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How to use Invoice Extraction

How to use Invoice Extraction in DataSnipper to automatically extract structured data from invoices of any layout using OCR, available with Advanced Document Extractions on the Accelerate or Elevate package.

Invoice Extraction automatically extracts data fields from invoices regardless of layout. It uses OCR to recognize fields like invoice ID, invoice date, and amount due, and creates cross-references back to the source document in your Excel workbook.

Video tutorial

What the video covers

How to open Invoice Extraction, select invoices and fields to extract, run the extraction, and hover over snips to view the cross-referenced source invoice in the Document Viewer.

Prerequisites

  • Advanced Document Extractions, available on the Accelerate or Elevate package

  • DataSnipper v6.0 or later

Steps

  1. Click Document Extraction in the Automation section of the DataSnipper ribbon and select Invoice Extraction.

    The Document Extraction button on the DataSnipper ribbon
  2. Select the invoices to extract from and check the data fields you want to extract.

  3. Click Extract. The selected data appears in tabular form in your Excel workbook. Hover over each snip to see the cross-referenced invoice in the Document Viewer.

    Extracted invoice data cross-referenced with Snips

Clients with private OCR

If your organization uses a private Azure OCR endpoint, you need access to Azure AI Document Intelligence to use Invoice Extraction. Create an Azure AI Services Multi-Service Account in the Azure portal to enable this.

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