Manage file types and prioritize them for content extraction - HxGN SDx - Update 63 - Administration & Configuration

Administration and Configuration of HxGN SDx

Language
English
Product
HxGN SDx
Search by Category
Administration & Configuration
SmartPlant Foundation / SDx Version
10

The File Types page allows you to add a file type to the list of supported file types. You can relate a file type to an existing Data Capture reader to indicate that the files with that extension can be processed by the specified Data Capture reader. You can also relate a file type to an application to indicate that the files with that extension can be processed by the specified application.

  • You can select an application and a reader for a file type. If an application and reader is selected for a file type then the application take precedence. For example, if you select Image Reader (related to ABBYY application) as reader and SmartPlant Markup as application for the PDF file type, then all the PDF files in the database get processed through the SmartPlant Markup application.

  • For PDF files and Microsoft Office files, by default PDF Reader is set as the base reader. The default application for PDF files is set as SPFNPDF. When extracting content from any file types other than PDF files, the PDF reader will generate Markup renditions which are used by the software to retrieve the tag details.

You can also set the priority for processing the various file types listed in this page.

View the file type hierarchy

  1. Log on to HxGN SDx Dashboard.

  2. Click Data Capture Administration to open the Data Capture Administration module.

  3. Click Central Settings.

  4. Click File Types to view the File Types page where the defined file types are displayed with their related reader.

Set the priority for the file types

If a document has files of different file types attached to the latest version, then the file with the extension that is at the top of this list will be set as master and will be further processed for the content and tag extraction.

  1. On the File Types page, click the up arrow to move the selected file type to the top of the list.

  2. Click the down arrow to move the selected file type to the bottom of the list.

  3. Click Save.

Add a file type hierarchy

  1. On the File Types page, click Add file type to add a new row to the bottom of the list.

  2. Click in the Name column, and select a file type from the list.

    The Description column and the Extension column are populated with corresponding values for the selected file type.

    You can add only file types that are supported by SmartPlant Foundation. The description and extension for the selected file type are populated from the information available in the database.

  3. Click in the Reader column, and select a reader from the list to relate it to the newly added file type.

  4. Click in the Application column, and select an application from the list to relate it to the newly added file type.

  5. Click Save.

Delete a file type hierarchy

  1. On the File Types page, select one or more file types from the item list.

  2. Click Delete , and then click Yes to confirm the deletion.