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Before you start configuring your project, please make sure that you have the following software installed:
  • ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 Project Setup Station (required if you are using ABBYY FlexiCapture Distributed Edition or ABBYY FlexiCapture Cloud).
If you already have an FC project for which you need to set up data export to XML, open that project. Otherwise, you will need to create a project. Launch the Project Setup Station and in the Open Project dialog box click:
  • Create New… to create a new project.
  • Browse… to open an existing project stored on your local drive.
  • Browse from Server… to a open a project that you earlier uploaded to the FC Application Server.
Screenshot of the ABBYY FlexiCapture Project Setup Station Open Project dialog with the Create New, Browse, and Browse from Server buttons for selecting a project to open.
Next, you need to configure FC as a service with verification:
  1. Open the Project Setup Station.
  2. Click Project → Project Properties… and click the Workflow tab. From the Schema drop-down list, select Advanced.
  3. Select the Verification option and click Edit….
    Screenshot of the ABBYY FlexiCapture Project Setup Station Project Properties Workflow tab with the Advanced schema selected and the Verification stage highlighted in the list of workflow stages.
  4. In the dialog box that opens, on the General tab select the Enable web stations option.
    Screenshot of the ABBYY FlexiCapture Workflow Stage Properties dialog for the Verification stage, with the Enable web stations option highlighted on the General tab.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Make sure that the Export root path on the General tab is left empty.
    Screenshot of the ABBYY FlexiCapture Project Setup Station Project Properties General tab with an empty Export root path field highlighted.
  7. Click OK.
Next, you need to create an export profile for each document definition.
  1. In the FC Project Setup Station click Project → Document Definitions… to open the list of Document Definitions available for the project. Select the Document Definition for which you want to specify new export settings, and click Edit….
    Screenshot of the ABBYY FlexiCapture Project Setup Station Document Definitions dialog listing the Banking, Contract, Invoice, Letter, and Price Document Definitions with the Edit button.
  2. Click Document Definition → Export Settings….
  3. Click the Add… button to start the export profile creation wizard.
  4. In the Select the Type of Destination step, select Export to data files from the Type drop-down list, select the Critical option below, select the Errors are irrelevant item from the Document condition drop-down list, and click Next.
    Screenshot of the ABBYY FlexiCapture Export Destination Wizard Select the Type of Destination step, with Export to data files chosen as the Type, the Critical option selected, and Errors are irrelevant chosen as the Documents condition.
  5. In the Export Data to Files step, make sure the Export path field is empty and specify a file name template. Click Next.
    Screenshot of the ABBYY FlexiCapture Export Destination Wizard Export Data to Files step, with an empty Export path field and a filename template based on the document identifier.
  6. In the Data File Format step, select XML Document in the File type field, and click Next.
    Screenshot of the ABBYY FlexiCapture Export Destination Wizard Data File Format step, with XML Document selected as the File type and UTF8 chosen as the encoding.
  7. Provide a name for your newly created export profile and click Finish.
    Screenshot of the ABBYY FlexiCapture Export Destination Wizard Select the Destination Name step, with Export to XML entered in the Name field.
  8. In the Export Settings dialog box, check the Enabled box for the newly created export profile.
    Screenshot of the ABBYY FlexiCapture Export Settings dialog with the Export to XML destination selected and its Enabled box checked, showing XML Document as the data format.
  9. Click Apply, and then click OK.
  10. Save and publish your Document Definition.