WatchDog Installation
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Access WatchDog Settings
Navigate to Settings → Document Processing → WatchDog.
Folder Settings
Define the paths where WatchDog finds and processes documents.
The folder paths should match those created during installation:
C:/WatchDog/Read
C:/WatchDog/Processed
Note: It is recommended to use local paths. These should match the folders in the DocBits Installation
General Settings
Select the document types to process by checking the corresponding checkboxes
Barcode Divider: When turned on enables the barcode dividing.
DocBits Operator: When enabled opens a chrome browser in the background for the DocBits Operator.
Export destination: Sets the export destination.
Infor: Documnets get exported to Infor.
Export Folder: Documents get exported to a defined folder that can be configured below.
Export Configurations
Displays all configured exports for on-premise processing.
Shows the timestamp of the last successful connection for each configuration.
bod_mapping Configuration (Optional)
Required Fields: Before adding custom metadata mappings, you must define the following two values:
file_name
pdf_path
Click Add Row to define metadata mappings.
Value: Specifies the field name for the metadata.
Path: The XPath expression pointing to the XML data that should be assigned to the field.
Trashcan Icon: Used to delete a secific row.
Download the Configuration
Save the configuration
Download the configuration
Create Required Folders
Create a main directory: C:/WatchDog
Inside C:/WatchDog, create the following subfolders:
C:/WatchDog/Read
C:/WatchDog/Processed
Note: It is recommended to use local paths. These should match the folders in the DocBits Configuration
Download WatchDog
Download the latest version of WatchDog.exe from:
https://github.com/Fellow-Consulting-AG/ActualWatchdog/releases
Place the downloaded WatchDog.exe file in C:/WatchDog.
Place the downloaded watchdog-config.json file in C:/WatchDog.
open the watchdog-config.json. and change the config_path.
In this example:
"config_path": "C:/WatchDog/watchdog-config.json"
Install WatchDog
Open Command Prompt (CMD) with Administrator rights.
Navigate to the WatchDog folder
Run the following command to install WatchDog:
WatchDog.exe install
Start the WatchDog Service
Run the following command in CMD:
WatchDog.exe start
Set Startup Type
Open Services (Press Win + R, type services.msc, and press Enter).
Locate WatchDog in the service list.
Double-click to open its properties.
Set Startup Type to Automatic (Delayed Start).
Click OK.
