Adding processing steps

Add the processing steps that are required for your business. The following processing steps are typical in capture applications.

Inputting pages
Datacap works primarily with TIFF image files. So, the first activity in any Datacap workflow is to convert the documents to TIFF format and insert the documents into an input repository.
Identifying pages
Page identification is one of the first steps in any Datacap application. All incoming pages are initially assigned the default page type Other. Before Datacap can assemble those pages into documents and extract data from the pages, it must determine the correct type for each page.
Assembling documents
Datacap identifies incoming pages and assigns the correct page type by using fingerprint matching or one of the other identification methods. The next step assembles the batch of individual pages into documents according to the rules that are defined within the document hierarchy.
Recognizing data
Data recognition is the stage during which you locate the fields that you want to capture and then convert the fields into character-based data.
Validating data
Without adequate data validation, bad indexes or data can be saved in the target repository. Export processes might fail because of a bad data type.
Verifying data
During verification, Datacap displays pages to an operator for manual checking and possible correction.
Exporting data
Datacap can export data to a text file, an XML file, a database, a Document Management system, or a custom business process.

Parent topic: Coding Datacap capture applications

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Capture processing tasks