Ephesoft Transact Reporting and Workflow
Introduction
Reporting consists of the following major functions:
Data Migration
Data Calculation
Data Cleanup
Ephesoft Transact Reporting also supports multiple languages as part of the User Interface. For more information, refer to Global Languages.
Note: This document applies to Ephesoft Transact 2019.1 and above.
Reporting Process – Cron Jobs
A single master cron job…
Ephesoft Transact 2019.2 Service Pack
Summary
A service pack has been deployed on November 19, 2019, that affects Ephesoft Transact 2019.2.
The service pack has been deployed to help correct issues discovered by our customers using Ephesoft Transact 2019.2. The service pack has been created to simplify deployment and correct these issues.
The deployment of this service pack benefits customers by resolving the issues outlined…
Getting Started with Ephesoft Transact Using Automation Anywhere
Introduction
This document describes how to use Ephesoft Transact using Automation Anywhere. Allow for at least 30 minutes to complete this procedure.
Prerequisites
To complete the steps in this document, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
Ephesoft Transact 4.5.0.2 or a later version installed and licensed.
Basic understanding of Ephesoft Transact batch class…
Getting Started with Ephesoft Transact and UiPath
Introduction
This document describes how to start using Ephesoft Transact inside UiPath.
What You Need
To complete the tasks in this document, ensure that you have the following prerequisites in place:
Installation and licensing of Ephesoft Transact 4.5.0.2 or a later release
Ephesoft Webservice/API license
Basic understanding of Ephesoft Transact batch class administration…
Machine Learning Improvements: Machine Learning for Invoices and Enhanced Machine Learning
Introduction
Core Machine Learning for Invoices
Enhanced Machine Learning
Troubleshooting
Web Services
Introduction
In previous versions of Transact, machine learning heavily relied on the input/rules provided by the operator. The system learned and saved the values entered on the Validation screen based on the anchors after the user-specified the corresponding regex, dictionary,…
EText Support – Leveraging Existing Text Layer in PDF Documents
Introduction
EText Functionality
Page Process Module
Learn File(s) / Test Classification / Test Extraction
Extraction Configuration Screens
Batch.xml File
Export Module
Web Services
Use Cases
EText Mode – Automatically
EText Mode – Always
EText Mode – Never
Introduction
Ephesoft Transact fully leverages the text embedded in computer generated PDFs (also referred to by RecoStar as…
Table Extraction
This section contains the following articles that describe various aspects of configuring table extraction in Transact:
Configuring Table Extraction
Table Validation Rules
Configuring Currency Settings for Tables
Hidden Table Column Feature
Semi-Automated Table Extraction
Table Extraction for 2-Column Layout
For help on enabling and configuring the Table Extraction plugin,…
System Configuration
Overview
This screen is enabled only for super-admin role. It contains following features:
1. Application
Regex Pool
Generate Key
Regex Builder
2. Workflow Management
It contain plugins and their respective dependencies needed by any workflow and criteria on which these plugins will be working.
3. Connection Manager
4. License Details
Below screenshot shows an…
Developer Documentation
This area is designed for developers that are looking to add additional functionality or customize their solution beyond a regular installation. This includes web service API guides, scripting guides, external applications, custom integrations and more.
This section includes the following topics:
Custom Plugins
External Applications
Regular Expressions
Scripting Resources…
Export Module
The Export module contains plugins that define how documents and the extracted data are distributed to external storehouses or other forms of output after all document processing and workflow operations are complete.
The following plugins belong to the Export module:
Beta: Multipage Export Plugin
Box Export Plugin
Clean Up Plugin
CMIS Export Plugin
Copy Batch XML Plugin…
Automated Validation Module
The Automated Validation module is responsible for automatically performing data-type checks, and contains all the extracted values for index fields. This module checks index fields for matches in data type and appropriate values and will mark exceptions when they are present.
The following plugin belongs to the Automated Validation module:
Automated Regex Validation Plugin
Extraction Module
The Extraction module contains plugins that locate and extract defined data values from documents based on the OCR results produced in the Page Process module. Extraction can entail key-value extraction, table extraction, fixed-form extraction, text extraction, and more.
