Epic Web Service settings tab (Source Configuration)

Use this tab to configure an Epic Web Service source.

Epic documents located in a specified folder will be routed to Output Manager. You can access this tab when you create or configure an Epic source.

Option Description
Folder Specifies the path of the network folder to be monitored.

For the selected folder, you must configure the Output Manager services logon account user name to have Full Control Sharing permissions. Also verify the Administrators group has Full Control Security permissions. Right-click the folder in Windows Explorer and click Sharing and Security to configure these options.

Scan subfolders Select the check box to monitor subfolders within specified network folder.
Interval Specifies how often to check the selected folder for files. The default time interval is 10 seconds.
Order Specifies the order in which Output Manager receives files from the network folder.
Disposition Specifies what happens to a file in the network folder after it is sent to Output Manager.
  • Delete — Deletes the original file after sending it to the Output Manager. This option is selected by default.
  • Leave — Does not delete or move the original file after it is sent Output Manager. This causes the file to be sent repeatedly (once each polling Interval) until you delete it.
  • Move — Saves the file in another folder after it is sent Output Manager. If a file by the same name already exists in the folder, the new file will be saved with an incrementing number. For example, if file ABC is sent to a folder that already contains a file named ABC, the new file will be saved as ABC_001. Enter the folder path in the Move to box.
  • Move/Overwrite — Saves the file in another folder after it is sent Output Manager. If a file by the same name already exists in the folder, the existing file will be replaced by the new file. Enter the folder path in the Move to box.
Move to Specifies the path for the folder to which documents are moved when Move or Move/Overwrite is selected for Disposition. This option is available only when Disposition is set to Move or to Move/Overwrite.
EPS binaries The path of the EPS (Epic Print Service) binaries folder. An example, for a default installation, would be C:\Epic\bin\8.1\Epic Print Service.
EPS incoming The path of the EPS watch folder. An example for a default installation would be C:\Epic\Jobs\Incoming\8.1\Epic Print Service. Output Manager will monitor the configured watch Folder. Any unrecognized file will be moved it to this folder for EPS handle. Output Manager currently supports .ERTF files and .ERAW files. Other file types will be moved to this folder.
Convert ERTF To PDF Select this check box to convert Epic ERTF formatted files to PDF.
Delete files not intended for print Select this check box to delete ERTF files that specify in document header specifies that a document is not to be printed.