Producing files with the Production Wizard

Learn how to use GoldFynch's Production Wizard to produce your files.

To begin the production process:

Navigate to the 'Productions' view by clicking on the Productions button in the left pane
Open the Production Wizard tab and click on the Start Production Wizard button

Production view

Note: As you proceed through the steps of setting up your production, you can track, and quickly return to, earlier steps through the "Selected Production Options" box that is available on the right-hand side of every screen of the Production Wizard. Just click on the edit icon (the pencil) next to any step to jump to its page

Selected production options box

The 'Selected Production Options' image above is from the completed production we will make as an example for this help article

Steps of production

Step 1. Choose a name for the production

Enter a name for the production into the box then click on the OK button.

Choose production name

Step 2. Select tags for the production

You tagged your files while reviewing them. GoldFynch now lists these tags and the number of associated documents.

Click on the tags assigned to the documents you want to produce.

Choose production tags

You may also want to make use of the 'Invert' tag function to omit files with a given tag:

Excluding files using the Invert tag function

If your tags cover some files that you would like to omit from the production, you have two options:

Select one of the lists in the final step of production (Step 10. Final Review and Submit production) which will open the list of files in the 'Search' view, then manually remove the tag for those files.
Use the 'Invert' tag feature. This is helpful when you want to exclude files in bulk from your production.

To use the 'Invert' feature:

Tag the files in the case you wish to exclude from your production that might otherwise be included by their other tags
Select the tag along with the other tags you are going to include in the case
Check the checkbox labeled 'Invert' that appears against the tag of files to be excluded

In the previous image, documents tagged with 'GOLDFYNCH 101' and 'GOLDFYNCH' will be produced, while documents having the tag 'CONFIDENTIAL' will be omitted because of the 'Invert' function used on it

Note: All files with an inverted tag will be excluded from the production regardless of whether they are also assigned tags that are to be included in the case

Once done selecting tags, click on the OK button.

Step 3. Choose the production output

GoldFynch offers you a number of different output formats for your productions, both with and without load files.

Choose a format then click on the OK button

Choose production output format

The formats without load files are:

Native files: Produces files with the same content and formatting they had when uploaded. (I.e. identical to the uploaded files) So, Word documents will be unchanged Word Documents, emails will be emails, etc.
Page-based PDFs: Each page in a file will be produced as an individual PDF document
Document-based PDFs: Each document (email, Word document, Excel spreadsheet, etc.) will be produced as a PDF document
Family-based PDFs: All documents marked for production that belong to the same file family will be produced together in a single PDF file
Single, bulk PDF: All documents will be produced into a single PDF file

The formats that generate load files are:

Native files: Documents will be added as they were when they were uploaded
Page-based TIFFs: The TIFF files generated are single-page, black & white images
Page-based TIFFs with natives: Documents will be produced in both TIFF and native formats
Document-based PDFs: Each document will be produced as a PDF document
Document-based PDFs with natives: Each document will be produced in both PDF and native formats

NOTE: If you choose a production format that includes load files, select a load file parameter profile from the drop-down menu.

To learn more about productions with load files and how to customize their parameters, click here.

Note: Redactions and stamps (Bates, tag, and custom stamps) won't show up in 'native' productions

After choosing a format, click on the OK button.

Step 4. Choose file types to be produced natively

If you want to create a non-native production, but wish that specific files are produced in their native state, it is possible to do so. In Step 4 you will be provided with a list of all tags and quick tags in the case (that have been attached to at least 1 file,) as well as the different file types.

Check the checkboxes against tags, quick tags, or file types that you want to produce in their native formats.

Choose file types to be produced in the native format

Once you're done selecting file types to produce in their native formats, click on the OK button.

Step 5. Select sort order

You can sort files included in the production to reorder them, along with any sub-files they contain (like attachments and zipped files)

Click on the drop-down list and select from one of the following sorting options:

Alphabetically by folder & file name
Alphabetically by file name
Date - Oldest first
Date - Newest first

Choose a sort order for you production

The page will immediately update the order of the files, and when you generate your production, the files will be arranged in this order.