The following plugins belong to the Extraction module:
Advanced Barcode Extraction Plugin
Barcode Extraction Plugin……
Review Document Module
The Review Document module determines if a batch instance contains documents with low confidence needing operator review and suspends workflow processing for this activity. The Review Document plugin is the key component of this module.
Document Assembly Module
The Document Assembly module is responsible for separating and classifying single pages—produced by the Page Process module—into documents.
The following plugins belong to the Document Assembly module:
Classify Images Plugin
Document Assembler Plugin
Barcode Reader Plugin
Page Process Module
The Page Process Module defines how Ephesoft Transact performs OCR. Plugins are available to create display and thumbnail images, enable multidimensional classification, and more.
The following plugins belong to the Page Process module:
Cloud OCR Plugin
Create OCR Input Plugin
Create Display Image Plugin
KV Page Process Plugin
Multidimensional Classification Plugin
Nuance…
Folder Import Module
The Folder Import module contains plugins that govern how documents, data, or images are ingested into Ephesoft Transact at the start of the workflow. It also defines additional compression, image optimization, and image resolution attributes.
The following plugins belong to the Folder Import module:
Create OCR Input Plugin
Create Thumbnails Plugin
Ephesoft Cloud HyperExtender…
Web Service Definitions and Code Samples
Overview
The Ephesoft Transact web services API provides a simple method for real-time integration and exposure of Ephesoft processes to external applications. This allows developers to embed and employ advanced capture capabilities and technologies in content management systems and other workflows.
Ephesoft Transact web services support the OpenAPI standard, and the Ephesoft Transact Web…
Scripting Guide
Scripting functionality in Ephesoft is supported where a custom requirement can be handled. Ephesoft includes power to perform custom functionality during different stages of batch processing. This functionality is supported through the scripts present inside the batch class folder in Scripts folder. These scripts are Java scripts which access batch.xml through two techniques: DOM Parser and JDOM…
Importing Documents
This section will cover all the different methods and strategies for importing documents into the Transact Platform
Supported File Types for Import
Web Scanner
Email Configuration
CMIS Import Plugin
Upload Batch
Operator Overview
Operator User Interface and Tasks
Operator Screens and Tasks
The following is a summary of the Operator screens and their controls. In many cases, this document provides links to additional information.
The navigation available during initial access is as follows:
Administrator Navigation from the Landing Page at Login
Once you navigate into the user interface, you can expand the…
How To Process Large Batches
Applies to: Ephesoft Transact 4.5.x.x and above (previous versions may require slightly different settings)
Larger Batch Instances may require some additional configuration changes to process without timeouts.
Instructions:
Change process capacity
Larger batches should process fewer batches at the same time to avoid resources getting used up.
In the dcma-workflows.properties,…
Ephesoft Transact Tutorial
This tutorial is intended to familiarize new users with the primary operations in the Ephesoft Transact workflow. In this article you will learn how to create batch classes, document types, index fields and key-value extraction rules, all of which are used to classify documents and extract data. We will cover how to export the desired data from the documents you have uploaded.
Prerequisites
To…
KB00023068: ImageMagick impacts performance due to heavy file size
Component:
Performance, ImageMagick, Tiff to PNG conversion, CREATE_OCR_INPUT Plugin, CREATE_DISPLAY_IMAGE Plugin
Issue Description:
There can be scenario's where our customer's observe that PPM of their batch class is degrading and Batch Instances are taking most of the time in CREATE_OCR_INPUT plugin and CREATE_DISPLAY_IMAGES plugin. Sometimes the completion of TIFF to PNG…
Quick Reference Guide
Introduction
This quick reference guide provides a brief overview of Ephesoft Transact features and terminology, user roles, and main operating interfaces.
Ephesoft Transact captures document data using context-driven productivity and open source technologies, and can operate both on-premises and in the cloud. Ephesoft Transact processes incoming documents and extracts data in the following…
Ephesoft Transact 4.5.0.2 Known Issues and Workarounds
Ephesoft Transact 4.5.0.2 Workarounds
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Issue
Workaround
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The following error occurs during upgrade from Ephesoft Transact 4.5.0.0-4.5.0.2 on Ubuntu 16.04:
“Error occurred while building dependency tree. Exiting from script...”
This error occurs when packages from repositories are not updated.
To update the packages from repositories, the following commands need to be…