Unattended Activity

Represents an activity which is performed automatically by code.

Remarks

Unattended Activities are performed by the Activity Processing service or by the Unattended Client application.

List of Unattended Activity Types

Name Description
Document Processing
 Classify Performs automated document classification using training and/or rules defined in a Content Model.
 Correct Corrects OCR results for a document or data element, and can perform word splitting.
 Database Export Exports metadata from a Batch Folder object to a Database Table.
 Deduplicate Detects duplicate documents and lets you delete, move, or stack duplicates.
 Detect Language Detects the dominant language of each Batch Page of the Batch and marks the page with the appropriate language code identifier.
 Document Export Exports document content using an Export Provider.
 Extract Extraction is an unattended activity which performs data extraction on folders in a Batch.
 Image Processing Applies permanent image cleanup to images in a Batch.
 Recognize Recognizes the internal content of a document or page, and saves the resulting data for use by subsequent activities.
 Redact Redacts Data Instances and/or Data Fields on Batch Pages.
 Separate Applies a Separation Profile to pages in a Batch.
 Translate Translates the text content of document into another language, generating a PDF output document in the target language.
Document Transforms
 Content Action Provides functionality for splitting and merging multi-page file formats.
 Generate PDF Generates a PDF document from one or more image-based pages, with optional text-behind and/or annotations.
 Render Renders the native file version stored on a Batch Folder to PDF.
 Split Text Splits a text document into smaller documents, using an extractor to identify split positions within the text content.
 XML Transform Applies an XSLT transform to XML data associated with a Grooper document.
Microform Processing
 Clip Frames Crops individual frames from a fiche card strip.
 Detect Frames Detects frame locations in a fiche card strip.
 Initialize Card Initializes a newly-imported fiche card.
Utilities
 Batch Transfer Transfers a Batch to another Grooper repository.
 Dispose Batch Applies a disposition to Batches when they have completed processing.
 Execute Executes a command on each object in scope.
 Launch Process Launches an external process, and optionally waits for that process to terminate.
 Remove Level Removes one or more folder levels which exist below a base folder.
 Send Mail Sends an e-mail message using SMTP.
 Spawn Batch Creates a new batch using a filtered set of level 1 folders from the current batch.
 Train Lexicon Creates a text file using the results of an extractor.

Properties

The following 3 properties are defined.

Property Name Description
Processing Options
Error Disposition Type: IssueDisposition, Default: Flag, Log

Determines what happens when an error occurs processing an activity.

Maximum Consecutive Errors Type: Int32, Default: 0

The maximum number of consecutive errors, after which a critical stop will be raised. A critical stop will cause services to stop running.

Concurrency Mode Type: ConcurrencyMode, Default: Multiple

Specifies the parallel processing mode for this activity. Can be one of the following values:

  • Multiple - Multiple instances can run concurrently.
  • PerMachine - Only a single instance can run per machine.
  • Single - Only a single instance can run per Grooper repository.
This value determines the type of Thread Pool on which the activity can be executed.