Kofax Capture Ascent Capture® for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF® Release Notes 10001954-000
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Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................1 Additional Documentation ..................................................................................................................1 System Requirements ...................................................................................................................................2 Network Server Components .....................
Contents Automatic Indexing Processor ..........................................................................................................18 The IBM Reindex Queue .............................................................................................................18 Ending Ascent Release Server Jobs ..........................................................................................................19 Known Problems ........................................................................
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Introduction This document contains the release notes for the Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 Workfolder Application Facility (WAF) and the WAF Feature of IBM Content Manager for AS/ 400. This version of the Ascent Capture application is used to export document images and index data into IBM’s ImagePlus/400 imaging system.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes System Requirements Network Server Components This Ascent Capture for IBM release script requires the following network server components: IBM Client Access/400 or IBM iSeries Access for Windows TCP/IP Content Manager for AS/400 V4R1 with WAF Feature, Content Manager for AS/400 V4R3 with WAF Feature, IBM Content Manager for iSeries V5R1 with WAF Feature or IBM Content Manager for iSeries V5.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Administration and Release Workstations – Additional Requirements The Ascent Capture Administration and Release workstations must have the following components installed: Ascent Capture 5.x, 6.0, 7.x, Kofax Capture 8, or Kofax Capture 9 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Additional Information This section contains additional information about the Ascent Capture for IBM release script. Unsupported Ascent Capture 6.0 and Ascent Capture 7.0 Features Kofax PDF The Ascent Capture for IBM release script does not support releasing images in Kofax PDF format.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Installation Notes Read the following sections before you start your installation. Setup Tasks A host code library containing interface software must be installed and configured on the IBM system. This will allow the Ascent Capture workstations that are running this release script to communicate with the IBM system. The host code library is available from the Kofax Technical Support Web site.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Configure or Validate Profiles Users releasing documents to the IBM system must have: A valid user ID and password Appropriate authorities to write objects to the libraries A valid user profile A valid language profile In addition, you should ensure that any document types, file cabinet codes, or file cabinet keys that you specify in Ascent Capture are properly defined on the IBM system.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Ascent Capture for IBM release script. Then, click the Add/Remove button to initiate the uninstall process. All Batch and Document Classes will be left intact. Refer to your Microsoft documentation for more information about the Add/Remove Programs utility.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Create an IBM iSeries NetServer File Share (Client iSeries Access for Windows V5R2 and V5R3) Visit the IBM technical document on the IBM Web site for instructions (http://www912.ibm.com/8625680A007CA5C6/1AC66549A21402188625680B0002037E/ 0D0860F6C782CDB786256A0F007C240E).
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Setting the Workstation ID The workstation ID on the Release workstation is automatically generated at release time. One workstation ID is created for each Release workstation and each workstation is assigned a unique workstation ID. Note Make certain that each workstation is assigned a unique workstation ID. If you need to view and/or change the automatically generated workstation ID, the WAF Workstation Setup utility must be used.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Index Storage Tab The Index Storage tab allows you to define where the Ascent Values are stored using the available IBM key fields. Each IBM field to be populated with an Ascent Value should be indicated by specifying the Ascent Value next to the IBM key field in the table. Note You must ensure that the appropriate profiles (such as document type or file cabinet) are defined in IBM prior to releasing documents to Ascent Capture.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Note If Document Description is left blank, the document description specified for the Document type in IBM is used. Ascent Values This column lists all available Ascent Values defined for the current document class. These Ascent Values should be mapped to the appropriate IBM Key Fields by selecting the Ascent Value from the popup menu.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Table 1. Available IBM Index Fields (continued) Field# EKD0215 Name# Length# Type# User Data Field 6 UFLD6 40 Character User Data Field 7 UFLD7 40 Character User Data Field 8 UFLD8 40 Character User Data Field 9 UFLD9 40 Character User Data Field 10 UFLD10 40 Character Storage Properties Tab The Storage Properties tab is used to define how document images are to be stored for the current document class. Figure 3.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Note This option is not supported for color and grayscale images for the MO:DCA image format. Make certain that this option is unchecked when scanning color and grayscale images. Skip first page This check box indicates whether the first page of each document should be discarded. You may want to do this if you are using standalone separator sheets to separate your documents.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Configuration Tab The Configuration tab is used to define the IBM system name and the libraries to be used for the current document class. A different set of libraries can be specified for each batch/document class, if desired. Figure 4. Configuration Tab Host System Name This field is the name of the IBM system on which the system is installed (as it was defined in the Client Access configuration).
