Datacap software components

List of Datacap software components – Custom installation

For custom installation, you can select following Datacap software components:

• Datacap Server
• Datacap Clients
  • Applications
    • IBM Datacap Accounts Payable
    • IBM Datacap Medical Claims
  • Datacap FastDoc
  • Datacap Studio
  • Datacap Maintenance Manager
• Datacap Rulerunner Server
• Datacap Web Server
• Datacap Web Service
• Datacap Windows Service
• Datacap Report Viewer
• Connectors
  • IBM Datacap Connector for eMail and Electronic Documents
  • IBM Datacap Connector for Fax
  • IBM Datacap Connector for EMC Documentum
  • IBM Datacap Connector for Microsoft SharePoint
• IBM Datacap Insight Edition (Document Analytics)

Datacap Server

The server component provides the following core functions of the Datacap system:

• Managing and serving batches to workstations and users
• Managing the tasks according to the workflow of the Datacap application
• Providing user authentication and access control, assigning batch IDs, controlling batch queues, and controlling access to the Datacap databases

All communication between the Datacap Server and its clients, or the other core server components, use the Datacap socket protocol. For communicating with the databases, Datacap Server uses Microsoft Object Linking and Embedding for Database (OLE DB). Datacap Server also uses the Common Internet File System (CIFS) interface to mount the file share that is required to access batches.

The Datacap Server supports various authentication systems. The main application settings file datacap.xml is on the file share where the application files are stored. In smaller systems, the file is on a Datacap Server. In medium or large systems, the file is on a dedicated file server or a NAS or SAN device.

Datacap Clients

The Datacap client component is a set of programs that you can use to access Datacap applications.

Applications

An application unites a set of Datacap capabilities with the aim of solving a specific business need. In Datacap custom installation setup, you can select following applications:

IBM Datacap Accounts Payable

The Datacap Accounts Payable solution is used for automating the process of capturing invoices. The APT uses optical character recognition and highly configurable location rules to accurately capture invoice data. The invoice data comprises invoice number, invoice date, purchase order number, invoice total, and the data from each line item in the invoice. The invoice images and data are then delivered to your accounts payable, ERP, document management, and other systems. For more information, see Datacap Accounts Payable.

IBM Datacap Medical Claims

Medical Claims is a software solution that automates data entry from professional claim forms (CMS 1500) that are used by individual medical providers or suppliers. The software also automates data from institutional claim forms (UB04) that are used by institutional providers such as hospitals. Medical Claims application is used to manage the entire capture process, including scanning of claims forms, enhancement of the images, recognition of data fields, and the validation and verification of data. The application exports images and index data to content management systems through integration interfaces. For more information, see Medical Claims.

Datacap FastDoc

FastDoc is a client that you can use to scan, index, monitor jobs, and manually run background tasks on documents and image files. You can also use FastDoc as a rapid application development tool. You can run FastDoc in a stand-alone environment where FastDoc manages its own batches or as a client to the Datacap Server. For more information, see FastDoc

Datacap Studio

Datacap Studio is the application development environment for Datacap. When you install Datacap Studio, it includes an unrestricted version of the Application Manager, for managing multi-machine distributed environments through a centralized set of key Datacap configuration settings. These settings are stored in shared files. For more information, see Datacap Studio.

Datacap Maintenance Manager

Datacap Maintenance Manager provides application monitoring and notification capabilities that can automate administrative functions such as resetting batches or archiving old batches. For more information, see Installing and configuring Datacap Maintenance Manager.

Datacap Rulerunner Server

Datacap Rulerunner Service runs as a Windows service and runs batch processing tasks that do not require operator interaction, such as recognition and export. In a typical production environment, Rulerunner is configured to run the page identification and recognition tasks automatically. After verification and submission, Rulerunner detects that the batch is ready for export and runs the export task automatically. For more information, see Installing Rulerunner on the Rulerunner server.

Datacap Web Server

Datacap Web Server hosts Datacap web applications with Microsoft IIS server. The IIS server communicates with the backend services through the Datacap Web Server. For more information, see Configuring Datacap Web Server on a supported version of Windows Server.

Datacap Web Services

Datacap Web Services are also called wTM. It could be a windows-based service or Microsoft IIS-based web service. Datacap web service supports HTTP and HTTPS protocols. For more information, see Installing Datacap Web Services.

Datacap Report Viewer

Datacap Report Viewer is a reporting tool for real-time reports of Datacap activity. Report Viewer retrieves usage statistics and other data from the Engine database. The Datacap Report Viewer web application displays real-time reports of activity that is related to your Datacap applications. For more information, see Installing and configuring Datacap Report Viewer.

Connectors

Connectors are chargeable software components that you must buy separately. You must have a valid license to use the connectors.

IBM Datacap Connector for eMail and Electronic Documents

It imports email attachments from Exchange and Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) mail servers and converts electronic documents. For more information, see Datacap Studio.

IBM Datacap Connector for Fax

It imports fax images from a Fax server. Fax Connector actions are used to create Datacap document batches from incoming faxes. You can also send the contents of a document to a specified fax number. For more information, see Fax Connector actions.

IBM Datacap Connector for EMC Documentum

The Documentum Connector actions integrate Datacap applications with the Documentum Docbase content repository. You can then use the Documentum Connector actions to upload documents and index fields into a Documentum repository. For more information, see Documentum Connector actions.

IBM Datacap Connector for Microsoft SharePoint

The Datacap Connector for Microsoft SharePoint actions integrates Datacap applications with Microsoft Office SharePoint Services for Microsoft SharePoint. You can use SharePoint Connector actions to upload documents and set index fields in a SharePoint library. For more information, see SharePoint Connector actions.

IBM Datacap Insight Edition (Document Analytics)

Datacap Insight Edition is an intelligent capture solution that combines advanced imaging, natural language processing, and machine-learning technologies. It automates the processing of unstructured documents by performing multi-level analysis. Datacap Insight Edition can distinguish between different types of documents based on their structure. The solution is also capable of applying reasoning, logic, and context-sensitive analysis to identify and classify information.

Datacap Navigator and Datacap Web Client

Datacap Navigator and Datacap Web Client provide functions that are similar to the Datacap client but do not require more software to be installed on the computer.

When you verify a batch by using the web client, verification rules are run on the web server. You can also configure an application workflow and run administrative tasks such as setting up Datacap groups and users. Authentication for Datacap Navigator is done through calls to Datacap Web Services.

Datacap Navigator is based on IBM® Content Navigator technology and is installed, configured, and administered with IBM Content Navigator tools. Datacap Navigator communicates with the Datacap Server by using the Datacap Web Services APIs. For lookup and verification, Datacap Navigator uses the IBM Content Navigator External Data Services infrastructure.

Datacap databases

Datacap applications use relational databases. In the Datacap sample and add-on applications, Microsoft Access databases are used for portability reasons but must not be used in production. In a production system, Datacap databases are hosted in DB2® , Microsoft SQL Server, or Oracle. Datacap uses the following databases:

Administration

The Administration database stores information about users, groups, workstation, auditing, functional security, and application configuration. The administration database also stores workflow configurations.

Engine

The Engine database stores information about batches, statistics, and queue states.

Fingerprints

The Fingerprints database manages the pointers to the fingerprints that are used in an application. Each application has its own set of self-contained databases.

External

External database is a database that is accessed by Datacap applications during processing. Datacap applications can perform lookups to validate data such as vendor IDs, purchase order numbers, postal codes, customer IDs, on this database.