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How to perform Expense Testing with Invoice Extraction and Document Matching

How to use Invoice Extraction and Document Matching to perform expense testing, reconciling GL sample items to invoices and matching those invoices to bank statement entries.

Use DataSnipper's Invoice Extraction and Document Matching to perform expense testing, reconciling GL sample items to invoices and then matching those invoices against bank statements.

Video tutorial

What the video covers

How to extract invoice data using Invoice Extraction, copy results to a testing worksheet, and reconcile invoice data against bank statement entries using Document Matching.

Prerequisites

  • DataSnipper v6.0 or later

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

  • Scanned invoices for the selected General Ledger items

  • Bank statements

Steps

  1. Import invoices and the corresponding bank statement into DataSnipper. Use Document Organizer to create two folders: Invoices and Bank Statement.

  2. Open Invoice Extraction from the Document Extraction dropdown. Select all invoices and the fields to extract (Invoice ID, Invoice Date, Invoice Total), then click Extract.

    Invoice Extraction dialog with invoices and data fields selected
  3. Copy the extracted data from the Invoice Extraction-generated tab into your testing worksheet.

  4. Open Document Matching and select Start new document matching. Select your sample (invoice number and amount).

    Document Matching sample selection showing invoice number and amount
  5. Select the Bank Statement folder as the matching target.

    Selecting the Bank Statement folder as the matching target

    Structure the input and output columns, then click Match all rows.

    Structuring the input and output table before clicking Match all rows
  6. Review the output matches, investigate any discrepancies, and document your conclusions.

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