Disabling Document Descriptions - Disabling Document Descriptions - OnBase - Integration for Epic - OnBase/Integration-for-Epic/Foundation-23.1/Integration-for-Epic/Installation/Installing-the-Epic-Front-Office-Scanning-Integration/Document-Descriptions/Disabling-Document-Descriptions - Foundation 23.1 - Foundation 23.1

Integration for Epic
Platform
OnBase
Product
Integration for Epic
Release
Foundation 23.1
License
Premier
Standard
Essential
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2026-04-02T22:52:56.865759
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en-US

If no document descriptions should be sent to Epic, you can disable the Document Description field. With this setup, the user will not be prompted for a description, and no description will be sent to Epic. The user may still be prompted to select a Document Type, if multiple Document Types are available for import. If only a single Document Type is available for import, the Document Information dialog box will not be displayed.

To disable descriptions:

  1. Open the Epic FOS XML configuration file (typically EPICFOSCONFIG.xml).
  2. Add the epicdescription="none" setting to the appropriate DocType element, as shown in the following example: 
    <DocType name="PID Patient ID" bitmap="C:\FOS\images\drvLicButton.jpg" required="false" displayname="Driver's License" displayscanner="Scan ID" scanner="FUJITSU fi-7260" epicdescription="none" ></DocType>
  3. Repeat for each scan button as needed.
  4. Save the Epic FOS XML configuration file.