Use variables for setting the Destination Path, Site Name, or File Name options

Last update: Wed Feb 26 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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While generating outputs in AEM Site or PDFs, you can use variables to define the Destination Path, AEM Site Name, or PDF File Name options. You can use a single or a combination of variables to define these options.

The following table lists the variables that are supported out of the box:

Variable

Final Destination Path

Example

${map_filename}

Uses the DITA map files name to create the destination path.

DITA map file name:
AEMGuides.ditamap

Destination Path configured as:
/content/output/sites/${map_filename}

Final output location:
/content/output/sites/aemGuides/AEMGuides.html

${map_title}

Uses the DITA map title to create the destination path.

DITA map file name:
AEMGuides.ditamap

DITA map Title:
AEMGuides

Destination Path configured as:
/content/output/sites/${map_title}

Final output location:
/content/output/sites/AEMGuides/AEMGuides.html

${preset_name}

Uses the output preset name to create the destination path.

Output Preset Name:
AEM Guides PDF Output

DITA map file name:
SampleDita.ditamap

Destination Path configured as:
/content/output/sites/${preset_name}

Final output location:
/content/output/sites/AEM Guides PDF Output/SampleDita.html

${language_code}

Uses the language code where the map file is located to create the destination path.

DITA map file name:
SampleDita.ditamap

DITA map file path:
/content/dam/projects/AEM-Guides/en/user-guide/

Destination Path configured as:
/content/output/sites/${language_code}

Final output location:
/content/output/sites/en/SampleDita.html

${map_parentpath}

Uses the complete path of the map file to create the destination path.

Note:This variable cannot be used to specify the AEM Site Name or PDF File Name.

DITA map file name:
SampleDita.ditamap

DITA map file path:
/content/dam/projects/AEM-Guides/en/user-guide/

Destination Path configured as:
/content/output/sites/${map_parentpath}

Final output location:
/content/output/sites/content/dam/projects/AEM-Guides/en/user-guide/SampleDita.html

${path_after_langfolder}

Uses the path of the map file after the language folder to create the destination path.

Note: This variable cannot be used to specify the AEM Site Name or PDF File Name.

DITA map file name:
SampleDita.ditamap

DITA map file path:
/content/dam/projects/AEM-Guides/en/user-guide/

Destination Path configured as:
/content/output/sites/${path\_after\_langfolder}

Final output location:
/content/output/sites/user-guide/SampleDita.html

${system_date}

Uses the current server date to create the destination path.

DITA map file name:
SampleDita.ditamap

DITA map file path:
/content/dam/projects/AEM-Guides/en/user-guide/

Destination Path configured as:
/content/output/sites/${system_date}

Final output location:
/content/output/sites/08252023/SampleDita.html

${system_time}

Uses the current server time to create the destination path.

DITA map file name:
SampleDita.ditamap

DITA map file path:
/content/dam/projects/AEM-Guides/en/user-guide/

Destination Path configured as:
/content/output/sites/${system_time}

Final output location:
/content/output/sites/055612/SampleDita.html

In addition, you can also use the metadata defined for the DITA map or bookmap file as variables. The metadata can be found under the /jcr:content/metadata node of the DITA map or bookmap file. For example, one of the metadata properties define in the /jcr:content/metadata node is dc:title. You can specify ${dc:title} and the title value is used in the final output.
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