Overview
The purpose of the Quality Assurance (QA) module is to verify that the images are legible, contain no unwanted images and are separated correctly. The QA module enables the user to replace pages that were inadequately scanned or to insert one or more pages that were found to be missing. The QA user has the ability to view each image individually, to view all pages of a document via thumbnails, or open multiple document views simultaneously.
A flagging system enables multiple operators and supervisors to manage the process of identifying items to review, reject or delete. The QA module can also be used to verify that two independent documents were not split or combined in error, permitting the user to split or combine documents as necessary to achieve batch integrity. Additionally, the user may “drag and drop” pages, documents or folders to ensure that the images are in the preferred order.
Select Batch
To begin the quality assurance process, click on the Quality Assurance icon in the Navigator pane. The Select Batch dialog will open. The user can select a batch to perform QA on by making a selection from the list and then clicking Select. All batches currently in the QA workflow step are displayed here.
Local/Shared Tabs
A batch type set as Local will show its batches on the Local tab if it was created on that computer. A batch type set as part of a multi-station deployment would typically be configured as Shared, and therefore its batches would be found on the Shared tab. See PSIcapture Administrator Guide: Capture Profile - General Setup for further information.
Quality Assurance Menus
Home Menu
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Opens the Select Batch dialog box which will list only those batches that are in the QA module. Select a batch by highlighting it and clicking Select. | |
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Brings up the Close Batch dialog box. Prompts the user to select one of three options described below:
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Opens the Batch Information dialog. The button for Modify Capture Profile Definition as well as the Batch Overrides tab will not be available. | |
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Allows the user to easily perform individual image processing to a specific page, document, or folder. Selecting any of the processes will bring up a preview window showing the original image and the new image. The drop down list allows the user to apply the process to the current page, document, folder, entire batch, or flagged items. To accept the new image, the user must then click Apply. |
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Automatically advances through pages for viewing. See QA Settings for more information. | |
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Attempts to automatically orients all pages in the current batch. | |
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Allows various QA auto processing commands to be configured and run on the current batch. | |
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Toggles the Thumbnail Viewer on or off. The Thumbnail Viewer displays the pages of the current document as thumbnails in the Image Viewer pane. The user can choose smallest, small, medium, or large for thumbnail sizes. | |
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Opens a new viewer in the Image Viewer pane. | |
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Allows the users to choose which type of records to show in Data View. The record types available are: Folder/Document Hierarchical view, Folder Records only or Document Records only. | |
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Allows the selection of the device used to capture images. | |
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Allows for the creation of device profiles for capture device settings. For scanners, driver settings can be configured and named for quick recall during capture operations. For the Import Device, folder paths can be specified for quick access to image directories. |
File Menu
Print - Prints the current batch or the current data view.
Export Data View - Exports data to an external data file.
Import/Export Device Profiles
This option enables users to export a device profile on a workstation, and import that profile to an alternate workstation. Because device profiles are unique on each workstation this is often helpful.
Example - A single workstation attached to a shared network printer is configured to scan documents with unique device settings. When a new workstation is later introduced, this dialog box allows for easy import and export.
See Quality Assurance: Device Profile Import / Export for more information on this function.
Device Driver Information - Provides information on the device driver. The information is unique per application.
QA Setup - Brings up the Quality Assurance Settings dialog.
NOTE: All settings should be defined previously by the system administrator. However, some QA operators may wish to make adjustments to the individual batch’s settings to suit the operator's needs.
Image Processing Options - Brings up the Image Processing Profiles dialog where various profiles are listed. A new profile can be added, or an existing profile can be edited, enabled, or disabled.
NOTE: All settings should be defined previously by the system administrator. However, some QA operators may wish to make adjustments to the settings to suit the needs of a particular batch or page. See PSIcapture Administrator Guide: Image Processing for more details.
Recognition Options - Brings up the Recognition Settings dialog, where barcode, patch code, and blank page detection can be configured. See Capture Profile - Recognition for more details.
Exit - Exits out of the PSIcapture application.
NOTE: If a batch is currently open, the user will be prompted to close or suspend the batch.
Quality Assurance Panes
The following panes are available in the QA Module workspace:
Batch Viewer Pane
Tree View
Displays the batch in a tree structure in Quality Assurance.
