FinderManager™ is the control center of DAF with the responsibility to administer all of the components that make up the FinderServer™. 
FinderManager™ communicates with the DAF Administration module providing control for one or more instances of DAF in the server. In addition to monitoring all input queues, FinderManager™ works with the Text and Visual engines to maintain each repository indexed.
FinderManager™ is responsibile for:
- Management of DAF and External repositories indexes
- Manages external applications
- Manages Visual Engine search functions
- Forwards Visual Engine Hit Lists for Finder product interfaces
- Manages locks on files or unique resources for Finder products
- Manages login tickets to the interface
- Management of all instances in server
FinderManager™ provides the following functionalities:
- Supports console mode or being run as a service
- Supports granular logging levels that can be adjusted during operation
- Majority written in Java except for special functionalities compiled to native code on each platform
- Supports user-defined services using a clean, well-defined FinderService™ interface
- Able to run command-line applications on startup or by commands sent from the DAF Administration module
- Identifies types of indexed images based on byte patterns
- Supports multiple Finder product instances in one server
The following architectural view shows the scope and responsibility of FinderManager™:
