Platform v6.4.0-Release Description

Contents

  1. Business Use Cases
    1. Invoice Package Workflow Enhancements
      1. Expert in the Loop Experience
      2. Improvements to Project Configuration
      3. Enable correction/modifications related to Invoice Split
      4. Improvements to post processing of fields
      5. Review process improvements
      6. Dashboard improvements
      7. Improvements in Accuracy graph & Analytics
      8. User interface for data export
      9. Accuracy improvements to Fields of Interest
    2. Monitoring Package Workflow Enhancements
      1. Exclusion fields and duration field for Alert duplicate check will be configurable from Project settings
      2. Enhancements related to Network Topology
      3. K8 Support: High Availability readiness for existing components
    3. Introduction of IHub Lite Version and improvements to IHub
  2. Technical Use Cases
    1. Enhancements to PWF framework
      1. User Interface to manage Master Configuration for Package Workflow
      2. Support for single select checkboxes in PWF configuration screen to enable Boolean fields
      3. Cron expression textbox replaced with list of predefined values
      4. Ability to add a custom tab to Packaged Workflow project creation screen
      5. Delete Packaged Workflow projects irrespective of status
      6. Ability to invoke PWF specific validation API during Install/Update
      7. Ability to remove associated IHub channels while deleting a project
      8. Provision to choose from a list of predefined polling schedules or specify custom in PWF channel configuration
      9. Introduction of Golden copy skills
      10. Health and liveliness check APIs
      11. Ability to mark sensitive input fields of a Clones Skill
      12. Mask/Encrypt sensitive fields when displayed or logged
      13. Enhancements to UI framework
      14. UI framework changes to support client locale specific date/time display
      15. Library component changes to support UI themes (Stage #1 - 22 out of 33 components)
      16. Clones dashboard improvements
      17. Improvement to Senses - Capability to skip intent checking and execute an automation story
      18. API and micro action to fetch execution details of Automation Stories corresponding to PWF project
      19. Improvements to messages displayed in Clones Skill Import/Export functionality

 

Business Use Cases

The following are the business use cases (BUCs) delivered as part of v6.4 release:

Invoice Package Workflow Enhancements

Invoice Package Workflow is enhanced with following features:

Expert in the Loop Experience

Invoice Package Workflow provides an expert in the loop experience through value suggestions for each extracted fields based on confidence score.

Value suggestions for extracted fields based on confidence score

Each fields extracted from invoices will also include possible suggestions of values based on confidence score. The values will be available as drop-down options along with applicable fields.

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Default selection of suggested value with highest confidence score

Value with the highest confidence score will be selected by default. User may select from available suggestions as per requirement.

Highlight value of field in selection in the previewed document for reference

Value selected against the fields will be highlighted in the Preview pane for reference.

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Improvements to Project Configuration

Invoice Extraction Package Workflow – Project Configuration screen is improvised with following features:

Regrouping Project Configuration parameters and separation of DU configurations

Project Configuration screen is improvised to address logical grouping of parameters. DU related configurations are organised as a separate tab. Project configuration consists of following sections.

  1. Project Configuration tab

    1. Invoice Import Configuration: Configurations related to import of invoicesResults Export Configuration: Configurations related to export of invoice extraction results.

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Capability to define fields and line items extracted by DU

The fields and line items are listed in the DU configuration tab for user input. The fields to be extracted can be selected from the list and corresponding validation criteria can be defined. Validation criteria against the Line items can also be defined.

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Provision to add new table for manual entries

DU Configuration tab in Project Configuration screen also includes the provision to add custom tables, as per requirement.

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Restriction of field duplication during project configuration

Invoice Extraction Project Configuration UI is enabled with the feature to restrict saving of duplicate fields. An error message will be displayed on creation of duplicate fields.

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Enable correction/modifications related to Invoice Split

Invoice Split capability is enhanced with following features:

Provision to manually split invoice files

Invoice Extraction supports the feature to manually split invoices within the specified range (pages).

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Option to delete incorrectly split invoices

Invoice Extraction supports the feature to delete incorrectly split invoices

List split PDFs sorted by filename

Invoices within a batch are displayed based on alphabetical order of Invoice Name. Earlier versions of Invoice Extraction PWF used to randomly display the invoices.

