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The Skill Catalog is where you view and manage all your ABBYY Vantage skills. Skills are displayed as a list sorted by name.
Skill Catalog page with skill-type filter tabs, the toolbar, the skill list, and the Actions side panel
Each row in the list shows the following details:
  • Skill type — shown as an icon, with separate marks for base skills and their derived skills
  • Skill name
  • Version number
  • Description
  • The user currently editing the skill (Locked by)
  • Date last edited
Version numbers are only shown for published skills. For more information, see Skill versions. For OCR skills, the skill details panel also displays the configured PDF Processing Mode. This field is informational only and cannot be edited from the Skill Catalog. To change the PDF Processing Mode, open the skill for editing.

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Skill types

ABBYY Vantage supports the following skill types:

Document

Extract field values from structured and semi-structured documents of a single type.

Classification

Identify the document type so the right skill processes it.

OCR

Extract text from document images and export to multiple formats.

Splitter

Split a flow of pages into separate documents ready for processing.

Process

Coordinate multi-step document workflows by chaining skills.

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Filter the list

To filter the list by skill type, click a skill-type tab at the top of the page. See Find a skill for details.

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What you can do

Find a skill

Search, filter, and preview skills before opening them.

Try a skill

Run sample documents through a skill from the Skill Catalog.

Create a skill

Create a new skill from the Skill Catalog or Skill Designer.

Duplicate a skill

Create an editable copy of a custom skill.

Edit a skill

Modify a skill in the Skill Designer and manage pending changes.

Create a derived skill

Build a new skill on top of a read-only or third-party skill.

Import a skill

Bring an exported skill ZIP into your tenant.

Export a skill

Package a skill as a ZIP file for sharing or transfer.

Publish a skill

Assign a version number to a skill and make it available in the Skill Catalog.

Delete a skill

Permanently remove a skill and all its versions from the Skill Catalog.