Setting up field validation on Forms template applications

You configure validation on the field level of Forms template applications to determine whether the captured data complies with the data integrity rules that are defined in your business requirements.

Procedure

To set up field validation on Forms template applications:

  1. Start FastDoc in Datacap Server mode.
  2. Log in to the application created using the Forms template.
  3. On the Datacap window, click the Configure workflow icon and select the job that you want to run.
  4. Click the Configure documents, pages, and fields icon.
  5. Select the field in the Batch Structure pane and click the Ruleset tab.
  6. Select the Validate Fields ruleset.
  7. Check Validate this field.
  8. Configure the validation options that you want to run by using the hover text help as a guide. These options are run when you process the image at run time.
  9. Run these steps on every field for which you want to run validation.

What to do next

Important: Make sure your validations match your export. For example, if you are exporting to a database column of type integer, set the validation to make sure the value being exported is an integer, and ensure that the validation cannot be overridden.