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Hidden table column feature

With this feature, you can hide any specific column or columns from the Validation screen. This option is available in the Additional Configurations drop-down list on the Table Columns screen. By default, this field is left cleared so that all table columns are visible on the Validation screen.

Once you mark any column as hidden:

  • It is displayed on the Validation screen.

  • It is excluded from the list of available table columns on the Table Validation Rules screen as well as from the drop-down list of auto-suggested table columns if you are using the AUTO_TABLE_EXTRACTION plugin.

If you hide all columns, the Table View of the Validation screen is disabled altogether and it is not possible to define or apply any table validation rule.

At the same time, the values in hidden columns are extracted and saved in the batch.xml file for the running batch along with all other values (path: EphesoftSharedFoldersfinal-drop-folder).

Configure the hidden table column feature

  1. Open or create a Batch Class.
  2. Create a Document Type and upload a Learn file.
  3. Go to the Extraction module and make sure that the Table Extraction plugin is added and enabled.
  4. In your Batch Class, configure the table for the Document Type by adding the table columns, creating table extraction rules, and, if required, table validation rules.

    For more information, see Configure table extraction.

  5. On the Table Columns screen, click in the Additional Configurations field against the required column and select Hidden from the drop-down list.

    • If this value is included in the table validation rule, the confirmation message appears: "Setting the column as hidden will remove the validation rule(s). Do you want to continue?"

    • If you confirm your choice, the column is marked as hidden and the configured table validation rule is deleted.

  6. Go to the Upload Batch screen, upload the file, select the batch, and click Start Batch.
  7. When the batch reaches the validation stage, open the Validation screen.
  8. Click Table to move on to Table View.
    The hidden column is not displayed.

    If you make all available table columns hidden, the Table View on the Validation screen is disabled.

    The values from all columns (including hidden) are saved in the batch.xml file created for this batch and stored in the final-drop-folder.