The File System dialog

Path

The collector searches this file system path for trigger files for scanned batches. Avoid network drives, and instead use UNC (Universal Naming Convention) paths to access file systems via the network.

Use trigger files

Uses trigger files for the import.

Area

The source is active only if the XBOUND Collect Service is configured for an area. (See Limiting the data that a collector processes for details.) If there is no area configured for the Collect Service, do not specify one here.

Sorting

Files are sorted before import into XBOUND. When files are grouped together, the "first" medium of a group of sheets determines the import order. Select one of the sorting options:

• Natural sorting

• Create date*

• Last change*

* If two media have identical timestamps, the file name is used as the secondary sorting criterion.

File grouping

Files with similar names can be combined into sheets by typing a regular expression here. Example:

Front and back images

Divides images into front and back pages during import, based on their processing order. If there is an odd number of images, the last one will be a front page.

Import unknown formats

Select if documents without a specified file extension are to be imported, too.

Delete files

Select if you want to delete the batch directories automatically.

Time delay

After the specified time (set in days, hours, minutes, and/or seconds), the batch is deleted. (First you must select Delete files.)

Format/filter

Assign the file extensions to the medium formats here. Only these formats are imported, unless Import unknown formats is selected.

To add a format/filter pair, click +. To delete one, select it by clicking in the far left (as shown below), and then click –.

Metadata

Use this column to import metadata along with media. Select one media format to import metadata with.

The metadata is taken from a metadata file with the same name as the medium (except the file extension – example: Test01.tif and Test01.xml). It is imported as an extra "image" in XBOUND's sheet-page-image structure. Thus, it is directly subordinate to the page.

What happens if the metadata file is missing? That depends on whether Use trigger files is selected (see above):

• If trigger files are used, the metadata file is optional. If it is found, the metadata is imported with the medium.

• If trigger files are not used, the medium is only imported if a corresponding metadata file is found in the directory.