One-touch scanning, as on an OPEX-style workstation: the Scan screen shows a button for each document type. Pressing one starts a document of that type, asks for the fields you choose while the paper is still in the operator's hand, and starts the scanner. The operator decides the type, so no automatic separation or classification is needed.
Try it
Create a Batch Setup from this template (Batch Setups › New Batch Setup, tab System features), and download its sample documents from the template's card (Download samples). Then: Open Scan and start a batch of this Batch Setup. Press F1 (Invoice): key the order number and the scanner starts. Press F2 (Letter) for the next document. Without a scanner, upload the sample files after pressing a button.
At a glance
| Region | Global |
| Industry | System features |
| Document types | Invoice, Letter |
| Workflow | Scan → OCR, separation & classification → Extraction & validation → Index / Validate → PDF generation & export |
| Straight-through processing | No — every batch is checked on screen |
| Separation | manual |
| Output | searchable PDF with XML data |
| Dates read as | dd/MM/yyyy, d/M/yyyy, dd.MM.yyyy |
Use this template
- Go to Batch Setups and choose New Batch Setup.
- Filter by Global or search for "One-touch scanning", select it and choose Next.
- Name the Batch Setup, choose the export folder and create it.
- Try it with a few of your own documents on the Test tab, adjust fields and rules, then publish it — see Test a Batch Setup and Versions and publishing.
Document types and fields
Invoice
Recognised by words such as "invoice", "subtotal", "total due".
| Field | Type | Required | Found by | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invoice number | Text | Yes | pattern in the text | |
| Invoice date | Date | Yes | label "Invoice date" | |
| Order number | Text | label "Order No" | ||
| Supplier VAT number | Text | pattern in the text | UK VAT number | |
| Net amount | Amount | Yes | label "Subtotal" | at least 0 |
| VAT | Amount | label "VAT" | at least 0 | |
| Total | Amount | Yes | label "Total due" | at least 0 |
Letter
Recognised by words such as "Yours sincerely", "Dear".
| Field | Type | Required | Found by | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sender | Text | label "From", "Sender", "Yours sincerely" | ||
| Letter date | Date | label "Date", "Dated" | Not in the future | |
| Reference | Text | label "Our ref", "Your ref", "Reference" | ||
| Route to | Choice | entered by the operator | one of: Accounts, Sales, Customer service, Legal, Operations, Other |
Adapt it to your documents
- Add or rename fields and change how they are found: Fields and data extraction, Finders and zones.
- Improve document type recognition: Document classes and classification, Samples and classifier training.
- Send the documents and data to your systems — folders and servers, SharePoint, Google Drive and other cloud drives, S3, document management (FileNet, Alfresco, M-Files, DocuWare), SAP, Dynamics 365, Salesforce, Xero, QuickBooks, SQL, REST or a C# script: Output and export, Cloud and business-system destinations.
- Arrange the data entry screen: Screen designer.