Depending on your configuration, it may be necessary to manage the Data Set XML files located in the sharepath folder. This may be particularly important to your solution if:
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Data Sets are created, but not be used, leaving the outdated and unneeded Data Set XML files associated with unused Data Sets in the sharepath.
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If your solution is configured to allow Data Sets to be reused (i.e., the reusedatasets setting in the FOSCONFIGURATION parent element is set to true), the Data Set XML files associated with Data Sets that are no longer needed to will remain in the sharepath.
If the sharepath is not properly managed, a large number of no-longer-needed and/or out-of-date Data Set XML files may be left in the sharepath. To help manage the sharepath folder, you can configure Data Sets to have a lifespan; a Data Set expires at the end of its specified lifespan and its Data Set XML file is automatically deleted.
The Data Set lifespan is specified in the DataSetLifeSpan element of the Front Office Scanning configuration file.
To configure a Data Set lifespan for your solution: