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select the necessary batch type. You can also specify the settings for the whole batch. These settings will
be applied to projects with the type set as “Default”. First, the project settings are specified, and then, on
their basis, batch types are formed (project settings are default settings for batch types).
Work Batches are used for document processing. Test Batches are used during Document Definition
debugging. The difference between these batch types is that Test Batches make use of the local
(unpublished) Document Definition, while Work Batches use the published Document Definition. You can
access the list of Test Batches right from the Document Definition Editor window.
A Document consists of an image of one or several pages (i.e. single-page and multi-page documents) and
the data captured from them.
Multiple Document Definitions can be included in the project. In this case, documents of different types
will be processed within one project. Thus, you don’t need to presort the documents for processing. You
can combine different document types in one flow. However, if document flows don’t intersect, you can
create separated projects for them.
First, you need to create a project and at least one Document Definition.
To create a new project, either click New… in the Open Project dialog box that appears at program start,
or click File > New Project… on the main menu. Select a folder to save the project to and specify the
name.
To add batches to the project, use the New Batch command of the shortcut menu that appears when you
right-click the batch list. It is possible to load images without creating a batch. In this case, a batch will be
created by the program automatically.
To view the documents that were added to the batch, double left-click the batch name. To return to the
batch list, click Project > Work Batches or press Ctrl+B.
3. Creating Document Definitions
Creating Document Definitions is the main stage of project setup affecting the quality of resulting data
after document processing. To create a Document Definition, do the following:
· Create a layout (layout proper – in the Document Definition Editor or by loading a form built in
ABBYY FormDesigner, and FlexiLayout – by loading a file built in ABBYY FlexiLayout Studio
9.0);
· Set properties for each field and specify what data is to be found in each field (it increases
recognition quality considerably). Also, soecify which fields are to be sent to the Operator for
Verification;
· Set Field Value Check rules. The rules help identify documents with values that don’t meet the
requirements, for example, the field value doesn’t correspond to the values from a particular
database.
· Set the data export method. Data can be exported to a file, a database, to Microsoft SharePoint or
according to the script procedure.
When the definition has been created, it must be published. It will then be available for document
processing.
The main actions of creating and editing the Document Definition are carried out in the Document
Definition Editor window that opens after a new definition has been created. To open the Document