General tab - Properties of Text Content Locator window

Text Content Locator icon This locator method finds data in unstructured documents that have no consistent layout. This enables you extract data from contracts, correspondence, or even essays and manuscripts. This locator works best for semi-structured documents, and is designed for documents that unstructured text made up of sentences. You can extract data from unstructured documents with moderate success, and the results should improve as you add more training documents.

The Define Subfields table is where you to add, remove, rename, and reorder the subfields that are used for this locator.

Once you have added subfields, you add fields to your class and then map those fields to the Text Content Locator subfields.

Use the following buttons to manage your subfields:

Button

Description

Add subfield icon   Add   

Adds a subfield to the Define Subfields list. The subfield name is editable when it is first added or you can double-click the subfield to edit its name at a later time.

Delete subfield icon   Delete

Removes the selected subfield from the list.

This does not delete the associated field if one is mapped to the deleted subfield.

The following buttons are available at the bottom of this window:

Button

Description

Close

Closes the window and saves your changes.

Test icon   Test

Tests the locator settings. The results are displayed on the Test Results tab that is displayed automatically when you click this button.

Depending on the locator method, this button may have additional modes if the locator uses other locators as input.

Help icon  Help

Displays the help for the open window.

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