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Host Libraries ImagePlus Library This field is the name of the program library. This name was determined during the IBM installation. The default is EKDLIB. ImagePlus File Library This field is the name of the data file library. This name was determined during the IBM installation. The default is EKDLIBFIL. ImagePlus API Library This field is the name of the API program library. This name was determined during the IBM installation.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes General Settings Tab The General Settings tab is used to define general options for the current document class. Figure 5. General Settings Tab Drive Remap This field is used to map the DASD System ID to the IBM network drive or directory assigned on the Release workstation (for example, Q: or \\AS400NAME\QDLS). It must match the drive assignment specified in Client Access.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Response Allowance This field is used to define the number of seconds to allow the IBM server to respond to receiving data from the Release workstation before timing out. The value can be increased to allow for more wait time on heavily loaded networks or slower networks. Increasing the value may decrease overall release performance. Valid entries are from 5 through 60.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes left running unattended if desired. If any documents or pages are rejected, the batch will be routed to the Ascent Capture Quality Control queue. 3 When you want to exit the Release module, select Batch | Exit from the Release module’s menu bar. Alternatively, you can click the “X” in the upper right corner of the Ascent Capture — Release dialog box.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Ending Ascent Release Server Jobs Although the Ascent release server jobs are designed to start and run continuously, there may be a need to shut down job(s) for backup or diagnostics. The KFXENDSVR command is provided as a utility to end the Ascent release server job(s) and optionally do some additional cleanup.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Known Problems This section contains information about known problems with the Ascent Capture for IBM release script. MO:DCA Documents are Blank The Enable Width Alignment check box must be checked before scanning MO:DCA documents. Leaving the “Enable Width Alignment” and the “Pad Width to Byte Boundary” check boxes unchecked will cause all scanned images to be blank when viewed.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Troubleshooting During the Ascent Capture Release process, errors may occur due to configuration problems, security authorization problems, or other operational problems. Release Error Messages Error messages are listed in the Ascent Capture Release module Event Log area, as well as written to the Release error log file on the Release workstation. The Release error log file is named Err_yymm.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Table 2. Release Error Messages (continued) Message ID Description 22 Explanation Possible Diagnostic or Corrective Action 22001 The document type is invalid. The WAF document type is not valid. Specify a correct WAF document type in Ascent Release, or define the document type in the IBM system. 22002 XXX is invalid. Specify a numeric value. 22003 The Document ID is required. The Document ID is blank. Specify a Document ID.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Table 2. Release Error Messages (continued) Message ID Description Explanation Possible Diagnostic or Corrective Action 22020 The requested message number was not found in the message file. The message requested by the Contact IBM System Support. client was not found in the message file. Either an invalid message was requested, or the message was not placed in the file. 24001 Error on ZZZ call. A configuration error has occurred.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Appendix A – WAF Default Values These WAF Default values are saved in ‘My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\WAFREL\WAF Defaults’. Table 3. Configuration Tab Items Registry Data Name VB Data Name WAFSystemName txtHostSystemName.Text WAFJobQName txtJobQName.Text WAFWorkstationID txtWorkstationID.Text WAFHostCodeLib txtHostCodeLib.Text WAFLib txtWAFLib.Text WAFFileLib txtWAFLibFil.Text WAFApiLib txtWAFApi.
Ascent Capture for IBM ImagePlus/400 WAF Release Notes Appendix B – Kofax Technical Support For additional technical information about Kofax products, visit the Kofax Web site at www.kofax.com and select an appropriate option from the Support menu.
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