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ABBYY FlexiCapture Administrator`s guide
Introducing ABBYY FlexiCapture
ABBYY FlexiCapture is a highly scalable platform for intelligent data and document capture which can
be successfully used to extract data from unstructured as well as structured paper documents, scans,
e-mail messages, and other sources for subsequent use in document management systems. The four
basic data extraction operations in ABBYY FlexiCapture include classification, optical recognition,
verification, and export to ERP, ECM or BPM systems.
ABBYY FlexiCapture is capable of handling the full range of data processing needs, from small-scale
projects to distributed industrial capture of large volumes of data, providing high levels of security and
reliability expected from enterprise-grade software solutions.
The basic document processing scenario is as follows:
1. Documents are placed in the automatic scanner feeder and scanning begins. Images can also be
imported from email or a mobile device, etc.
2. Scanned document images are submitted for recognition, at which point the software
automatically identifies documents, including multipage documents, locates meaningful fields,
extracts data and loads check rules.
3. After the recognition has been completed the extracted data undergoes an automatic check rules.
If necessary, the process of visual check for data and rule errors is launched.
4. Recognized and verified data along with electronic copies of documents are saved to a database,
an information system, or a file.
ABBYY FlexiCapture architecture
ABBYY FlexiCapture is a set of applications that comprises document processing stations and
servers.
Server components:
1. Application Server is a web service in Internet Information Services (IIS) which functions as the
main gateway for all HTTP/HTTPS traffic in the system . This component provides user
authentication and authorization functionality and enables communication between the server and
client components.
2. License Server is a service that stores information about the current license and allowed uses
of the system.
3. Processing Server is service that manages the Processing Stations. This component enables
distributed processing.
4. Database stores the processing settings, information about the users, information about the
documents that are being processed, and statistics for the documents that have been processed.
5. File Storage stores the images of the documents that are being processed and the data
captured from these documents.
Each server component can be installed on a separate computer, allowing variable scalability and
individual reliability and security settings.