Use this engine to extract data located at arbitrary positions in the documents.
Format analysis uses a formal description of the character string you are looking for. For each field, a set of search patterns can be defined. All strings within the document text that match at least one of the specified patterns are candidates. Typically, there are several candidates.
Format analysis is usually combined with an evaluation engine. That is, the user can take a couple of examples and select the correct candidate from the possible ones. The engine thereby learns to select automatically. Alternatively, you can combine format analysis with custom evaluation methods implemented using scripts.
It is the primary analysis method and can be used with unstructured documents and with structured documents such as forms.
Format analysis is a search within the document text for strings that match certain predefined patterns. Configuring this method requires that you define the patterns, such as, the format strings.