Features and benefits
Key features include:
Easy-to-Use and Powerful Design Environment: Creates a familiar user experience because it is modeled on graphic design software. No HTML or Windows user interface coding or scripts are required. Your existing paper processes are easily replicated with a single point-and-click user interface for enterprise-wide eForms design.
Sophisticated Process Management Support: Routes, receives and processes electronic forms instantly when combined with IBM FileNet Business Process Manager.
Ready-to-use Intelligence: Gives your form designers the tools to configure database lookups, data validation and advanced calculations, all with a click of the mouse.
Data Validation: Reduces the time that is spent completing forms and eliminates costs associated with errors by validating data, improving efficiency and minimizing the high cost of exception handling resulting from data input errors. Validation happens immediately in the Web browser and can catch common errors such as not entering a required field, incorrect data type or entering incorrect data based on other data previously entered into the form.
Offline eForms: Gives you the option of taking blank forms offline and completing them while disconnected from the network. After the form data is brought back online, its processes are launched automatically.
Pure HTML eForms: Eliminates the need for you to distribute third-party software plug-ins to every form user because HTML eForms can be used inside the Web browser.
Digital Security and Authentication: Supports both the Microsoft® Crypto API for digital security based on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and cryptography. It also offers I-Sign™, the eForms low-overhead electronic signature so that you can utilize existing IBM FileNet authentication for lightweight signing purposes.
IBM FileNet eForms for IBM FileNet P8 provides numerous technology and business benefits:
Comprehensive Forms Management Support: When IBM FileNet eForms for IBM FileNet P8 is combined with Content Manager, you can take advantage of advanced versioning, check-in/check-out, search and tracking of forms. Templates and data can be stored separately for efficient use of your system storage capacity.
Electronic Audit Trail: Your eForms can be routed, saved and tracked as they proceed through the business process. Accurate PDF copies can be generated at any stage for document storage or printing.
Security: Full integration with IBM FileNet P8 authentication services ensures that forms are only accessed by authorized users.
Version Control: All users have access to the most current and approved forms with complete and comprehensive version control and library services when combined with IBM FileNet Content Manager.
Database Connectivity: You can easily configure database lookups and submissions using such standards as HTTP and JDBC.
XML Documents: Online eForms and form data are stored in XML format, promoting easy data exchange with your other business applications, wide accessibility and distribution with on-demand rendering in HTML, PDF or ODBC.
Powerful Customization Options: Your solution authors can customize the eForm user interface, ensuring that it is as intuitive as possible. Advanced authors can even use eForm client-side JavaScript and server-side Java™ APIs for additional customization and integration possibilities.
