An EzeScan Placeholder is a value that is stored when EzeScan is processing an image.
Below are the Placeholders. These Placeholders can be specified in the Base File Name or used in the EzeScan KFI Module. Please refer to the EzeScan User Guide KFI for more information.

System Placeholders:

  • <<S1>> Output file name
  • <<S2>> Windows login name
  • <<S3>> Output date in YYYYMMDD format

                       Note: the date format can be changed using various dd/mm/yyyy formatting options e.g. <<S3(dd-mm-yyyy)>>

  • <<S4>> Output time in HHMMSS format
  • <<S5>> Number of pages in the document
  • <<S6>> Imported Filename
  • <<S7>> Imported Directory
  • <<S8>> Computer Network Name
  • <<S9>> Current Job Name
  • <<S10>> Batch Prefix
  • <<S11>> Incrementing Batch Suffix
  • <<S12>> Batch Prefix + Incrementing Batch Suffix
  • <<S13>> Batch Doc ID
  • <<S14>> Incrementing Document Identifier

                         Note: To enable this, the option “Generate Document Identifiers” in the Workstation Options, Jobs Tab must be enabled.

  • <<S15>> Previous Profiled Record ID
  • <<S16>> User Email (derived from Admin -> Options -> Email or Admin -> Options -> Security -> Local Login or Admin -> Options -> Security -> LDAP Settings
  • <<S17>> Last KFI Prompted Output Filename
  • <<S18>> This is the Base Image Filename
  • <<S19>> This is the Base Image File Number
  • <<S20>> This is a shortcut of <<S18>><<S19>>
  • <<S21>> This is an incrementing Document Identifier that is reset every day.

                        Note: To enable this, the option “Generate Document Identifiers” in the Workstation Options, Jobs Tab must be enabled.

  • <<JOB>> This value is the current Job name from the selected Job Type. This is usually appended to the default import and output folders.
  • <<PAGENBR>> This is the current page in the EzeScan viewer. This option is usually used in the Advanced Markup -> Add Comment setting.

                         Note: You can format this to a 0 filled 4 digit number (e.g. 0001 instead of 1) using <<=[0000]PAGENBR>>        

  • <<BD1V1>> This is the barcode value defined in the barcode 1 setting on the profiling tab.
  • <<BD1V2>> This is the optional barcode value defined in the Barcode 1 setting on the profiling tab.
  • <<BD2V1>> This is the barcode value defined in the Barcode 2 setting on the profiling tab.
  • <<BD2V2>> This is the optional barcode value defined in the Barcode 2 setting on the profiling tab.
  • <<BBHV1>> This is the barcode value defined in the Batch setting on the profiling tab.
  • <<BBHV2>> This is the optional barcode value defined in the Batch setting on the profiling tab.
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