Data View
Displays the batch in a grid format with the index fields and data of the current batch in Quality Assurance. Each index column as well as the Document Name can be sorted and filtered similar to the Batch Manger. Modifications of the field content can be performed at this stage as long as “Allow Index Data to be Edited” and “Toggle Index Data Editing” are both enabled. See Capture Profile - QA Workflow for more information.
Image Viewer Pane
The Image Viewers consist of two parts, the Page Viewer and Thumbnail Viewer. One or both of these options can be enabled for use.
Page Viewer
Displays the image for the currently selected page.
Thumbnail View
Displays all pages contained within the document with the page number and image file size (optional). Once the thumbnail viewer is open, the user has the ability to jump to any page in the document by selecting it. The page selected will be displayed in the Page Viewer.
Batch Editing / Folder Editing
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Reject Batch – Rejects batch and suspends it in the Capture/Import workflow step. | |
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Combine with Previous Folder – Combines the current folder with the folder that comes before it. This function will append all of the documents in the selected folder to the previous folder. | |
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Rename Folder – Allows the currently selected folder to be renamed. | |
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Delete Folder – Deletes the selected folder and all its contents from the batch. | |
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Reject Folder – Rejects the folder and sends it to the Exceptions Batch linked to the current batch. If the current batch does not have an associated Exceptions Batch yet, it will be created. |
Document Editing
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Page Information - Brings up the page information window. For further detail see the Page Information article. | |
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Create New Folder – Creates a New Folder containing this document and all the documents that follow it in its original Folder. | |
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Combine with Previous Document – Combines the current document with the document that comes before it. This function will append all of the pages in the selected document to the previous document. | |
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Delete Document – Deletes the selected document and all its contents from the batch. | |
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Reject Document – Rejects the current document and sends it to the Exceptions Batch linked to the current batch. If the current batch does not have an associated Exceptions Batch yet, it will be created. | |
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Save Document - Saves the current document. | |
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Print Document - Prints the current document. | |
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Page Information - Pulls up the Page Information window. For further detail see the Page Information article. |
Page Editing
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Split Document – Splits one document into two documents with the selected page being the first page in the new document. The selected page and all the pages that follow it in its original document will be added to a new document that will be created immediately after the original document. | |
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Save Page – Allows the user to save a page from the batch to disk. | |
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Print Page – Allows the user to print the current page. | |
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Insert Page Before / After – Inserts a new page into a document before / after the currently selected page. | |
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Replace Page – Replaces the selected page with a new page. | |
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Crop Page – Allows an area of the current page to be cropped out. The cropped portion can replace the current page’s image, be inserted as a new page in the current document or inserted as a new document. | |
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Redaction – Allows a selected area of the current page to be blacked out. | |
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Delete Page – Deletes the currently selected page from the batch. | |
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PDF Bookmarking - Allows the user to create PDF bookmarks for a page. | |
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On Demand PDF Bookmarking OCR - Allows the user to create a PDF bookmark using on demand OCR. When selected the user can draw a box around an area of the page and the text selected will be processed and used for the PDF bookmark name. The PDF Bookmark Definition window will pop up. | |
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On Demand PDF Bookmarking ICR - Allows the user to create a PDF bookmark using on demand ICR. When selected the user can draw a box around an area of the page and the text selected will be processed and used for the PDF bookmark name. The PDF Bookmark Definition window will pop up. | |
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Page Information – Provides information on the current page including general page properties, recognition results, OMR results, and OCR indexing results. |
Image Processing in QA
For a full guide to image processing, see:
PSIcapture Administrator Guide: Image Processing
Image Processing allows user to easily perform individual image processing to a specific page, document, or folder.
Selecting any of the processes will bring up a preview window showing the original image and the new image. The dropdown list allows users to apply the process to the current page, document, folder, entire batch, or flagged items. To accept the new image, the user must then click Apply. Example below is one of Morphological Filters (dilation) applying to all items with Custom Flag 1.
Composite Image Processing
Useful if the user wants to perform multiple processes at a time. Combinations of processes can be saved for later use in different profiles.
Run Image Processing Profile
Runs previously saved image processing profiles. Shows original image, new image, all saved profiles and their functions.
QA Auto Processing
Sets up automatic processing commands on index values. See PSIcapture Administrator Guide: QA Auto Processing for more details.
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