Feature Matrix

Indexing:

Make image files full-text searchable through OCR. Fuzzy searches locate documents when OCR is inaccurate.

Property/Metadata Search:

Search on a single property or a combination, including location, file type, creation date, or user-defined metadata such as field values, tags, document relationships and versions.

Full Text Search:

Search the contents of the entire repository (imaged and electronic documents) for a specific word or phrase. Boolean type searches (and, or, not and within) are supported as well.

Search Toolbar:

Automatically perform the most commonly used searches (text, field, annotation and name), as well as custom searches, from a Google-style toolbar.

Microsoft Office:

Send documents directly to Laserfiche from Office applications.

Microsoft Outlook E-mail:

Archive e-mail from Outlook and automatically extract message properties as metadata.

Web Folders/WebDAV:

Expose the Laserfiche folder structure through Windows Explorer for simple drag/drop and browsing.

Microsoft SharePoint:

Add document imaging and records management to SharePoint out of the box with Web Parts, a Records Center integration and a search integration.

Workflow Designer:

Create workflows by simply flowcharting your business processes.

Built-In Activities:

Use built-in activities to build workflows quickly.

Extensible Rules:

Create custom VB.NET and C# scripts using a built-in editor or design your own activities.

Windows Workflow Foundation (WF):

Share information with a wide variety of other applications. Laserfiche Workflow builds on the capabilities of WF. Export your Laserfiche workflows as WF workflow definitions; use Visual Studio .NET to incorporate them into your own WF workflows.

Single Sign-On:

Authenticate with a Windows domain account in Active Directory.

Permission Inheritance:

Configure access through group membership, and allow users to inherit security settings from the groups they belong to.

Access Control Lists:

Secure documents through access control lists, security tags and privileges.

Role-Based Authorization:

Use granular permissions to grant access based on a user’s role.

Privilege Delegation:

Delegate security to more than one user with individual permissions.

Security Watermarks:

Create mandatory watermarks for printed documents.

Secure Deletions:

Secure deletions with DoD 5022.22 M–compatible deletion protocols.

Secure Recycle Bin:

Documents in recycle bin have original security fully intact. Administrators can control which users are allowed to permanently purge items from the recycle bin.

Secure Communication:

Support for SSL for secure communication.

Code Library:

Jump-start your custom integrations from working examples, with complete code samples, which can be used out of the box or extended (Laserfiche Support Site).

Uniquely Addressable Documents:

Access any Laserfiche document with a unique URL or entry ID.

Extensible Web Interfaces:

Customize Web interfaces built on ASP.NET.

NET Toolkit:

Create custom Laserfiche integrations with .NET.

Check-In/Out:

Check out documents to work on offline. Other users can access read-only versions of documents that have been checked out.

Versioning:

Save older revisions when a document has been modified.

Linking:

Link documents based on user-defined relationships.

Auditing:

Track changes to all system events with a built-in auditing solution for security and compliance. Create and view reports as tables or charts through the Audit Trail Web Reporter portal, or further customize them using a .NET library or Microsoft SQL Reporting Services.

Export for Archiving:

Save older versions when a document has been modified.

DVD Archiving:

Store documents and metadata on DVD with embedded viewer.

Scanning:

Scan from Windows and Web. Supports TWAIN, ISIS, Kofax and WIA.

Automated Import:

Monitor UNC addressable locations and import files based on business rules (Import Agent).

PhotoDocs:

Import photos from digital or mobile phone cameras into Laserfiche, and straighten warped or curved images to generate clean, usable OCR text.

Mobile Capture:

Use the Laserfiche Mobile app for iphone to remotely capture documents using the device camera.

Universal Capture:

Capture images already stored on your computer or network, and process them as you would scanned images—including basic image enhancement, OCR, and metadata.

Image Conversion:

Convert imported images to single-page TIFF files for long-term archival.

Snapshot Printer:

Convert and store electronic documents as archival images.

Native PDF Conversion:

Automatically create TIFF images from PDF documents.

Sticky Notes:

Add searchable notes, which are securable as private or protected.

Redaction:

Redact image and associated text to completely withhold sensitive information.

Drawing Tools:

Strikethrough, underline, text annotations, shapes and freehand markup tools facilitate collaboration.

Attachment:

Create compound documents by attaching files to imaged documents.

Forms Processing:

Identify, separate and process standardized forms.

Data Extraction:

Extract data by “reading” a portion of an image, reading a barcode, determining whether an area is marked, or matching text to patterns.

Data Validation:

Check your data with regular expressions. Retrieve supplemental metadata or perform validation from external data sources.

Extract, Transform, Load (ETL):

Extract documents and metadata from one system, translate the data for the schema of another system and load the documents and data based on business rules (Laserfiche Capture Engine).

Bates Numbering:

Electronically imprint documents with sequential alphanumeric numbers.

Hierarchical File Plans:

Classify and store documents according to your existing structure.

Record Folder:

Organize related records and perform records management actions on all of them at once.

DoD 5015.2 Certification:

Comply with DoD records management standards.

Import File Plans:

System can create a complete file plan by reading a schedule from Excel.

Autofiling:

System can automatically file records in the proper records series, create records folders and set the filing date.

E-mail:

Automatically extract metadata from Outlook. Easily archive e-mails through a drag-and-drop interface.

Audit All Records Management Events:

Fully audit records management events, including cutoff, accession and disposition.

Track Electronic and Non-Electronic Records:

Support records management for electronic and non-electronic records.

Lifecycle Management:

Define cutoff criteria, retention, transfers and disposition of documents. Search for records and perform records management activities.

Legal Holds:

Freeze records disposition when legal holds are placed.

E-mail Reports:

Combine records management reporting with content, location and user-specific search criteria and e-mail to records managers.

Alternative Views:

Customize views independent of records series to provide an intuitive look and feel for each department.

Unattended Installs:

Support for unattended installs.

Accessibility:

Section 508 compliant.

Anonymous Web Portal:

Web-based portal for anonymous/public access. Avante: portals with 10, 25 or 50 licenses available. Rio: unlimited per-processor licensing.

License Manager:

Generate individual licenses for installed instances of your Laserfiche software, based on your master license.

Mobile Access:

Secure, anywhere access through the Laserfiche Mobile app for iphone.

MMC:

Manage your Laserfiche repositories through a Laserfiche Administration Manager snap-in for Microsoft Management Console (MMC).

Event Tracing:

Troubleshoot with Event Tracing for Windows (ETW), supplemented by HTTP logging and real-time “console mode.”

Windows Event Log:

Monitor health of the system with a Laserfiche errors and warnings reporting system integrated with the Windows Event Log.

WMI:

Automate administrative tasks with Windows PowerShell through Laserfiche Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) or .NET interface.

Server Operating System:

Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008R2.

Client OS:

Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Mac (Web Access only).

Databases:

MS SQL Server 2000, MS SQL Server 2005, MS SQL Server 2008, Oracle 10g, Oracle 11g.

Web Server:

IIS.

Web Browsers:

Internet Explorer 6+, Mozilla Firefox 2+, Safari 4+, Chrome 6+.

Technologies:

HTTP/WebDAV, .NET.

Clustering:

Support for Active/Passive Failover.

Authentication:

Active Directory, Kerberos, SSL, Laserfiche Security.

Virtualization:

VMware Infrastructure, VMware vSphere, VMware Workstation, VMware Server.

Support for Multiple Systems/Servers:

Development systems, test systems, training systems, backup systems, multiple servers for remote offices or secure data.