We would like to try to find some specific data (an account number) from the Text that is extracted from a document. Here is a portion of the data from the Text Pane
Hi Lisa,
No, document text isn't stored in the database. It's stored in "text pages" which are txt files within a repository volume that get indexed by the Laserfiche Full-Text Search service. See:
Laserfiche Workflow has a Retrieve Document Text activity you can use to get the text for a document and then parse it for the data value you're looking for.
Since the extracted Text data is not stored in a database, is there a way to perform a search for a value, like an account number, to find the document from which the data was extracted? I can manually search the text in Laserfiche and get a result but am looking for a way to automate the search to use a list of values vs. manually searching one at a time.
Yes. You can use a Workflow Search activity and provide advanced search syntax for a full-text search.
This is the most comprehensive reference on advanced search syntax: Advanced Search Syntax 10.3 (everything within is still valid for Laserfiche 11 and 12 as far as I'm aware).
This is the simplified online reference in the Laserfiche 12 docs: Search Syntax
Samuel - Thank you so much for the information as well as the document. 