Maintaining fingerprints by using the Fingerprint Maintenance Tool

Use the Fingerprint Maintenance Tool (FMT) to manage your fingerprints and synchronize information between the Fingerprint database, the Document Hierarchy, and Fingerprint XML data files.

About this task

Important: Before you start the Fingerprint Maintenance Tool, confirm that all Datacap clients are stopped.

If you attempt to start the Fingerprint Maintenance Tool and the DCO file is locked by another process, Datacap displays an error message. For example, when a developer is modifying the document hierarchy in Datacap Studio, the DCO file is locked and you cannot use the Fingerprint Maintenance Tool.

  • Starting the Fingerprint Maintenance Tool
    Start the Fingerprint Maintenance Tool on the Datacap server where the application files are located.
  • Locating and deleting partial fingerprints
    Partial fingerprints that are associated with documents that are not processed accumulate over time and must be deleted.
  • Deleting fingerprints
    You can use the Fingerprint Maintenance Tool to delete unwanted fingerprints from the system. You must know the Fingerprint ID.
  • Deleting fingerprints that are associated with a document type
    In FastDoc, fingerprints are saved by host name, where the host name is the same as the document type name. You must know the document type name before you run this procedure.
  • Exporting selected fingerprints
    When you want to move fingerprints from one application environment to another, such as from Test to Production, you must first export the fingerprints from the source Fingerprint database. You then import, or add, those fingerprints to the target Fingerprint database.
  • Adding selected fingerprints
    To move fingerprints from one application environment to another, such as from Test to Production, after you export the fingerprints from the source Fingerprint database. You then import, or add, those fingerprints to the target Fingerprint database.
  • Troubleshooting the Fingerprint Maintenance Tool
    This section contains information on resources that might help you to troubleshoot the Fingerprint Maintenance Tool.
Parent topic: Administering
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Fingerprint Maintenance Tool reference