Keep Existing Folders and Filenames

SimpleIndex Job Files are designed to Import files from one folder and Export them to another, while rearranging and renaming them to a standardized File Naming Schema.

In many cases you don't want to change the organization of the existing files, you just want to capture metadata or perform Full-Page OCR on all of the files without moving them. This can also be done with SimpleIndex using the following settings:

1. On the File Input Settings, check the Process Subfolders option to process all subfolders of the Input folder.
2. On the File Output Settings, set the Image File Type to ORIGINAL to keep all files in their original format, or select PDF to convert all images to PDF files during processing.
3. Create a Fixed field with the template %INSUBFOLDER% and check the Folder option to replicate the subfolder structure.
4. Create a Fixed field with the template %INFILE% and check the Filename option to replicate the filename.
5. On the OCR tab, enable Full-Page OCR and indicate the file type for OCR files.
6. Configure any other job options like Database or Log file exports.

The Output folder should be different from the Input folder, Keep Input Files option should be unchecked, and the Remove Empty Subfolders option checked. This is necessary for the application to keep track of which folders have been processed. Otherwise it will start over from the first folder should the process ever be interrupted.

Once all of the folders and files have been processed, the Output folder can be moved back to the Input folder location, and all processed files will be back in their original location.