ayfie Locator Introduction

ayfie Locator allows you to find the information you need, no matter where the data resides.  It discovers content in email attachments, scanned documents, SharePoint sites, or across departmental application silos.  

Locator helps you deal with the volumes of enterprise information so you can work smarter, faster, and more efficiently.

  

Locator uses advanced information retrieval technology, allowing you to easily find the content that exists across your enterprise.  You no longer have to know where content is stored, and you don't have to log into each application to find the relevant data you need. 

Locator uses indexing to achieve fast search results.  Similar to an index a book, a software index contains pointers to the information in the source documents. A search engine performs look-ups against the index, which is able to find the results quickly and return them to the user. Information indexing is the process of building and using a software index to aid in fast information retrieval.

Locator simplifies today’s complex computing experience.  It puts your data needs at the center and maps to how you work by showing you exactly where your information is, then giving you single-click access to everything you’re authorized to see.

Key Features

  • Simplify Your Computing Experience. With a single, secured index, Locator provides you with a view of all your content regardless of where it resides across your enterprise.
  • Unify Your World. Let all your applications and related content (including documents, mail messages and attachments) work as one content system, so you always get the ‘complete picture’ of your information.

  • Work the Way You Work. Locator requires no special, rigorous structure or manual tagging of information. Just save your data wherever you like, and Locator will locate it for you.

  • One-Click File Access. Locator conveniently shows you all the related information you are looking for in a user-friendly dashboard. Simply click the desired link to open the original source document.

  • Always Stay Up-to-Date. Locator provides real-time indexing of your data, so you always have the latest, most accurate information available to you.

  • Find Your Scanned Documents. Locator uses OCR (optical character recognition) technology to help you find information contained in photos, faxes, scanned documents, drawings and graphical files.

  • Tell Locator What You Want.  Locator has the ability to find content using natural language queries.  Even if you don’t know a file's name or where it is stored.  Just enter the information you need and Locator will find the most relevant documents.  

  • See Using Locator Search for more information.

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