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SimpleIndex Scan To Database is designed to streamline the single-user scanning workflow employed by most desktop scanners. SimpleIndex lets you define the entire scanning process from beginning to end, then execute the steps in that workflow automatically. This minimizes user training and interruptions for input during the scanning process.

Open database integration is a powerful feature of SimpleIndex and one that furthers its interoperability with custom programs. Instead of using a proprietary database, SimpleIndex allows you to map its index fields to cells in any database table. It can be configured to create new records, update existing ones or retrieve them for viewing. Using these three basic database functions, SimpleIndex is able to interface with and operate on any database.

SimpleIndex offers export to XML files, as well as the SimpleExport module. It makes it possible to integrate with any third party database, application, or document management systems (DMS) that accepts an XML or text file import.

Simplendex features “Match and Attach” mode, which combines the power of the Autofill feature with the ability to update existing records in your database. This lets you “attach” images to existing database records by “matching” them with values from SimpleIndex.

Database Integration

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Using alternate database schemas

Monday, 29 July 2019 by Simple Software
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Database reference. In SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL (among others) user logons are associated with a default “schema” that determines which tables and views they can see. Users may have access to other tables and views that aren’t in their schema. When connecting to the database these tables will show up in the
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Multiple Sort Fields on Search

Monday, 29 July 2019 by Simple Software
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Search reference. If you have a Search/Retrieval configuration that you want to have Sort by more than one column do the following. 1. Open the configuration pad in Notepad.2. Search for the option value <SORT_FIELD>3. Normally there is one value in the section that looks like this:  <SORT_FIELD>FIELD1</SORT_FIELD>4. Add the fields that
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Access Database Connection String

Monday, 29 July 2019 by Simple Software
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Access reference. If you would like to create a database string for an Access database that includes a password use this format: Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=path\database.mdb;Jet OLEDB:Database Password=db_password;
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How do I delete an image and it’s database entry?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Global Settings Wizard  reference. If your Job Settings Wizard configuration’s of Database mode setting is set to “Update Existing Records”, the database record and the image will be deleted when you delete an image from a batch. The Table Name must be an updateable query or table
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What is the point of SimpleQC?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete SimpleView reference. SimpleQC is now SimpleView with many enhancements. In a nutshell it is designed to let you quickly browse folders containing multi-page TIFF or PDF documents. The two main uses for this are: 1 Review scanned documents for Quality Control Occasionally a scanned document will be too
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Is it possible to search for and retrieve documents with Windows desktop search?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Searchable PDF reference. Windows Search works great with SimpleIndex because all index data can be saved to the folder and file names as well as the file properties, and OCR text can be saved to hidden layers in PDF files. Windows Search will read all of these elements
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How do I use the Media Wizard to create searchable DVDs or thumb drives?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Send Menu reference. To enable the Media Wizard, you must first create a job configuration that exports index information to an Access database. Once you have scanned all the documents for the CD or DVD and attached them to the database, create a second job that uses “Retrieve
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How do I export index data to a database?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Export reference. There are a variety of ways to connect to your database. Detailed instructions are provided in the Manual (check the Help menu). Here is a brief overview of the steps involved: -Create a job configuration to scan and index files -On the database tab, set the
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Is the document Search/Retrieval and View functions available in SimpleIndex or available only with the SimpleSearch add-on module?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete SimpleSearch reference. All of the search functions can be used with any SimpleIndex license. SimpleSearch is only needed to enable searching from other workstations.
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Is it possible to have the scanned image itself added to a database and not just the image path?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Database reference. Yes. Image files can be inserted into binary fields in Access, SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL and other databases. Check the “Store files as binary objects” option on the Database tab and the “Output File Field” setting can be mapped to a binary field. If using PDF,
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I have a scanner/copier that creates PDF and TIFF files and saves them to my file server. Can I use SimpleIndex to create a searchable CD/DVD from these files?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Wizard Mode reference. This feature is included in SimpleIndex at no additional cost and is called the Media Wizard. The Media Wizard is located in the “Send” file menu and is called Media Wizard. It allows you to burn your images, indexes, a database and a free SimpleSearch
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When exporting to a database, I get the error “Multi-step operation generated errors”

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
or a text value that is longer than the maximum length of the f
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How do I burn a CD or DVD of images from SimpleIndex, and have my users be able to view them? Is that functionality available from a full SimpleIndex license or do I need to buy additional software?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
This feature is included in SimpleIndex at no additional cost and is called the Media Wizard. The Media Wizard is located in the "Scan" file menu and is called Media Wizard. It allows you to burn your images, indexes, a database and a free SimpleSearc
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How do you configure a field to select from a list of possible values?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Index & Batch Logging reference. List fields are populated using a text file or database field containing the values for that list. The text file scenario will be described first. To configure a list field, go to the Index tab in the Job Options. Create a list field
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Is it possible to restrict user access to certain documents in Retrieval Mode?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Database Mode reference. If the database you use to store index information has security access features, you can use these to manage access to documents with SimpleIndex retrieval mode. In your database, create user accounts and groups and assign them the appropriate permissions to records in your document
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How do you configure full text searching in Retrieval mode?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Database Settings reference. On the Database tab there dropdown in the lower portion of the panel for Full Text OCR Field. Put the name of the field that will store the full-text data there. This must be configured both for Insert and Retrieval mode configurations. The database field
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How do you create searchable CDs or DVDs that you can distribute royalty-free?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
Please refer to the Wiki Documentation for the complete Settings Wizard reference. This feature is included in SimpleIndex at no additional cost and is called the Media Wizard. The Media Wizard is located in the “Send” file menu and is called Media Wizard. It allows you to burn your images, indexes, a database and a free SimpleSearch
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What is “Match & Attach” mode?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
if you have a large backfile of documents that you want to scan and link to records in an existing database
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How do you configure the Autofill feature?

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 by dwilder
The Autofill feature of SimpleIndex is an easy way to associate many index fields with one document without retyping data that already exists in another application. Autofill uses a database lookup to retrieve records that match a key value or values entered by the user or extracted with SimpleIndex. Blank index fields are then filled
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