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This section provides you example workflows within FTK Central. However, it is not mandatory for you to follow the same workflow as your usage may vary.
FTK Central Workflow
| Steps | Tasks |
|---|---|
1 | Configure and setup FTK Central and the users before collecting evidence. |
2 | Add Custodian, Network shares, computers, and groups whose data you want to collect. |
3 | Create a Case. |
4 | Create a litigation hold. (Optional) |
5 | Collect evidence from the people, network shares, computers, and groups that you added. |
6 | Approve, execute, and then process a collection. |
7 | Review data. After you process a collection, you open the resulting case from the Case List into Review. From Review, you filter, search, and apply labels on the processed data until you have a dataset that contains only relevant files for the case. |
8 | Export the dataset to a load file. |
Administrators Workflow
| Steps | Tasks |
|---|---|
1 | Active Directory Configuration. |
2 | Manage users, groups, and roles. |
3 | Configure default case settings. |
Case Managers Workflow
| Steps | Tasks |
|---|---|
1 | Create a Case. |
2 | Configure the user/group permissions for a Case. |
3 | Loading Data. |
4 | Manage evidence and custodians. |
5 | Configure the review tools to be used in case review. |
6 | View details about the case. |
7 | Monitor the processing jobs. |
8 | Manage Document Groups. |
9 | Create Production Sets. |
10 | Export the selected evidence. |
11 | Run reports. |
Data Sources Workflow
| Steps | Tasks |
|---|---|
1 | Configure the application to collect from a public data source. |
2 | Run a collection job. |