10 Tips for Making Your SharePoint Scanning Project A Sucess

10 Tips To Make YourSharePoint Scanning Project a Success Stephen Boals 949-916-7700- x230

Plan Your Storage

How much storage? Description Number of Pages Storage 1 Scanned Page – 8.5 x 11 1 30-50KB 1 Scanned Page – 11x17 1 100KB 1 File Cabinet – 4 drawers 10,0000 500MB 1 Box 2500 125MB 1 Linear Inch 100 5MB1 E Size Engineering Drawing 16 – 8.5x11 800KB (48x36)

Key Factors in Storage and Sizing• DPI Setting• Color/Black White/Grayscale• Image Format – PDF or TIFF??• Image Processing technology can reduce file size by 10-30% – Despeckle – Border removal – 3 hole punch removal – Binarization***********

File Size Comparison Scanning Mode/DPI File SizeBlack and White – 200 DPI 26KBlack and White - 300 DPI 38KBlack and White - 400 DPI 51KBlack and White - 600 DPI 80K Greyscale – 300 DPI 301K Color- 300 DPI 577K

SharePoint Storage Architecture• Image file sizes can lead to DB issues if proper planning does not take place and storage considerations are not examined.• Consider the use of Remote BLOB Storage (RBS)

Latest Content Database Limitation• Content databases of up to 4 TB are supported when the following requirements are met: – Disk sub-system performance of 0.25 IOPs per GB. 2 IIOPs per GB is recommended for optimal performance. – You must have developed plans for high availability, disaster recovery, future capacity, and performance testing.• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc298801.aspx• http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blog/pages/BlogPost.asp x?pID=988

Considerations on Content DB Size• Backup and restore.• Skilled administrators.• Complexity of customizations and configurations on SharePoint Server 2010 may necessitate refactoring (or splitting) of data into multiple content databases.• 100-200GB is still the best size for backup and restore, and overall manageability.

Microsoft RBS Recommendations• RBS provides benefits in the following: – The content databases are larger than 500 gigabytes (GB). – The BLOB data files are larger than 256 kilobytes (KB). – The BLOB data files are at least 80 KB and the database server is a performance bottleneck. In this case, RBS reduces the both the I/O and processing load on the database server.

Use Folder and File Names

No More Folders!!• Maybe not• Majority of our implementations, customers required folder naming in libraries• Why?

Why Folders?• Users are familiar with Folder structures – Easier adoption• Use of 3rd party tools – Colligo Briefcase – Access Tools• WebDav applications• Office

Folders and Filenames• Search Aid• Flexibility for migration• Structured data for DR• Overall Contingencies

Think Search

Capture drives Search• How do you want to find your documents?• Index fields (Columns in SharePoint) are the critical focus.• Use Term Store and Managed Metadata• Rules to live by: – 5 <= defining fields per document type – Always include dates – Steer clear of field “overdrive”• Automation and data sources can let you go beyond

OCR for Search

Full Text• The Insurance Policy• Adobe PDF Image + Hidden Text – Industry Standard – One “Package” for image and OCR text – Portable• Provide the ultimate in searchablility with iFilter

Define Your Scanning Model

Scanning Models

Scanning Models• Centralized Capture – Documents are scanned at one location and in “batches” at a particular time or times• De-centralized Capture – Documents are still scanned in batches at a particular time, but are now scanned at multiple locations• Distributed Capture – Documents are scanned at the point of transaction and at multiple locations

Trend from Centralized to Distributed Scanning

Choose the Correct Scanners

Choosing your Weapon• MFPs or Scanners??

MFPs – The Pros• Leverage your existing investment in the MFP• Most copier maintenance plans do not charge for scans• MFP manufacturers are really focusing on scanning• Network scanning functions: – Scan to email – Scan to Windows Folders – Scan to FTP• One-to-Many relationship: all workers can use one device.

MFPs – The Cons• Contention – “line at the copier”• Poor performance with differing paper sizes• Lack of color dropout (Scanning blue or black backgrounds will result in a black page)• Small Document Feeder sizes (50 – 100 pages)• On average, file sizes are 10-20% larger• Duplex scanning/DPI increase greatly slows down rated speed• Black and White scanning only on some models

Scanners – The Pros• Convenience – scan at your desk• Duplexing does not slow down scanner• Color dropout• Superior image quality due to enhancement features• Ease in handling differing paper sizes/types• Larger document feeder selections (up to 1000+ pages)

Scanners – The Cons• One to One relationship – directly connected to PC• Additional Maintenance costs• Can be quite expensive to outfit your whole organization.

When to use a Dedicated Scanner• Scanning 10+ documents per day• Workers that are constantly scanning throughout the day• Mixed paper sizes, weights and colors• Poor quality, older documents or when image enhancement is required• OCR or ICR applications• High volume copying and printing environments• Large Document scanning• High security environments

Key Points When Purchasing• Scanning speed• Document Feeder Capacity• Daily Duty Cycle• Scanning Mode• Warranty and Service

Correctly Configure Devices

Too Many IT Killers

Focus• Almost all MFPs Scan in Color by Default• DPI is always set above 200 DPI• Huge network impact• Huge DB Impact• Huge drain on resources

Recommendations-Default• 200 DPI• Black and White• Only add color for specific departmental needs• Use TIFF and PDF (compressed)• Linearized PDF (WebFast)

Scan or Capture?

Scanning Challenges• Basic capabilities• No standardization• Documents not searchable• Time intensive• Lack of integration into Enterprise Applications

Capture vs. Scanning• Capture software can be utilized formeans A scanning application is just a basic to scanning needs, but takes you to a whole new take paper, and quickly and easily convert level from a "capture" perspective. These well it from paper to digital form. They are applications typically have with very of ways to suited to environments a number basic "slice and dice" documents, and really focus on needs, and what I call "onsie-twosie" efficiency, and minimizing the time required to scanning, or low volume environments. scan, index and capture data.

Why capture?• Reduce the required time for scanning and indexing documents = Efficiency• Enable a standard process for scanning, capturing, indexing, naming, and processing = Standardization• Provide numerous gateways to multiple repositories = Flexibility

Automation is Key

Extraction Technologies Advanced Data Extraction (ADE) Zone OCR Manual Entry

What is ADE?

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Use Barcodes and OMR

Routing/Separator Sheets• Utilize barcodes and/or Optical Mark Recognition (OMR)• Capture reads and determines routing based on them

Intelligent Routing

How are they Created?• Most Capture Apps JDoe Include them• Ad Hoc and Bulk Generation• Excel and Word Macros• Custom SP Apps

Summary: Plan, Plan, Plan

Keys to Project Success• All items in this presentation are critical to overall planning• Focus on meeting needs and driving users to proper use of technology• Start small – POC• Learn from smaller projects• Expand

Who is PSIGEN? • Founded 1995 • Mature capture company • Innovative Capture • Focus on Automation • Integration with 56 ECM systems

Who uses PSIGEN products?

Links• www.psigen.com• www.scanningwithsharepoint.com

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