Form Recognizer Studio - Custom Model - Project Goes Missing (deleted?)

Dennis Debevec 21 Reputation points
2022-06-26T16:06:56.853+00:00

Has anyone experienced their models disappearing in Form Recognizer Studio?

I created a Project for a Custom Model, Trained with forms, performed some additional Analysis on other documents. Everything working great.

Then I get a server disconnect error; re-login to my account; and, my custom model project is now missing.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that having projects "disappear" is not acceptable Cloud behavior.

Is this something I agreed to because Form Recognizer Studio is in "Public Preview"?

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Azure AI Document Intelligence
An Azure service that turns documents into usable data. Previously known as Azure Form Recognizer.
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  1. Dennis Debevec 21 Reputation points
    2022-07-04T21:13:16.283+00:00

    @romungi-MSFT (and all)

    I think I've figured out the issue with the Project getting deleted.

    When Creating a Project in FRS (Form Recognizer Studio):

    1. Give the Project a Name and Description
    2. Access by -- either Resource or API Endpoint and Key (here is where the problem is)
    3. If User clicks API Endpoint and Key radio button

    The following agreement/wording is part of this form:

    *"***I understand that these settings are valid only for this session and all usage will be charged to the Azure account containing this resource. Learn how to retrieve them*"***

    You have to agree to this to move to the next step.

    Since you are in the middle of creating a project, the developer may not realize that they just agreed to delete my FRS project once the FRS Session ends. This is not clear -- there are many places in Azure where services are used by other services via the API Endpoint and Key. I figured this was just another example of such a place.

    It turns out this is incorrect and, in this case, shouldn't even be a choice. What Microsoft is basically saying is that by using API Endpoint and Key, this is nothing more than a sandbox and nothing gets saved. And, that's fine --- but please don't make it part of creating a project that a developer might think will remain.

    I created the Cognitive Service in my Azure Portal and figured that I could use the API Endpoint/Key from FRS. It appears that answer is -- yes and no. Yes you can use it. No -- nothing gets saved.

    If this is indeed the case then API Endpoint/Key should not be part of "Create a Project" because there will be no Project after the Session ends.

    Please make this much clearer to the developer -- i.e. "If you use an API Endpoint and Key then your work in FRS will NOT be saved as a project AFTER your Web Session Ends!!!"

    In this case, it appears that Microsoft is conflating Project and Session. As a developer, I see these as 2 distinct things and thus did not realize that my Project would get deleted.

    Below are the screenshots for reference:

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