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Index from an Inbox

In most cases, documents from an Inbox will be indexed to an Archive at some point. Documents within a single Inbox can all be indexed to the same archive or can be sent to different archives.

From the Grid View

This method is useful when all the selected documents are being indexed to the same Archive.

  1. Click on the Inbox that contains the document(s) to be indexed.

  2. Select one or more documents to be indexed by clicking the checkbox next to the desired document(s) or click the check all box at the top to select all documents.

  • When the Select All checkbox is selected, the document will open in alphabetical order, regardless of any sorts on the Inbox.

  • If individual checkboxes are used, the document will appear in the order in which they are selected.

Accounts Payable Inbox with 3 documents to be indexed all are checked.

Accounts Payable Inbox

  1. From the Actions menu, select Index.

Accounts Payable Inbox with the actions menu open and a dropdown list of available actions with Index highlighted.

Action Menu

  1. From the Destination popup, select the destination archive for the documents.

Archives with sub-archives will display with an arrow next to them. Click the arrow to display the list of sub-archives.

Destination popup to select from the list of available archives for the document.  The Accounts payable archive has a right pointing arrow to its left indicating there are subarchives.

Destination Archive Selection

Destination popup with the Accounts Payable archive expanded to display the sub archive of petty cash.

Expanded Destination Archive Selection

  1. The documents will open in the Document Viewer with the index fields for the selected archive.

Document Viewer open with a DR handmade strings invoice open and the accounts payable index fields down the right side.

Document Viewer

After indexing and saving the document, the next document to index will appear and default to the currently selected archive. To select a different archive see Changing the Destination Archive below.

From the Document Viewer

This method is useful when an inbox contains documents that may go to different archives and viewing the document before selecting an archive is desired.

  1. Click on the Inbox that contains the document(s) to be indexed.

  2. Select one or more documents to be indexed by clicking the checkbox next to the desired document(s) or click the check all box at the top to select all documents.

  • When the Select All checkbox is selected, the document will open in alphabetical order, regardless of any sorts on the Inbox.

  • If individual checkboxes are used, the document will appear in the order in which they are selected.

The to be indexed inbox open with 4 documents all selected.

To Be Indexed Inbox

  1. From the Actions menu, select Open Documents.

The to be indexed inbox actions menu expanded to reveal multiple options and the Open Documents option highlighted.

Action Menu

  1. The documents will open in the Document Viewer with no Index Fields. From the Document Viewer Actions menu, select Index.

The first document opened in the document viewer with no index fields.  The actions menu is expanded with Index highlighted.

Document Viewer Actions Menu

  1. From the Destination popup, select the destination archive for the documents.

Archives with sub-archives will display with an arrow next to them. Click the arrow to display the list of sub-archives.

Destination popup to select from the list of available archives for the document.  The Accounts payable archive has a right pointing arrow to its left indicating there are subarchives.

Destination Archive Selection

Destination popup with the Accounts Payable archive expanded to display the sub archive of petty cash.

Expanded Destination Archive Selection

  1. The Index Fields for the selected destination archive are now available. If Persist Archive Import Data is enabled, data from the previous indexing will populate the corresponding fields.

Document viewer open with the index fields for the selected Accounts Payable archive.

Document Viewer with Index Fields

After indexing and saving the document, the next document to index will appear and default to the currently selected archive. To select a different archive see Changing the Destination Archive below.

Changing the Destination Archive

When indexing multiple documents, you may need to change the destination archive for a document.

  1. From the Document Viewer Actions menu, select Index.

The document viewer with a time card that needs to be indexed to a different archive.  The actions menu is expanded with Index highlighted.

Changing the Destination Archive

  1. From the Destination popup, select the destination archive for the document.

The Destination archive popup with a list of available archives.

Destination Selection

  1. The Index Fields now represent those of the new destination archive.

The document viewer open with the time card and now displaying the Human Resources index fields.

New Destination Index Fields

Persist Archive Import Data

When indexing multiple documents, it may be beneficial to carry index data from one document to be indexed to the next to reduce repeated data entry. For example, when indexing Human Resources documents for a new hire, carrying the Employee Name, Employee Number, Department, etc. from one document to the next would be helpful. To enable this:

  1. Access the User Settings by clicking your avatar in the top, right corner and selecting Settings.

The document viewer with the user setting icon selected displaying the list of available options with Settings selected.

Accessing User Settings

  1. Click the Appearance tab.

The user settings popup with the General tab selected and the Appearance tab highlighted.

User Settings Popup

  1. Under Viewer, enable Persist Archive Import Data.

Enable Persist Import Data

  1. Click Save.

  2. Refresh your browser window so the changes will take effect.

  3. Index the document, Save the document, and move on to the next document. The data from the previous document appears in the index fields. This data can be used as is or modified.

The document viewer with the initial document with index data saved.

Initial Indexed Document

The document viewer with the next document to be indexed with the data from the previous document populating the index fields.

Document with Persisted Data

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