After creating a derived skill, you can customize its inherited fields and rules, add new ones, and adjust text recognition. All configuration happens in the skill settings dialog and on the Fields tab.Documentation Index
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Inherited and custom fields
You can disable inherited fields that are not required for document processing, or add custom fields to extract additional data. If you disable a field, all its associated rules are also disabled. If you re-enable a previously disabled field, you’ll need to re-enable any rules that you want to use.Disabling an inherited field
Turn off the field toggle
On the Fields tab, turn off the toggle in the row with the field properties.
Adding a custom field
To add a custom field, do one of the following:- Click the Fields tab, click Reference, and then click Add Field on the toolbar.
- Click the settings button next to the name of the skill to open the skill settings dialog box, click the Fields tab, and then click the add field button on the toolbar.
Setting up field properties
Most settings of an inherited field can be edited in the field settings dialog box. To open it, click the settings button next to the field’s name in the data form.Inherited and custom rules
A derived skill inherits all the validation rules of its base skill. Inherited rules cannot be edited directly. However, you can copy them and modify their copies. You can disable inherited rules that are not required for document processing, or add new rules to validate extracted data.Disabling an inherited rule
You can always re-enable a previously disabled rule.
Adding a custom rule
You can create a new rule in a derived skill. For information on how to create a rule, refer to Validation rules. Any rules you create in a derived skill are not included in its base skill. To delete a previously created rule, click the delete button on the Rules tab of the skill settings dialog box.Before you click Save, you can restore the deleted rule by clicking Restore.
Configuring text recognition
A derived skill inherits all the recognition settings of its base skill. You can disable any languages that won’t be used in your documents — this speeds up the processing and, in some cases, prevents recognition errors. However, you cannot add new languages to a derived skill, as its base skill was designed to process documents only in specific languages. You can also disable the handwritten recognition option if your documents do not contain any handwritten text.Restoring data form layout
If you modify the layout of the data form of a derived skill, you can always restore it to the layout of the base skill. To do this, click Restore Layout from Base Skill. The layout is restored, and any custom fields you added to the derived skill are listed at the bottom of the data form. If custom fields were added to a group, these are listed at the bottom of the group.Related topics
Derived skills overview
What derived skills are and when to use them.
Create a derived skill
Steps to create a new derived skill.
Update a derived skill
Update to a new base-skill version.