Is there a native way for Workflow Custom AI Task to process the image pages of a Laserfiche entry?

asked on July 21 • Show version history

I'm experimenting with the Workflow Custom AI Task to perform handwriting recognition on documents stored as Laserfiche image documents.

Currently, I'm using a third-party activity (Qfiche Document Export) to temporarily export the entry as a PNG so it can be passed to the Custom AI Task through the For Each File activity.

I'm wondering if there's a supported native approach that avoids exporting the document.

Specifically:

Can the Custom AI Task consume the image pages of a Laserfiche repository entry directly?
Is there a native Workflow activity that exposes a Laserfiche image document as an image file token?
If not, is exporting the document (temporarily) currently the recommended or expected approach?

The Qfiche custom activity has actually worked very well for this purpose but my manager would prefer that I use a native solution if one exists.

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replied on July 21

Hi Michael,

The Custom AI Task can only consume exported docs. It cannot consume a Laserfiche repository entry directly.
No.
Yes, the AI activities use local documents as file input.

Thanks,

Zhujie

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replied on August 14

I still can't get this to work. The actual file is in this folder:

The For Each File activity is pointing to it:

This is how I am trying to use the token in the prompt for the AI:

But the Custom AI Task activity throws an error:

This is the error message that I get when I run the workflow:

If I manually create the folder 'C:\ProgramData\Laserfiche\WF\ServerData\C\Temp\PNGLocation\' and put the 'Entry_50_Page_000006.png' file in it then it works.

And I can actually do this using an SDK Script to "double export" the PNG from an entry to both locations. I can kludge my way around it, but it just doesn't feel like this is how it ought to be done. What am I missing?

We are a Laserfiche Direct customer and have already opened a ticket with LFC Support but they are scratching their heads over this at the moment just like me.