Invoice Extraction PWF also provides the capability to display the invoices based on file name. This is enabled by a Search facility. Invoices can be filtered based on full/partial name.

Improvements to post processing of fields

Post processing of fields/attributes are enhanced with following features:

Provision to set validation pattern for extracted and custom header fields

Facility to enable data type validation for post processing step is introduced in Invoice Extraction PWF. The validation can be configured as a CRON expression along with project post processor configuration. Provision to set validation pattern for extracted and custom header fields is also enabled.

Notify Supervisor / Clerk for data type validation errors during approval process

Based on the validation parameters, provision to notify supervisor or clerk users regarding any validation error is enabled.

Option to provide custom validation error message for every field (extracted & manual)

Provision to define custom validation message for each fields including extracted and custom fields.

Option to specify regular expression for data transformation of extracted fields

Regular expression can be defined for enabling data transformation, if required, against each field.

 

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Review process improvements

Following features are introduced for improvising review process:

Add / delete line items of extracted and manually entered invoices

Provision to include additional line items during document review is available to include any additional items other than the details extracted. Reviewer may also delete a line item entry, as per requirement.
Capability of Line Items along with fields were available in the earlier Invoice Extraction PWF versions released earlier, but without the capability to add/delete additional line items.

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Supervisor capability to change line times for rejected / escalated invoices

Supervisor Users are enabled with the capability to update line items for rejected and escalated invoices as per requirement with comments.

 

Provision to reassign unprocessed invoices

Provision to reassign invoices already assigned is also enabled.

Dashboard improvements

Following features are introduced for improvising dashboard capabilities:

Default date setting for dashboard to show statistics till date

Dashboard, by default, displays the data for current date for Approved, Corrected Approvals, Rejected, Escalated and Send metrics. Waiting for Approval displays data for last 30 days. Current release provides a feature to display insights for a specified time range for all data.

This also provides the feature to clear the selected date range to revert to earlier state (current date).

Improvements in Accuracy graph & Analytics

Following features are introduced for improvising analytics capabilities:

Field level bar graph improvement to consider OCR quality for accuracy calculation

Field level bar graph has been improvised to provide accurate OCR. The Insights will provide accurate information graphically, compared to earlier versions if Invoice Extraction.

Review time calculation improvements

Review time is also improvised to calculate the actual time taken to review. In earlier versions time was calculated based on first access to the document till the approval.

Availability of OCR quality graph for low accuracy fields

Analytics capabilities enables to view the OCR quality graph for low accuracy fields.

Display invoices count for different OCR quality categories

Analytics capabilities enables to view the invoice count for various quality categories as shown.

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User interface for data export

Following are the enhancements related to data export:

Maintain, view & search on history of exports done by users

Capability to view history of exports done by users is available for review with following details:

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Provision to view exported data by date range and user

Exported data can be filtered based on users and also within the specified date range.

Accuracy improvements to Fields of Interest

Invoice extraction PWF is improvised to achieve accuracy improvement for extracted fields.

Monitoring Package Workflow Enhancements

Monitoring PWF is enabled with following enhancements:

Exclusion fields and duration field for Alert duplicate check will be configurable from Project settings

Project Configuration screen of Monitoring PWF is enhanced with the facility to exclude fields from alert duplicate check.

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Enhancements related to Network Topology

Network topology import feature is extended to accept excel files. The excel should consists of following attributes:

K8 Support: High Availability readiness for existing components

Introduction of IHub Lite Version and improvements to IHub

IHubLite version is introduced which can be installed in remote locations (for example, at the client’s site), with minimal hardware requirements. IHubLite requires less infrastructure requirements but still have provisions to do JSON transformations. iHubLite provides provisions for users to cut of channels in case that is not required and this in turn, will allow to remove dependency on the technical stack. Since iHubLite resides within the customer’s network, KeyCloak also will not be available for authentication. iHubLite shall receive the requests in JSON format, transforms to any SmartOps JSON and then pushes to multiple pre-defined outbound channels. iHubLite will not have complex UI screens. The transformation and outbound channels are pre-defined to keep it light weight.

Integration Hub (iHub) is the gateway for SmartOps platform. It allows easy and configuration-based integration of external/third party solutions and services with SmartOps. iHub is installed along with SmartOps platform in cloud. In order to support independent installation of iHub, it was decided to develop a lighter version of iHub called, iHubLite which will be included in the iHub component stack.

