Scan Documents activity

This activity imports data (documents) into XBOUND after scanning by these collectors:

The configuration of the process steps of this activity type impact the selection of the correct process step for the acquisition of scanned data. The collectors then have the task of selecting the correct Scan Documents process step out of all those in the XBOUND system. The approach is outlined here.

Other Scan Documents settings control when root documents and/or sub-documents for each sheet are created and whether the root documents must be registered.

If for some reason you need to add this activity to the Process Designer, the file to add is xboundActImport.dll.

The following settings are available when configuring a process step of this activity type.

Type of incoming documents	Select Documents are already registered if batches are registered in the process. In this case no new root document is created. Instead, the incoming data is added to the existing root document.
Criteria for incoming documents	Type regular expressions that are used for checking the name of the incoming batch, the computer name, the job name, and the import folder. Note: The Collector for XBOUND SCAN CLIENT provides a job name, which is the name of the scan profile. The Collector for IBML SoftTrac also provides a job name. This option is disabled if Documents are already registered is selected.
Create one root document per scanned batch	Select this option if one root document is to be created for each scanned batch. This option is disabled if Documents are already registered is selected.
Root document type	The document type to be assigned to the root documents during import. This option is disabled if Documents are already registered is selected.
Retain sub-document structure of the scanned batch	Select this option if sub-documents of the scanned batches are to be retained as XBOUND sub-documents.
Sub-document type	The document type to be assigned to the sub-documents.
Create one sub-document per sheet	Select this option if a document is to be created for every single sheet. If you select Create one root document per scanned batch, one sub-document is created for every sheet.
Sub-document type	The document type to assign to documents that are created for each sheet.
Replace illegal barcode characters with "?"	Select this option if XML-incompatible characters in the barcode are to be replaced by a question mark.

These settings are also available:

Import button	Imports settings from an XML file that was previously created using Export.
Export button	Exports the settings to an XML file. Specify the file name and location. You can then import the XML file to get the same settings. See Exporting and importing process step settings.
Check regular expression link	Opens a test form, where you can (when applicable) check a regular expression.

XBOUND activities: Overview

Process Designer plug-in