EzeScan Knowledge Base

77. System Placeholders in EzeScan DESKTOP/SERVER

An EzeScan DESKTOP/SERVER Placeholder is a value that is stored when EzeScan DESKTOP/SERVER is processing an image.
Below are the Placeholders.

These Placeholders can be specified in the Base File Name or used in the EzeScan DESKTOP/SERVER KFI Module.

Please refer to the EzeScan DESKTOP/SERVER Online Guide for more information.


System Placeholders:



<<S1>>

Output file name

<<S2>>

Windows login name

<<S3>>

Output date in YYYYMMDD format

Note: the date format can be changed using various dd/mm/yyyy formatting options e.g. <<S3(dd-mm-yyyy)>>

<<S4>>

Output time in HHMMSS format

<<S5>>

Number of pages in the document

<<S6>>

Imported Filename including file extension

Note: the imported filename minus the file extension can be returned by using <<S6(BASE)>>

<<S7>>

Imported Directory

<<S8>>

Computer Network Name

<<S9>>

Current Job Name

<<S10>>

Batch Prefix

<<S11>>

Incrementing Batch Suffix

<<S12>>

Batch Prefix + Incrementing Batch Suffix

<<S13>>

Batch Doc ID

<<S14>>

Incrementing Document Identifier

Note: To enable this, the option “Generate Document Identifiers” in the Workstation Options, Jobs Tab must be enabled.

<<S15>>

Previous Profiled Record ID

<<S16>>

User Email (derived from Admin -> Options -> Email or Admin -> Options -> Security -> Local Login or Admin -> Options -> Security -> LDAP Settings

<<S17>>

Last KFI Prompted Output Filename

<<S18>>

This is the Base Image Filename

<<S19>>

This is the Base Image File Number

<<S20>>

This is a shortcut of <<S18>><<S19>>

<<S21>>

This is an incrementing Document Identifier that is reset every day.

Note: To enable this, the option “Generate Document Identifiers” in the Workstation Options, Jobs Tab must be enabled.

<<JOB>>

This value is the current Job name from the selected Job Type. This is usually appended to the default import and output folders.

<<PAGENBR>>

This is the current page in the EzeScan viewer. This option is usually used in the Advanced Markup -> Add Comment setting.

Note: You can format this to a 0 filled 4 digit number (e.g. 0001 instead of 1) using <<=[0000]PAGENBR>>    

<<BD1V1>>

This is the barcode value defined in the barcode 1 setting on the profiling tab.

<<BD1V2>>

This is the optional barcode value defined in the Barcode 1 setting on the profiling tab.

<<BD2V1>>

This is the barcode value defined in the Barcode 2 setting on the profiling tab.

<<BD2V2>>

This is the optional barcode value defined in the Barcode 2 setting

<<BBHV1>>

This is the barcode value defined in the Batch setting on the profiling tab.

<<BBHV2>>

This is the optional barcode value defined in the Batch setting on the profiling tab.

<<ROOTIMPORTEDFILE>>

This is the filename of a the root level email file (.eml) that has been imported into EzeScan

<<DEFAULTSCANNER>>

Set in the Workstation Options - Jobs - Select Scanner input box instead of selecting a specific scanner from the Source list which can change if unplugged or driver updated