Captiva Modules

There are few modules which are commonly used in most of the process development. These are basic modules which imports images from various sources like Fax,e-mail,scanner or from any repository. Few of those modules are as follows.

1.     Scan

2.     MDW

3.     Image Enhancement (IE)

4.     Index

5.     Export (Image/Data/ODBC etc)

6.     Multi 

1. Scan: Scanning is importing activity of documents into captiva from scanner. Basically scanning happens at page level to bring images page by page into Captiva.

Scanning is entry point to Captiva where one can import any kind of document like pdf,tiff,jpg etc.

Type of documents depends on business to business but generally .tiff extension is recommended for fast execution of batches in Captiva. One images comes into captive it can go through any modules comes in workflow which will be describe letter in this article.

2. MDW: MDW is another entry point to Captiva. Abbreviation of MDW is Multi Directory Watch which means it’s can be pointed to any folder/repository from where Captiva could import documents directly.MDW is very useful if business is getting documents in form of softcopy for example as attached file in e-mail.MDW also act as Scan module except it does not interlock with Scanner.

3. Image Enhancement: IE is kind of filter or repairing tool for images which are not clear or blur. It enhances image quality so it could be processed easily through captive. One can configure IE as per business requirement and images being received. Main functionality of IE is de-skew, Noise removal etc. Generally IE is used at level 0 which makes it to touch each page of document for corrections.

4. Index: Indexing is data capturing activity in Captiva through which one can capture key data from various field for example if bank form is being processed A/C no and Sort code could be Indexing field. Indexing could be added as per requirement of business. In indexing validation field could be added which avoid unwanted data entry while indexing any document.

5. Export: Export is exit point of Captiva where Images/Data are sent to various repository like File Net,Documentum or data repository. The exported data is used for business requirement for various division of business for example if we are capturing A/C no and Short code for Bank application this could be map to any department where it is needed.

6. Multi: Multi is last process in captive to delete batches which has gone through all over modules and exported value successfully, Multi could be configure as per need of business if it’s required to take backup of  batches this module could be avoided. 

Above mentioned modules are very basic modules of Captiva for Indexing and exporting. But for more flexibility and automation Dispatcher is used which is more accurate to capture the data.