Note: This sorting carries over to child files like email attachments and zipped files

You will also be provided with a list of the files that are about to be added to your production, along with relevant details from their:

Primary date
File path within the case
File size
Number of pages (for relevant documents)

Step 6. Select stamp placement for the production

GoldFynch lets you stamp non-native documents with Bates Numbers, stamps from tags, and custom stamps.

Note: You may see tags other than the ones you selected in Step 2 appear on this screen. This is because some of the files you chose also had these tags assigned to them. If you don't want these tags to appear as stamps, assign them the 'no-placement' option as described below. If you don't want files with these tags in your productions at all, make sure you select them as 'inverted' tags as we saw above in Step 2.

You can select where each tag's stamp is positioned (one location across all documents per stamp)
When two different stamps are assigned to the same position on a document there is a hierarchy that decides which stamp gets priority to be placed in that position
Additional margins can be added to documents in case there was existing content in their margins when they were uploaded
You can choose not to assign any stamps at all

NOTE: After you are done editing and placing stamps as described below, click on the OK button

Choosing the position of stamps

Click on the drop-down menu on the right side of the screen against Bates Stamp, or against the tags you wish to use as stamps, and select one of the available options:

top-left
top-center
top-right
bottom-left
bottom-center
bottom-right
no-placement

Select location of stamps, resolve conflicts

Note: If you want to disable Bates Stamp, custom stamp, or tag placement, you can do so by selecting the "no-placement" option

Resolve conflicts, if any

If there are two or more tags assigned to the same position, you will get a chance to resolve the placement conflicts by doing one or both of the following:

Change the priority of the tag you wish to be prioritized to a higher value by selecting a Priority in the drop-down menu that appears. If a file has multiple tags assigned, the tag with the highest priority will be applied
Change the assigned position of the tag

Note: The Bates Stamp has a fixed priority of 100. If there is a conflict between the assignment for placement of the Bates Stamp with any tags, the Bates Stamp will always have the highest priority

Editing Stamp Text

By default, when applying tag stamps, the name of the tag is applied as the stamp. However, you can edit the text that is stamped on the documents.

To edit the text that is stamped on tagged documents, click on the edit button against a tag where it displays "Appears as (tag name)"

E.g., In the image of the "Select tag placement for production" step given above, documents with the GOLDFYNCH tag will have "GoldFynch Documents" stamped on them.

Adding Custom Stamps

You can assign custom tags to all non-native documents in the production (mimicking the behavior of Bates Stamps)

To add a custom stamp, click on the + Add Custom Stamp button and enter the text you would like stamped on the documents.
To delete a custom stamp, click on the X button that appears next to the edit button of an already-created custom stamp

Adding page margins

If your documents already have content in their margins, you can add additional margin space to prevent the overlap of the new tags that are applied.

To add extra margin space, check the Add page margins for stamps box

REMEMBER: Click on the OK button once you are done assigning stamps.

Step 7. Choose how redactions will behave in this production.

Select a redaction mode for redactions in your production, as well as a color for the redaction boxes.

Redaction modes

The redaction mode you choose will affect how redaction areas you mark in your documents will appear in the final, produced files of the production.

'Final' mode: Regular redaction boxes will be placed on your non-native files. All information covered by the boxes will be completely removed from your files, making it unreadable and unsearchable.
'Preview' mode: Areas marked for redaction will have translucent, 'preview' redaction boxes placed on them. Information covered will be viewable and searchable for, in the final produced files.

Select redaction mode

Redaction box color

Select the color you want your redaction boxes to be when placed on your documents. This color choice will also affect the color of 'preview' redaction boxes.

NOTE:

The term 'Preview' is used to denote that usually such 'preview' productions are created for internal review before 'final' productions (with regular redactions) are made to send to external counsel.
Native files will not have any redactions placed on them.
GoldFynch treats redaction boxes and full-page redactions the same way, and all options selected will apply to both.

