Document Routing and the DocRoute™ Sidebar

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Document Routing and the DocRoute™ Sidebar

 

1.From the ribbon toolbar, click DocRoute™.

2.Click Document Routing, DocumentRoutingicon-mh.
 
The Document Routing sidebar similar to the following displays to the right of the DocRoute™ screen:
 
DocumentRoutingInboxsidebar-mh
 

Document Routing Sidebar Toolbar

The toolbar icons initiate actions on the selected document.

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Route

Click to open the Document Route Configuration window.
This will create an entirely new route system allowing the document to be routed to another person.
This route is separate from the original route the document followed.
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Approve

If the route is new, the Approve icon displays (in place of the Release icon), with the following dialog box:
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Release

If routing for review, the Release icon displays (in place of the Approve icon), with the following dialog box:
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Reply

Click to send a message to users who are in a specific document sequence.
The message can be sent either to a single user or to every user in the sequence.
Check the box next to the name of user(s) to identify who should receive a message.
If all users listed, click Check All.

DocRouteRecallicon-mh

Recall

Click to move a document out of the DocRoute™ In Route folder and move it to Recalled folder.
The dialog box includes a Note text box as well as a Quick Note dropdown list.
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Delete

Click to delete the document from DocRoute™.

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Refresh

Click to refresh the DocRoute™ Inbox.

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Settings

Click to open the Document Routing Settings window.
Refer to Settings for details.

 

Selected Routing Queue

This field dropdown allows a specific user's queue to be selected, provided the proper proxy rights are in place.

 

A folder tree displays in the left pane with the following folders:

Inbox

This folder contains all the incoming documents that have been routed to you. This is where you can view the progress of the DocRoute™ items that you initiated to other DocRoute™ recipients. If you are a Proxy to another DocRoute user, you will see a dropdown list available in the Selected Routing Queue field.

Released

This folder contains all the documents that were released by this user.

Sent Items

If you initiate DocRoute™ items to other recipients, these will display in your Sent Items. This is where you can view the progress of those DocRoute™ items.

In Route

This sub-folder contains all the documents currently waiting to be released by other users. These are DocRoute™ items still in route, still pending someone's review and/or approval.

Note:  Items in the In Route section cannot be deleted.

Completed

This sub-folder contains all the documents that have gone through their full route.

Note: Items in the Completed section can be deleted by clicking the Delete icon, DocRouteDeleteicon-mh, in the toolbar.

Recalled

This sub-folder contains all DocRoute™ items that you initiated and routed to recipients then later recalled the route.

Note:  Items in the Recalled section can be deleted by clicking the Delete icon, DocRouteDeleteicon-mh , in the toolbar.

 

In the right pane is a grid listing the documents located in the folder selected in the folder tree (left pane).

 

 

Document Binder Options

 

This is where the documents attached to a specific DocRoute™ item display. If there is more than one document attached, each document will be listed.

As you move your cursor from one document to the next, the active document will display in the left portion of the screen.

 

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Attach a previously indexed document to the DocRoute™ item.

DocRouteSidebaradddocumentfromfileicon-mh

Attach a document not yet indexed from the file system to the DocRoute™ item.

DocRouteSidebardeleteicon-mh

Remove a document that should no longer be attached to the DocRoute™ item.

DocRouteSidebarprinticon-mh

Print the selected documents.

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Email the selected documents.

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View notes for the selected documents.

 

The Document Binder grid is located under the Document Binder Options. Choose documents from the Search utility to accompany the present document.

Route Notes are under the Document Binder. Notes added to the document as it goes through the routing process display here. There is an Add Note button to add a note here.

The Route Sequence which lists the individuals to whom the document is going to or coming from.

A name highlighted in orange means that no reviewers have approved or released the document. Once a reviewer approves or releases the document, that individual’s name is highlighted in green.

A line of text will display at the very bottom of the Document Routing sidebar indicating whether or not the selected document will be returned to the sender. For example: This document will be returned to sender