Kofax Front-Office Server 3.0 User Manual

Front-office server, Administrator’s guide

This manual is related to the following products:

Front-Office Server 2.7

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Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide
Contents
How to Use This Guide
- Introduction
- Additional Documentation and Resources
- Training
- Technical Support
Overview
Stopping and Restarting Kofax Front-Office Server
About File and Folder Locations in this Guide
When Enabling Security with SSL
Identifying the URLs for Kofax Front-Office Server Applications
Using the Administration Console
- Starting the Administration Console
- Registration and Licensing
Connecting to Directory Services
- Connecting to Active Directory
- Connecting to LDAP
- To Disconnect from Directory Service
Identifying Internal and Linked Users
- Internal Users
- Linked Users
- Linked Users from Non-Default Domains
Viewing Logs
- Purging the Log Entries
Backing Up and Restoring
- Departmental Configurations
- Enterprise Configurations
Configuring Kofax Front-Office Server Destination Types
- Configuring Folders for the Network Location Destination
  - Sending Documents through the Web Client
  - Using Shared Folders with MFP Global Shortcuts
Changing the Location of the Master Configuration File
Changing the Locations for Scanned Images and Inboxes
Configuring a Watched Folder
- Sharing a Watched Folder
- Specifying the Watched Folder Path
- Example of Setting Up a Watched Folder
Managing Free Drive Space
- Blocking Requests when Drive Space is Limited
Changing the Host Name
Defining the Page Size for the Web Client List of Documents
Setting Up to Scan Directly from the Web Client
- Setting Up to Scan with a Certified Scanner
- Setting Up to Use a Kofax Document Scan Server
  - Changing the Default VRS Settings for Document Scan Server
Configuring Retries for Failed Scan Jobs
Configuring Database Retries
Configuring Retries to Storage Destinations
Changing the Database Credentials and Encrypting the Password
Tracking Document Activity
- Retrieving Information from the Embedded Database: Examples
  - Accessing the Embedded Database
  - Retrieving All Scan Jobs
- Purging the Database
  - Enterprise Installations
  - Departmental Installations
Customization
- Using Custom Validation and Enhanced Field Lookup
Kofax Fax Connector
- Fax Destination
Lookup List for Send Email, Fax, and Kofax Capture Destinations
- Database Table Lookup
- Active Directory or LDAP Lookup
- Contacts List Lookup
Setting Up Queuing in Kofax Front-Office Server Web Client
- Using the DesQueueDefinition.xml File
- Elements and Attributes of the DesQueueDefinition.xml
- Process of Setting Up a Queue
- Setting Up Queues: Example 2
- Setting Up Queues: Example 3
- Considerations When Setting Up or Modifying Queues
- About the Queue Schema File
Troubleshooting
- Firefox
  - Remembered Password Used in the Administration Console
  - Missing Cursor
- Destinations
  - Problems Sending Documents to Destinations
- Coversheets
  - Problems with Coversheets
- Kofax Capture
  - Limitations in Value Lists In Kofax Capture
  - Problems Transferring Large Image Files to Kofax Capture
Index