Import labeled documents from FlexiCapture

Export labeled documents from ABBYY FlexiCapture using FCAdminTools and import them into an Advanced Designer skill, with table-block conversion rules.

Reuse documents already labeled in ABBYY FlexiCapture by exporting them to a folder, and then importing that folder into your Advanced Designer skill.

Prepare the export folder

Export labeled documents from FlexiCapture by running FCAdminTools.exe:

FCAdminTools.exe ExportLabeling [/LabelingSource=<LayoutTraining|ClassifierTraining|WorkBatches>] [/BatchName=<name of a batch in the specified group of batches>] [/DocumentDefinition=<name of the document definition>] [/Project=<path to the project>] [/TargetFolder=<path to the target folder>]

Option	Description
/LabelingSource=<LayoutTraining | ClassifierTraining | WorkBatches>	Group of batches to export. Default: LayoutTraining. Note: Advanced Designer doesn’t currently support importing ClassifierTraining batches.
/BatchName=<batch name>	Name of the batch to export. Must belong to the group given by LabelingSource. If empty, all batches in the group that reference the specified document definition are exported. May be empty if LabelingSource = ClassifierTraining.
/DocumentDefinition=<name>	Document definition to export. Required when the project contains multiple document definitions. May be empty if LabelingSource = ClassifierTraining. Note: Only single-section document definitions can be exported — multisection definitions are not supported.
/Project=<path>	Path to the project’s .fcproj file.
/TargetFolder=<path>	Destination folder for the export. Created automatically.

The export folder contains:

• DocumentDefinition.json
• SkillSettings.json (only for LayoutTraining and WorkBatches groups)
• A <Document name> subfolder for each document, containing the TIFF image and Labeling.json (labeling in the extracted-data format)

The ExportLabeling command requires FCAdminTools from FlexiCapture 12 Release 4 Update 2 Patch 3 or later. Upgrade FlexiCapture before exporting if your project was created in an older version.

Import the folder into Advanced Designer

Once the export folder is ready, follow the standard Import labeled documents procedure on your Advanced Designer skill.

Field merge behavior

Imported labeling is merged with the existing labeling. Fields are matched by name and type, and any unmatched imported field is added to the skill as a new field.

Table-block conversion

Vantage tables can only contain text fields and don’t support nesting. FlexiCapture table blocks are converted on import:

Has nested tables	Has non-text fields	Resulting field in Advanced Designer
No	No	Table
No	Yes	Group with multiple items
Yes	No	Group with multiple items, with nested groups with multiple items and a table at the deepest nesting level
Yes	Yes	Group with multiple items with nested groups

Related topics

• Label documents in Advanced Designer
• Labeling guidelines