The Image Analyzer extension uses powerful image analytics provided by the Computer Vision API for Microsoft Cognitive Services to detect attributes in the images that you import for items and contact persons, so you can easily review and assign them. For items, attributes could be whether the item is a table or a car, and whether it is red or blue. For contact persons, attributes can be gender or age.
Image Analyzer suggests attributes based on tags that the Computer Vision API finds, and a confidence level. By default, it suggests attributes only if it is at least 80% sure that the attribute is correct. You can set another confidence level, if needed. To learn more about how the tags and confidence level are determined, see Computer Vision API.
Image Analyzer is free in Business Central , but there is a limit to the number of items that you can analyze during a certain period of time. By default, you can analyze 100 images per month.
After you enable the extension, Image Analyzer runs each time you import an image to an item or contact person. You will see the attributes, confidence level, and details right away, and can decide what to do with each attribute. If you imported images before you enabled the Image Analyzer extension, you must go to the item or contact cards and choose the Analyze Picture action.
This extension uses the Computer Vision API from Microsoft Cognitive Services, which may have varying levels of compliance commitments than Business Central . When you enable the Image Analyzer extension, Customer Data such as a contact image or an item image will be sent to the Computer Vision API. By installing this extension you agree for this limited set of data to be sent to the Computer Vision API. Note that you may disable, as well as uninstall, the Image Analyzer extension at any time to discontinue use of this functionality. For more information, see Microsoft Trust Center.
There are a few requirements for the images:
The Image Analyzer extension is built-in to Business Central . You just need to turn it on.
To enable the Image Analyzer extension, you must be an administrator. Make sure that you are assigned the SUPER user permission set.
Choose the 
icon, enter Service Connections, and then choose Image Analysis Setup. Choose the Enable Image Analyzer check box, and then complete the steps in the assisted setup guide.
The Image Analysis Setup page is also where you can change the degree of confidence for attribute suggestions. For example, if you want to require a greater degree of confidence, you can enter a higher percentage.
The following steps describe how to analyze an image that was imported before you enabled the Image Analyzer extension.
icon, enter Items, and then choose the related link. The Image Analyzer Attributes page displays the detected attributes, the confidence level, and other details about the attribute. Use the Action to perform options to specify what to do with the attribute.
You can add the name of the attribute to the item description by choosing Add to item description. For example, this can be useful for quickly adding detail.
The following steps describe how to analyze an image that was imported before you enabled the Image Analyzer extension.
icon, enter Contacts, and then choose the related link. If the analysis suggests an attribute that you do not want to see you can blacklist the attribute. Use caution, however. Blacklisted attributes are not suggested for other items or contact persons either. If you regret blacklisting an attribute, you can choose Blacklisted Attributes, and then delete the attribute from the list.
You can also use your own account for the Computer Vision API, for example, if you want to analyze more images than we allow.
icon, enter Image Analyzer Setup, and then choose the related link. Enter the API URI and API Key that you received for Computer Vision API.
You must add /analyze at the end of the API URI, if it isn't already there. For example: https://cronus.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/vision/v1.0/analyze.
You can view the number of analyses you've done, and how many you can still do, in the current period.
icon, enter Image Analyzer Setup, and then choose the related link. icon, enter Service Connections, and then choose Image Analyzer Setup. Work with Item Attributes
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