2023.1:Combine (Collation Provider)
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The Combine collation provider takes individual results and "combines" them into one. There are several methods by which Grooper can obtain these results and combine them.
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About
The Combine Collation Provider is helpful when there are multiple text segments on a document that you wish to return as one result. There are many different ways to combine your results through different Combine Methods.
There are five different Combine Methods:
- Individual
- Sum
- Flow
- Geometric
- Group
Which method you choose depends on the documents you are extracting from and what data you want to collect.
Individual
The Combine Method is set to Individual by default when using Combine for your Collation Provider. Grooper simply will take the individual results from a Data Type's child objects and put them all together into one result one right after the other.
Sum
The Sum Combine Method takes numeric results from a Data Type's child objects and adds them up. The sum of those numbers is returned as a single result.
There are more practical and efficient ways to sum up numeric data from a document such as Calculated Value. It is not advised to use the Sum Combine Method unless absolutely necessary and is primarily used for repositories upgraded from previous versions of Grooper.
Flow
The Flow Combine Method returns everything within the "flow" of the text of the document from whatever is returned in between the Data Type's first and second child objects. The full text is returned as a single result.
Geometric
The Geometric Combine Method requires multiple child objects that return text in multiple areas on the page. When the Combine Method is then set to Geometric, everything within the bounds of those extracted objects will be returned.
Group
The Group Combine Method allows you to choose one element from your extraction to be returned. If you have three child objects extracting different text segments, you can select just one of them to return a result instead of all three.
How To
Setting the Combine Collation Property
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The Result Separator
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The Sum Combine Method
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The Flow Combine Method
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The Geometric Combine Method
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The Group Combine Method
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