It is possible to define optional areas and then to link scanners to these areas. In an implementation with a large number of scanners this feature can be used as an additional way to group scanners. When copying scanner permissions you can filter by scanner area so if there are 10 scanners in receiving and 10 in Dispatch for example, if ytou define those two scanner areas, it is very easy to copy permissions to all the scanners in one area without requiring the scanner names to be similar

 

 

Scanner Area Definition

 

Once the scanner areas have been defined, when adding a scanner you can link it to an area as below

 

Linking scanner to an area

 

Then, when copying scanner permissions, you can filter scanners by area as shown below

 

Scanner Permission Copy

 

While this feature may be very useful when there are a large nimber of scanners there are many times when it is not required. Using Areas is optional and there is no need to define areas or to link scanners to an area if not required.