 

Technical Use Cases

The following are the technical use cases (TUCs) delivered as part of v6.4 release:

Enhancements to PWF framework

User Interface to manage Master Configuration for Package Workflow

Package Workflow Home / Project Listing screen consists of a link to access the Master Admin Configuration screen. Master Configuration screen provides the details of parameters available for configuring each projects. User may add new parameters, view and delete as per requirement.

Support for single select checkboxes in PWF configuration screen to enable Boolean fields

Project creation master configuration section is enhanced with new type ‘Single Select chekbox’. Earlier multiple select were used and it cannot be used if there is a requirement like Boolean switching or single check box.

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Cron expression textbox replaced with list of predefined values

Some of the Project Configuration fields has been enhanced to list the predefined values. Earlier releases accepted Cron expression for the fields.

 

Ability to add a custom tab to Packaged Workflow project creation screen

PWF framework is improvised to add additional tabs in Project Configuration screen. For example: DU configuration tab is available in Invoice Extraction PWF.

 

Delete Packaged Workflow projects irrespective of status

PWF framework is enabled with the capability to delete PWF projects irrespective of the status.

 

Ability to invoke PWF specific validation API during Install/Update

PWF framework is enabled with the capability to invoke PWF specific validation API during Install/Update process.

Ability to remove associated IHub channels while deleting a project

PWF projects, while deleting, used to remove all related configurations except IHub channel configurations. This release is enabled with the facility to remove IHub channel configurations also along with other configurations.

Provision to choose from a list of predefined polling schedules or specify custom in PWF channel configuration

Project creation and channel creation is enhanced with new feature, that the user can select the Cron expressions from a dropdown or provide a custom Cron expression if not listed in the dropdown.

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Introduction of Golden copy skills

Provision to promote project specific workflows as Golden Copy

Package Workflows consists of independent individual workspace or folders with default ‘Golden Copy’ of Workflows. In case of project specific workflows created other than the existing golden copies, user will have the provision to promote the workflow as ‘Golden Copy’. The workflows should be available in the root folder of the corresponding PWF to promote as ‘Golden Copy’. Along with project specific workflows, provision to edit the existing golden copy and promote as ‘Golden’, which will be available for all other subsequent projects.

Ability to distinguish Golden Copy skills from normal skills

Golden copy skills can be identified with symbol as shown:

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Restrict execution of Golden Copy skills

Execution of golden copy skill is restricted for package workflows.

Health and liveliness check APIs

Liveliness & Readiness check APIs are implemented in various application components to Support Kubernetes HA support.

Ability to mark sensitive input fields of a Clones Skill

Clones skill execution is enabled with the capability to mask sensitive data when displayed or logged.

Mask/Encrypt sensitive fields when displayed or logged

The sensitive data will be masked or encrypted while saving. Earlier sensitive data used to be displayed in Trace Logs.

Enhancements to UI framework

UI framework changes to support client locale specific date/time display

Library component changes to support UI themes (Stage #1 - 22 out of 33 components)

Clones dashboard improvements

Performance improvements - API optimization for Bar and Line charts

Clones dashboard capabilities is improvised for performance improvisation. Changes such as auto refresh capability has been retained for the required charts. Similarly unused graphs / charts is discontinued.

Removal of Sense tile from Clones dashboard for independently deployable PWFs (Monitoring & Invoice)

Sense tile available in Creator Studio Dashboard will not be available for independently deployable PWFs, if sense channels are not available or required. For example, Sense tile is currently not available for Monitoring & Invoice Extraction.

Improvement to Senses - Capability to skip intent checking and execute an automation story

Sense Channel UI is enhanced with the capability to include an automation story to be executed without intent checking. In such cases the corresponding automation story will be executed. Intent checking be performed only if automation story is not mapped against the sense channel.

API and micro action to fetch execution details of Automation Stories corresponding to PWF project

New APIs and microactions are introduced to fetch execution details of Automation Stories corresponding to PWF project.

Improvements to messages displayed in Clones Skill Import/Export functionality

Skills Import/Export capabilities has been improvised to align with the updated Workspace structure. The improvisation also includes the related messages.