Find more about redaction modes and redaction box colors here.

Click on the OK button once you have made your selection.

Step 8. Bates numbering options

Enter the starting number of your Bates Numbering if you wish to assign one, along with a prefix if you want one added before the number.

Click on the OK button.

Add Bates numbering

Step 9. File naming options

If you selected the Native or Document-based PDFs output formats without load files, you will be able to select the naming of files in your production:

Bates numbers (e.g. "ABC_001.pdf")
Original file names (conflicts will be resolved by appending a count after the file like "file (1).pdf")
Original file names prefixed with their bates numbers (e.g. "ABC_001 - file (1).pdf")

Select file naming options

After selecting a file naming option (or if you are not given a choice depending on the output format you selected) click on the OK button.

Selecting the right file naming option helps you to download files with their original names. Click here to see how

Step 10. Final review and submitting your production

GoldFynch gives you a summary of your production for you to review. It lists all the file types and tags in the production, the ones you have selected to be produced in the native format, and the ones that can only be produced in their native format (along with the reasons why)

Click on the magnifying glass next to any of the items on the lists to load all relevant items as a list in the 'Search' view.

Review the files in your production

When you are done setting up your production, click on the Produce button

Click on the produce button

You will receive a notification that the production request has successfully been placed.

Confirmation that the production process has started

Tracking production status and downloading completed productions

GoldFynch queues the production and gets to work on it. To track the process, or to view any completed productions, click on the Requested Productions tab of the 'Productions' view.

Click on the 'Completed' header text to sort by completion date. The completed status for your production will change from "in-progress" to the completion date once the production is completed.

Production queue

Once the production has finished processing and becomes available, click on the download icon against the production's name to download the final production as a zip file.

Download your production

You can also sort these productions by their names, dates submitted, Bates number ranges, and sizes. To sort productions by a category, click on the text of a header category that you want to sort by.

Sort your productions by clicking on a header title

Note: The category that the table is currently being sorted by will have an arrow next to it. This also indicates the direction of the sorting: whether it's alphabetically (A-Z,) or by date (latest-oldest.) Click on the header title a second time to toggle it into the opposite order

Other production features

Production Wizards in progress (saving and loading while producing)

While entering details for a production, you can save the current state by clicking on the Save and Close button at the bottom of the screen. This will allow you to pick up where you left off at any point in the future.

Save the current production wizard session by clicking on save and close

The Production Wizard tab of the 'Productions' view lists these productions that require additional inputs from you. The current step of production is also listed.

To continue working on a production click on the play icon against it.
To delete an in-progress production click on the trashcan icon against it.

Load or delete a saved production wizard

Downloading Production Load Files

GoldFynch lets you download just the production load file without having to download the entire production. Click here to learn how.

Downloading Files and Productions with their Original File Names

Goldfynch gives you the ability to download files from your case in bulk along with their original file names. You can also prefix Bates numbers to the original file names before downloading them

Click here to learn how to download files and productions with their original file names

GoldFynch allows you to share productions directly through its interface, making it extremely simple to hand them over to opposing counsel. Only the final ZIP file of the production is made available to the receiving parties.

Click here to learn how to share your productions

Delete production

You can easily delete productions when they are no longer needed from the Production view. Click here to learn how.

Production Parameter Summaries

Goldfynch lets you view the parameters used in the creation of your productions once you have submitted them.

Click here to learn how

Custom productions

If you need help to set up a custom production, make use of GoldFynch's Custom Production Help add-on service by clicking on the Request Help button

Production logs

With every production, GoldFynch generates a log of information about its files to help cross-reference them. The logs also contain information on which files are in their native state, whether they have any redactions, etc.

Click here for information about production logs

Setting up custom Control Parameter profiles for load files

It is possible to generate Concordance/Relativity-style load file formats with GoldFynch using preset or even custom parameters.