Generate Thumbnail from Image activity

An activity that creates views of your image in different sizes, shapes, and styles with the Get Thumbnail function in Microsoft Cognitive Services, and stores the result of this function in your process schema.


Generate Thumbnail from Image activity

Configure the Generate Thumbnail from Image activity

To configure the Generate Thumbnail from Image activity, do the procedure in this topic.

Examples

Prerequisites

Good to Know

How to Start

  1. Open Process Builder.

    For information about how to open this screen, refer to Process Builder.


    Open Process Builder
  2. In Process Builder, in the Activity Library, open the MS Cognitive Services tab.

    MS Cognitive Services tab
  3. On the MS Cognitive Services tab, drag the Generate Thumbnail From Image activity onto your process.

    Drag Generate Thumbnail From Image activity

General Configuration

Specifies the basic settings for the Generate Thumbnail from Image activity.

Figure: General Configuration screen

General Configuration screen

Good to Know

  • Documentation for this screen is provided for completeness. The fields are mostly self-explanatory.

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Display Name

Description:
Specifies the activity name that shows in your process.
Allowed Values:
One line of text (a string).

Accepted:

  • Letters
  • Numbers
  • Spaces
Default Value:
None
Accepts Variables:
No
Example:
This is a common configuration field that is used in many examples. Refer to:
  • Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.

Description

Description:
Specifies an optional text description for your activity.
Allowed Values:
More than one line of text.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Variables:
No

Source Repository

Specifies the original, or source, location type for your files.

Figure: Source Repository screen

Source Repository screen

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Source Repository

Opens this Screen:
The configuration screen for your document repository. The specific screen that shows depends on your document repository type.

For more information, refer to Document Repositories.

Function of this Screen:
Configures your document repository.

Generate Thumbnail from Image Configuration screen

Configures the request settings to create thumbnail from images.

Figure: Generate Thumbnail from Image Configuration screen

Generate Thumbnail from Image Configuration screen

Fields

Field NameDefinition

MS Cognitive Services

Description:
Specifies the access token that connects to your Microsoft Cognitive Services.
Allowed Values:
A list of access tokens configured for your environment.

The selected access token must have the Microsoft Cognitive Service Type configured for Computer Vision API.

Default Value:
None
Example:
Refer to:

Create Add Token icon

Opens this Screen:
Access Token for Microsoft Cognitive Services
Function of this Screen:
Configure an access token to connect to Microsoft Cognitive Services.
Example:
Refer to:

Width

Description:
Specifies the width of the thumbnail image in pixels.
Allowed Values:
Between 1 px and 1024 px. The recommended size is 50 px.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Variables:
Yes

Height

Description:
Specifies the height of the thumbnail image in pixels.
Allowed Values:
Between 1 px and 1024 px. The recommended size is 50 px.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Variables:
Yes

Apply Smart Cropping

Description:
Specifies if cropping is applied to center align the thumbnail image on the region of interest.
Allowed Values:
  • Deselected - The thumbnail image is cropped to the center.
  • Selected - The thumbnail image is cropped to center align on the region of interest.
Default Value:
Deselected

Target Repository

Selects the target storage repository type for your files.

Figure: Target Repository screen

Target Repository screen

Fields

Field NameDefinition

Target Repository

Opens this Screen:
The configuration screen for your document repository. The specific screen that shows depends on your document repository type.

For more information, refer to Document Repositories.

Function of this Screen:
Configures your document repository.