Attachment
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The Attachment service allows you to extract attachments from e-mails.
Possible use cases
- Can be used to extract attachments from Emails for further document analysis or other use cases where you might be required to extract attachments
Service Setup
- Open the Project Detail View of the service you would like to add the service to.
- Click on the Add Service button in the command bar.
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Select Attachment Service from the available Service Types.
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This will add the Attachment Service with a Dependent OCR Engine that needs to be configured.
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In order to configure the OCR service for the Attachment Service, click on the Wizard icon of the Attachment Service.
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A new Service Configuration Wizard will open:
(When navigating the Wizard, please make sure to use the Next Step button in the command bar to save any changes made). (1) (1).png)
- Step 1 - Allows configuration of various service settings, including the name and description. The default settings are sufficient for most use cases.
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Step 2 - Allows adding an OCR Engine to the Attachment Service. Click on the Step 2 card to open the Select a Service popup. Only OCR and Extraction Services are listed here.
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Click on Complete to finish the Wizard.
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Service Configuration Settings
The Attachment Service can be configured by the user as a flexible solution. The following Settings are available:
| Setting | Type | Required Type | Description |
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| ArchivingStrategy |  (3).png) | Optional | Days before documents get deleted. |
| BatchSize |  (6).png) | Hidden | Processing batch size. |
| DocumentProcessedStatus |  (4).png) | Optional | Document status used to denote that a document has been processed. |
| Enabled |  (5) (1).png) | Hidden | Enable or disable the service. |
| ExecuteBeforeProcess |  (1) (3) (1).png) | When set up as a child service, specify whether this service should be executed before the parent service gets executed. | |
| ExecuteAfterProcess |  (1) (3) (1) (1) (2) (1) (8).png) | When set up as a child service, specify whether this service should be executed after the parent service gets executed. | |
| MinHeight | | Optional | Minimum height of the image in pixels. |
| MinSize | | Optional | Minimum size of the image in bytes. |
| MinWidth | | Optional | Minimum width of the image in pixels. |
| Password |  (5) (1).png) | Optional | Used for service authentication. Custom Code can be used to set the password. Can be set per document. |
| RemoveComments |  (1) (3) (1) (1) (2) (1) (9).png) | Optional | Remove human comments from a document. |