Installation and use of the Repository Browser

Issue

How can I install and use the Repository Browser?

(Please read the Help for TotalAgility Repository Browser within the KTA documentation.) 

Solution

The Repository Browser is on your big KTA ZIP installation file: ZIPFILE\TotalAgility\RepositoryBrowser\RepositoryBrowser.msi
Make sure you extract it with 7-zip and verify it is not blocked (right-click - properties - unblock).

You can install it on any machine with database access - it does not require KTA on the machine.

After installing, you have to modify its .config file to point to your KTA Database.

The default file location is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Kofax\TotalAgility Repository Browser\Kofax.TotalAgility.RepositoryBrowser.exe.config

To point to the KTA Database, backup the file and change this string accordingly:

<property name="connection.connection_string">Data Source=YOUR_KTA_SQL_SERVER_NAME;Initial Catalog=TotalAgility_Documents;Integrated Security=True;Connect Timeout=30;Encrypt=False;TrustServerCertificate=False</property>

Once you have it up and running, you can perform searches for documents or folders in the KTA Documents Database.
This is useful when you do have suspended / taken jobs (for example: in a Validation Activity) and you wish to see the content of its documents or folders.
Pickup the document or folder variable from the job you are troubleshooting - Jobs - Find - Variables.
Once found, the document or folder, you can examine their properties, see their fields. You can see and examine images and they properties.
You can also export to disk the folder or the document examined (right-click - Export to disk). This would give you access to the xDoc for further examination - helpful for Transformation Server activities. At the image level, you can save the source and examine renditions, if available.

Level of Complexity 

Easy 

Applies to  

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