Implementing a start panel

A start panel prompts the operator to enter data before the remote scan page is displayed. You can use a start panel to capture any information specific to the batch that you want to collect (for example, date, and operator name).

To enable a start panel:

1. Start Datacap Web Client, click the Administrator tab, click Workflow, and select the task for which you want to enable the start panel.
2. In the Selected task details pane, click Setup.
3. In the task.set.xml - Webpage Dialog window, scroll to the Scan or Disk Scan (VScan) section, and select the Show the Start Batch Panel check box, if it is not already selected. (Clearing the check box disables Start Batch Panel.)
4. Scroll down and click Save.
   The start panel displays a data entry field for each batch level field that is defined in the document hierarchy. A batch level field is generally at the same level of documents that are defined in the batch hierarchy. To capture the name of the person who is completing a scan, you can create a batch level field that is called Name in the document hierarchy. In the TravelDocs application, the Name field is at the same level as the Car_Rental, Flight, and Hotel document types. At the beginning of a scanning task, Datacap displays a dialog that prompts the operator to enter a name. In the following runtime batch hierarchy XML sample, Datacap stored the data in a batch level field (<F id="Name">). The ASCII code values in the character elements spell Henderson, which is the name that the operator entered.

   <B id="20110154.008">
     <V n="TYPE">TravelDocs</V>
     <V n="STATUS">73</V>
     <V n="ScanOperator">admin</V>
     <V n="ScanStation">1</V>
     <D id="20110154.008.01">
       <V n="TYPE"></V>
       <V n="STATUS">0</V>
       <P id="TM000001">
         <V n="imagePath">c:\datacap\scan\20110154.008\tm000001.tif</V>
         <V n="TYPE">Other</V>
         <V n="STATUS">49</V>
         <V n="ScanSrcPath">C:\Datacap\TravelDocs\images\Images_Page_01.tif</V>
       </P>
       etc.
     </D>
     <F id="Name">
       <V n="TYPE">Name</V>
       <V n="Position">0,0,0,0</V>
       <V n="STATUS">0</V>
       <C cn="10" cr="0,0,0,0">72</C>
       <C cn="10" cr="0,0,0,0">101</C>
       <C cn="10" cr="0,0,0,0">110</C>
       <C cn="10" cr="0,0,0,0">100</C>
       <C cn="10" cr="0,0,0,0">101</C>
       <C cn="10" cr="0,0,0,0">114</C>
       <C cn="10" cr="0,0,0,0">115</C>
       <C cn="10" cr="0,0,0,0">111</C>
       <C cn="10" cr="0,0,0,0">110</C>
     </F>
   </B>