Batch types

In ABBYY FlexiCapture, documents are processed in batches. Batches can be created automatically or manually when you scan documents or import document images. Each batch is assigned a type, which determines the document processing settings used for the batch. You can create multiple batch types for the most common combinations of processing settings. An operator then selects the batch type that best suits their needs. You can use multiple batch types within one project. You create batch types in the Create New Batch Type dialog box.

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Open the Create New Batch Type dialog box

(Distributed) New batch types are automatically uploaded to the Application Server and become available to the operators.

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Batch type properties

The properties dialog box of a batch type has the following tabs:

• On the General tab, provide a name and description for the batch type, and specify:
  • (Distributed) The default priority of the batch type
  • (Standalone) Batch type tools
  • The image quality used when displaying images on Processing Stations
  • Registration parameters
• On the Image Processing tab, specify how documents are separated, which preprocessing procedures are applied to images, and whether blank pages are deleted.
• On the Recognition tab, specify the order in which to apply Document Definitions and document sets, specify recognition settings, select a classifier, and enable NLP if you need to extract named entities.
• On the Event Handlers tab, select and edit event handlers.
• On the Verification tab, group fields for field verification and select the language used for rule validation errors.
• On the Export tab, specify how documents are exported. If no batch type is specified, batches are exported using the default settings.
• On the Workflow tab, set up workflows.
• On the .NET References tab, add external assemblies.

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Document Definition matching order

The list of Document Definitions and the order in which they are applied are specified in the Default batch type. Edit the list using the Add and Delete buttons. Document Definitions are applied in the order in which they appear in the list. To change the order, click Change FlexiLayout Matching Order to open the Document Definitions Order dialog box, and then click Move Up or Move Down. To speed up FlexiLayout matching, select the Use first acceptable FlexiLayout option. If this option is not selected, ABBYY FlexiCapture matches all available FlexiLayouts and selects the best match. You can also select this option in the Default batch type.