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Document Understanding Activities

Last updated Feb 14, 2025

Extract Document Data

The Extract Document Data activity extracts data from an input file or a Document Data object, resulted as output from the Classify Document activity. The Extract Document Data activity also stores the extracted results into a Document Data object. You can use the result of the Extract Document Data activity to perform actions on the extracted results or send them for validation in Action Center.

Before you begin

Prerequisites

The Extract Document Data activity requires input objects of type Document Data or File. A possible use case for using this activity is to precede it with a Classify Document activity, that generates an object of type Document Data.

Input options
The Extract Document Data activity receives as input one of the following choices:
  • Document Data - from the Classify Document activity
  • File - from Get File/Folder or Get Newest Email activities
Supported languages for generative models

The supported languages for the generative models are the same as the OCR engine used, which depends on the project. For the Generative Predefined and Predefined projects, the OCR Engine used is UiPath Document OCR. For more information, visit the OCR Supported languages page.

Models used by the activity
The Extract Document Data activity uses the following:
  • Pre-trained specialized models, available out of the box, based on DocPath.
  • Custom pre-trained models deployed in Document Understanding modern and classic projects.
  • Generative extraction models.

Next steps

Start reading about the configurations available for the Extract Document Data activity. The configuration information is split into two separate pages, each corresponding to their own experience:

  • Extract Document Data – Describes the configuration information for the latest activity package version released as GA.
  • Extract Document Data - Preview – Describes the configuration information for the latest activity package version released in preview.
  • Before you begin
  • Next steps

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