Administration

Administration Screen IconThe Administration tab allows you to administer TransForm E-Forms Manager settings, users, and licensing.

General

If your TransForm E-Forms Manager installation supports Workflow, then the General section will allow you to configure settings such as constants, which can then be used in workflow configurations.

Form Categories

Form Categories allow you to group related forms according to your business requirements.  For example, all forms associated with hiring a new employee can be grouped into a category called "New Employees."  When reviewing submitted forms and signed forms, your search criteria can be narrowed down to the "New Employees" category of forms.      

Users

TransForm E-Forms Manager allows you to maintain information on two types of users:  End Users who fill out and submit forms to TransForm E-Forms Manager, and Form Administrators who have responsibility for managing TransForm E-Forms Manager.  

 

End Users may be added and managed in TransForm E-Forms Manager when you want to use TransForm E-Forms Manager's internal authentication mechanism for form signing and submission by end users.  (You may alternatively use LDAP or Active Directory authentication.)

 

Form Administrators may be created with different access levels, ranging from Level 0 (Account is Disabled) to Level 4 (Full Administrator Rights).  

Digital Signing and Form Publication

Server settings are managed through the Remote Signing and Form Publication menus.  These settings include installing a single, server-based digital certificate for Remote Signing as well as specifying form publication settings for protocol, host name, and port.

Licensing

TransForm E-Forms Manager requires a license from TransForm for operation.  The application is licensed on a perpetual basis, and administered through the License Information screen.  A limited evaluation license is also available in order to review the features of TransForm E-Forms Manager.

Email Configuration

This section allows you to configure items related to how TransForm E-Forms Manager sends and receives email.  Sub-sections include:

 

Processing Service

TransForm E-Forms Manager allows you to receive submitted forms using a connection to a POP3 or IMAP email server. The Email Processing section allows you to configure such an email server connection, and to enable or disable processing of submitted forms through this connection.

 

Email Server

Some functions such as Workflow require the TransForm E-Forms Manager server to send emails.  This section allows you to configure a connection to an SMTP server for this purpose.

 

Templates

In using workflow, you may want to create global email templates that can be shared across the workflow configurations for multiple forms.  Global email templates are listed and configured in this area.

 

Email Queue

The email queue lets you check the status of outgoing emails, and to clear out any emails that are having trouble being sent.

Imaging

In order to integrate forms with third-party software for document management and archival, TransForm E-Forms Manager can provide data, e-form, and image export of submitted forms.  The Imaging area allows you to enable or disable these features, and to specify settings for their operation.

Authentication

This area lets you specify how end users will authenticate when digitally signing or submitting forms to TransForm E-Forms Manager.  You may choose TransForm E-Forms Manager authentication, which uses the internal list of End Users, or you may also select and configure connections with an LDAP or Active Directory Server.

Database Integration

This area lets you:

XML Messaging

This area lets you specify SOAP message endpoints, which allow for exporting of form information to third-party services via SOAP.

ECM Connectors

This area lets you set up ECM Connectors to facilitate conversion of a submitted form to a tiff image and importing options.  For configuration information, please refer to the appropriate document for your connector.

FormPay

This area lets you set up FormPay Merchant Accounts to use in conjunction with credit card payments on your forms.

 

Using the Administration Tab

 

The Administration tab displays several options for managing the TransForm E-Forms Manager application, form administrators, end users, and forms.  Depending on optional modules that may or may not be included with your TransForm E-Forms Manager license, some of these options may not appear in your installation.