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FileNet Forms Manager is an integrated XML-based eForms management solution that provides everything needed to easily design, deploy and process eForms - solving the problem of how to manage the forms that drive crucial business processes. With Forms Manager, organizations can streamline business processes and accelerate the speed of business, to get more work done right from the start. It offers the flexibility, scalability and ease-of-use needed for enterprisewide forms management.

With Forms Manager, users can create clear, intuitive, highly automated eForms quickly and easily, without extensive Web development or JavaScript experience. These intelligent eForms capitalize on electronic automation, data-sharing standards, and enterprise security, but maintain the look and feel of traditional paper forms that are so familiar to users. This encourages user acceptance and enables employees to participate in business processes through a powerful, yet easy-to-use work environment that allows users to quickly access and use any eForm.

Forms Manager enables eForms to be easily routed and tracked, creating an electronic audit trail; the application also supports digital signature security and user authentication. This enables organizations to control access to vital data, ensure accountability and help meet regulatory compliance requirements.

Forms Manager also provides for the safe storage of the data, the form template, or the two together as a single, secure document. It promotes broad accessibility by supporting both HTML and Desktop eForms (for offline use) and provides each user with a personal directory called "My Forms," where they can store their completed or partially completed eForms.

Throughout the eForms management process, Forms Manager leverages industry standards such as XML, so form data can be easily reused and shared with other business applications in the organization. It also integrates with an enterprise's existing infrastructure to ensure forms are accessible (and up-to-date) across a variety of operating systems and browsers, for maximum accessibility throughout the organization.

Combining Content, Process and Connectivity for Competitive Advantage

• Out-of-the-box Intelligence → Allows form designers to configure database lookups, auto-increment, pre-fill and advanced calculations, all with a click of the mouse.
  
• Verified Data: Reduces the time spent filling out forms and eliminates costs associated with errors with pre-filled data and validity checking.
  
• Instant Routing: Accelerates any business process by allowing electronic forms to be sent, received and processed instantly.
  
• Superior Design Environment: Intuitive eForm design environment is modeled on graphic design software. No HTML or Windows user interface coding is required; no back-end scripts are required.
  
• Pure HTML eForms: Eliminates the need to distribute third-party software or plug-ins to every form user because HTML eForms can be used inside the Web browser.
  
• Electronic Audit Trail: Allows eForms to be sent, saved and tracked as they proceed through the business process. Accurate PDF copies can be generated at any stage for document storage or printing.
  
• Desktop eForms: Enables forms to be downloaded for offline use anywhere, anytime.
  
• Security: Ensures forms are only accessed by authorized users with its choice of Active Directory or Forms Manager authentication.
  
• Multiple Workspaces: Allows multiple workspaces or libraries with separate security settings to be created to make forms available to customers, suppliers, internal employees or the general public.
  
• Unified Deployment: Eliminates the need to duplicate design efforts for the desktop, Web and printing by allowing forms to be designed once and deployed in multiple formats to multiple eForms environments with a single click of the mouse.
  
• Version Control: Ensures all users have access to the most current and approved forms.
  
• Revision Checking: Enables blank forms that users have downloaded to their desktops to automatically update themselves to the latest revision when the form is opened.
  
• .NET Ready: Takes advantage of the Web services capabilities of the Microsoft® .NET platform - first eForms management solution explicitly designed to do this.
  
• Database Connectivity: Easily configures database lookup and submit using such standards as HTTP or ODBC.
  
• Mail Support: Allows eForms to be sent and received with SMTP mail notification.
  
• Rich XML: Promotes easy data exchange with other business applications because online eForms and form data are stored in rich XML format. Also promotes wide accessibility and distribution with ondemand rendering in HTML or PDF.