program in February 2021 and has since released 17 apps in the Enfocus Appstore, which you can check out here.
  
  Thomas Deschamps takes the opportunity to present some new apps that Bluewest is working on, and will show some nice use cases for apps that are already in the Appstore.
  
  
• Colorflow Solutions, an Enfocus reselling partner in South Africa, provides consultancy and solutions to the print and graphics industry while implementing products from a range of industry leading principle suppliers. With complete automation in mind, they continue to provide the highest level of service and expertise and look forward to connecting their solutions to the challenges found within a fast-moving industry. Colorflow Solutions joined the Enfocus App Creation program in May 2022 and has since released 4 apps in the Enfocus Appstore, which you can check out here.
  
  Carl Tiedt takes the opportunity to present the latest updates to some of theirs apps.

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Davy Verstaen, product manager, on June 8th, 2022.

Topic: Switch 2022 Spring

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Jan De Brabanter, product specialist, on May 11th, 2022.

Topic: Tips and tricks

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Freddy Pieters, Solution Architect, on April 13th, 2022.

Topic: Hold jobs

• Holding jobs:
• Hold job
• Assemble job
• Hold job groups
• Checkpoint
• HoldJobPlus
• Spacing jobs
• Hold job
• Job Sorter and Spacer (Folder Apps by Enfocus)
• Load balancing jobs
• Hold job

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Davy Verstaen, product manager, on March 9th, 2022.

Topic: How to visualize the end result?

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Davy Verstaen, product manager, on February 9th, 2022.

Topic: How to automate the preflighting process?

• Submit point and Checkpoint metadata
• PitStop Server Smart preflight
• Google Sheets Connect app (by ezFlow)
• PDF Review module
• Job boards

Duration: 2 hours

This is the recording of a workshop given by Davy Verstaen, product manager, on January 12th, 2021.

Topic: The App creator program

• Introduction by Angelo Manno (Enfocus)
• GrafiStore apps (Jeordy Bouck and Germen Kroon)
• Apago apps (Dwight Kelly)

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Davy Verstaen, product manager, on December 8th, 2021.

Topics:

• What's new in Switch 2021 Fall
• Webhook scripting with Node.js

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Freddy Pieters, Solution Architect, on November 10th,  2021.

Topics:

• The new My Enfocus
• Variable types 
• Text vs Integer/Rational
• TextIndexed
• Variable manipulation
• Index / Separator / Prefix - Suffix
• Search
• Centralizing variables
• Private data
• Global data

This is the recording of a workshop given by Laurent De Wilde, Solution Architect, on October 13th,  2021.

Topic: Switch & Variable Data Printing

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Freddy Pieters, Solution Architect, on September 8th,  2021.

Topics:

• New app: Split PDF pages by Enfocus (based on a dynamic page range)
• Scripting: PitStop Server CLI on github.com 

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Laurent De Wilde, Solution Architect, on August 11th,  2021.

Topics:

• PDF Review Module Reporter app (by Enfocus)
• PDF Review Module Switch flows: tips and tricks
• Web page with PDF review jobs 
• Integration in the Switch Web Portal

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Toon Van Rossum, Product Manager, on June 23rd, 2020.

Exceptionally, this webinar is free for everyone!
(Normally the monthly workshops are reserved for maintenance users/subscribers)

Topic: Switch 2020 Spring 

• Flow viewer in the Web Portal (for admins) 
• Scripting: support for Node.js

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Toon Van Rossum, Product Manager, on May 13th, 2020.

Topic: Switch 2020 Spring: pre-release

• Flow viewer in the Web Portal (for admins) 
• Scripting: support for Node.js

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Toon Van Rossum, Product Manager, on April 15th, 2020.

Topic: Webhooks 

Topics: 

• Switch and Trello... a match made in heaven (by Laurent De Wilde, Solution Architect)
• Switch scripting: JavaScript for everyone
• Switch performance 

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Toon Van Rossum, Product Manager, on February 27th, 2020.

Topics: 

• Private data
• Remote processing

Duration: 37 minutes

This is the recording of a workshop given by Laurent De Wilde, Solution Architect, on December 10th, 2019.

Topic: The power of apps

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Toon Van Rossum, Product Manager, on October 15th, 2019.

Topic: Enfocus TestDrive

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a workshop given by Toon Van Rossum, Product Manager, on September 10th, 2019.

Topic: Using job boards and dashboards to monitor your Switch flows

Duration: 50 minutes

This is the recording of a workshop given by Toon Van Rossum, Product Manager, on August 29, 2019.

It is the third part of a series of monthly workshops, in which Toon shares a lot of tips and tricks and best practices while building a smart solution for managing and archiving media files.

Duration: 55 minutes

This is the recording of a workshop given by Toon Van Rossum, Product Manager, on August 1st, 2019.
It is the second part of a series of monthly workshops, in which Toon shares a lot of tips and tricks and best practices while building a smart solution for managing and archiving media files.

Topics:

• Submit point metadata
• Introduction to TestDrive

This is the recording of a workshop given by Toon Van Rossum, Product Manager, on June 26th, 2019.
It is the first part of a series of monthly workshops, in which Toon shares a lot of tips and tricks and best practices while building a smart solution for managing and archiving media files.

In this first workshop, Toon walks you through a complex flow and explains what you can do to find out how it works, and how you can make such a flow easier to read and to maintain (using colors, using the alignment tools, adding info, etc).

This is the recording of a webinar given by Toon Van Rossum, Product Manager, on June 18th, 2019.

Topics:

• Announcement of the new series of monthly workshops for maintenance customers
  (Here's the link to register)
• Some pre-release information
• Overview of new features in Switch 2019 Spring

Duration: 30 minutes

This is the recording of a webinar given by Toon Van Rossum, Product Manager, on December 13th, 2017.

Topic: Best practices to improve your flows, for example when handling large flows. 

This is the recording of a webinar given by Toon Van Rossum, Switch Product Manager, on November 22nd, 2017.

Main topic: feature overview Switch 2017 update 2

• Feature overview
• SwitchClient workaround for metadata fields of which the order was changed
• Switch Messages opening in Designer

Duration: 1 hour

This is the recording of a webinar given by Jeff Philips, Senior Product Specialist, on June 14, 2017.

Topics:

• Working with Switch Messages
• Switch Crash Reporter
• Collect Application Data
• Application Data Tips
• Switch Processes and Running Switch as a Windows Service
• Introduction to Execute Command

Duration: 51 minutes

This is the recording of a webinar given by Toon Van Rossum, Product Manager, on April 12th 2017.

Topics
Switch 2017 update 1:

• SwitchClient licensing (back to "floating" licenses)
• REST API

Duration: 51 minutes

This is the recording of a webinar on databases in Switch, given by Toon Van Rossum, Product Manager, on March 8th 2017.

Duration: 53 minutes