Creating an application in Application Wizard

You can use the Application Wizard in FastDoc to create a Datacap application. This method is an alternative to using an application that was created by the Forms or Learning template.

About this task

You can configure the Datacap application that you create to scan, index, and export batches of documents to repositories, file systems, and Datacap Server.

Procedure

To create an application in Application Wizard:

  1. Start FastDoc in Local mode.
  2. At the FastDoc main window, click Application Wizard.
  3. On the Overview window, click Next.
  4. Select Create a new RRS application or Create a new CMIS based application and click Next.
  5. Enter a name for the application and select an application template.
    1. SelectFormTemplate to use the application for structured images.
      When you know the types of data that you want to capture and where that data is on each image, select the Form application.
      For example, a 1040EZ tax form and the types of data on the form, such as name and address, are in the same location on every 1040EZ form. The Form application sets up a workflow that you can match against your fingerprints.
    2. Select LearningTemplate to use the application for unstructured images.
      When you know the types of data that you want to capture but you do not know where that data is contained in the image because the location of the data is different on each image, select the Learning application.
      For example, if you want to capture the date, amount, and tax for expenses from different hotels, the receipt images from each hotel are unique. The location of the data that you want to capture differs for each hotel receipt image so the data cannot be identified with Datacap fingerprints. The Learning application template sets up a workflow where you can add rules, such as Locate rules, for Datacap to learn the different hotel receipt formats as they are encountered.
  6. Click Next.
  7. Enter the CMIS connection information if you selected Create a new CMIS based application.
  8. At the Document hierarchy window, click Next.
  9. At the Add sample images window, click + and add the images that you want to process to the C:\Datacap\appname\Images\Input directory.
  10. Click Finish to begin the creation process.
  11. Check Connect to application when wizard exits to create the application.
  12. Click Close to close the Application Wizard.
  13. Repeat these steps for both templates if they are needed.
  14. Click Local and select Logout to exit Local mode.