{"id":6545,"date":"2025-01-28T12:28:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T12:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/powergi.net\/?p=6545"},"modified":"2025-09-11T18:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:50:55","slug":"how-to-extract-data-from-documents-power-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powergi.net\/de\/blog\/how-to-extract-data-from-documents-power-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"How to extract data from documents with Power Platform?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6545\" class=\"elementor elementor-6545\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d50cb0c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d50cb0c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings='{\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-306ba1c\" data-id=\"306ba1c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cc22bd elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"0cc22bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"exclude_headings_by_selector\":[],\"no_headings_message\":\"No headings were found on this page.\",\"headings_by_tags\":[\"h2\",\"h3\",\"h4\",\"h5\",\"h6\"],\"marker_view\":\"numbers\",\"minimize_box\":\"yes\",\"minimized_on\":\"tablet\",\"hierarchical_view\":\"yes\",\"min_height\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"size\":\"\",\"sizes\":[]},\"min_height_tablet\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"size\":\"\",\"sizes\":[]},\"min_height_mobile\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"size\":\"\",\"sizes\":[]}}' data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__0cc22bd\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Abrir la tabla de contenidos\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__0cc22bd\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Cerrar la tabla de contenidos\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__0cc22bd\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63b83ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63b83ae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings='{\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f35648f\" data-id=\"f35648f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ee57d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ee57d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bank statements, account statements, contracts, application forms, checks, tax documents\u2026 All companies have both physical and digital files that need to be reviewed by a team to extract data from these documents \u2013 this means many hours of work that could be better spent on tasks that add value to your business. This is another use case for<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <b>Power Platform<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the rescue!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save hours of manual work with the help of Azure\u2019s Cognitive Services, Open AI or ChatGPT along with Power Automate. Power Platform tools let you build automation that scans your documents and extracts key data points from them with amazing results.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this blog we will talk about how our <a href=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/microsoft-power-platform-consulting-services\/\"><strong>Power Platform consulting services<\/strong><\/a> have helped our clients to seamlessly process multiple file formats and layouts to extract relevant data from documents. Are you ready to discover the joy of automation?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Partnering with us for <a href=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/microsoft-power-platform-consulting-services\/\"><strong>Power Platform consulting services<\/strong><\/a> ensures a seamless transition to automated document data extraction. Our expertise in customizing Power Platform solutions empowers businesses to boost efficiency by handling diverse document formats effortlessly.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60d6395 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60d6395\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is document data extraction? <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee7cceb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee7cceb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Extracting data means obtaining relevant information from your documents. Some examples include:\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Invoices<\/li><li>Purchase Orders<\/li><li>Bank Statements<\/li><li>Account Statements<\/li><li>Contracts<\/li><li>Job Application<\/li><li>forms<\/li><li>Tax forms<\/li><li>Business cards<\/li><li>US Checks<\/li><li>Health insurance documents\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p>Whether your documents have a pre-defined structure or if they are unstructured documents, you can extract text, paragraphs, tables or specific fields from your digitized or hand-written documents. You can apply document extraction to different file formats: JPG, PDF, and PNG.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2a292c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b2a292c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Types of documents for data extraction <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f5308c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0f5308c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Structured documents \n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e4b634 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e4b634\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Structured documents include all those files you know the format or an approximation of the format in advance. For example, Checks or purchase orders have similar data points located in similar places.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can create your own Artificial Intelligence model to extract data from these types of documents and train it based on some sample documents you already have. Some services like Azure\u2019s Document Intelligence have a wide variety of document types you can extract data from without having to train yourself \u2013 like invoices or US Tax forms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"seology-cta-1\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"7276\" class=\"elementor elementor-7276\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e3f164 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e3f164\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"classic\",\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9078c9f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9078c9f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b99949 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" 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data-settings='{\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8c827b elementor-view-stacked elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"e8c827b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"#ctc_chat\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-whatsapp\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d834237 elementor-view-stacked elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"d834237\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/de\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click here if you want to learn how Power Platform can help you read data from invoices. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fc247c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8fc247c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Unstructured documents \n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-383f4f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"383f4f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unstructured documents are free-form documents that do not have a set structure or can have information located in places where it may become hard to predict\u2014for example, contracts or agreements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bdfcb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2bdfcb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Challenges in unstructured document data extraction<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61248fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61248fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unstructured documents were quite a challenge before NLP (Natural Language Processing) models became so advanced and popular (i.e., ChatGPT). Still, now, with Artificial Intelligence services, you can create efficient prompts to request any NLP engine to extract signees, companies, effective dates, or any other information you may want to extract for free-form documents. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97044e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"97044e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tools for unstructured data extraction<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57bf55c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57bf55c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Azure\u2019s Document Intelligence has a set of pre-trained and ready-to-use models you can leverage to extract data from contracts with a wide list of pre-defined fields.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Azure\u2019s OpenAI and Azure\u2019s Cognitive Search are also great alternatives for any other type of document that you may want to read that is not covered by Document Intelligence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1e0104 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1e0104\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Methods of document data extraction<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4e0f27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4e0f27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optical Character Recognition (OCR) has been around for quite a while, and it\u2019s still widely used.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But with all the new Artificial Intelligence tools being developed, AI-based technologies are the main methods of document extraction being used \u2013 and probably one of the most efficient too: Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning (ML),\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once a project is in progress, this screen can include a section for the finance team to enter actual expenses against the project \u2013 or even better: sync costs from your accounting system, let Power Automate connect to your ERP to extract expenses recorded for the project code and automatically enter them for the most recent period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13a9b7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13a9b7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tools for document data extraction<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a0a492 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a0a492\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We mainly recommend Azure\u2019s Document Intelligence for any data extraction service, as it has many benefits:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pay as you go\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Service is constantly improved\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can take advantage of pre-built and ready-to-use models\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Great integration with Power Platform and other Microsoft 365 tools\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are other great alternatives:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OpenAI and ChatGPT\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI Builder\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gemini\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Power Platform Tools for Data Extraction\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Power Platform comes together along with other Microsoft technologies to allow a streamlined process to extract data from both structured and unstructured documents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Power Platform comes together along with other Microsoft\u2019s technologies to allow a streamlined process to extract data from both structured and unstructured documents\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Azure\u2019s Document Intelligence.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Document Intelligence lets you read data from a wide variety of document types: Contracts, Agreements, Business Cards, Invoices, Purchase Orders, Paychecks, Receipts.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Power Automate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/blog\/dataverse-lookup-columns-and-power-automate-filter-data-add-and-edit-rows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Power Automate<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the orchestrator of the whole end-to-end process:\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It allows you to read documents from email or from almost any file repository where your documents are sent to.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connect to the AI service to extract invoice data and add it to the data repository of your choice (Dataverse, SQL, Airtable, SharePoint)\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Send automatic notifications to staff when new documents are received\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoid double data entry by integrating with other systems where the extracted data needs to be transferred to\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>Power Apps<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add a layer of validation to your process to make sure data is extracted accurately. A beautiful interface can be built in Power Apps to allow your team to see a centralized list of all documents extracted and the relevant information extracted from it \u2013 after validation is complete the document can move to the next stage.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Benefits of automating document data extraction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First of all \u2013 the joy of automation! Saving your team from having to perform such manual tasks will help them focus on more engaging and added-value tasks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second of all \u2013 accuracy. We\u2019re humans, and, normally, we make mistakes, so when extracting data from documents, copying and pasting among systems and screens, small errors can naturally happen. With an automated data extraction process, you can rely on modern technologies to extract the data with high accuracy and decreased errors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other benefits include the ability to scale and flexibility \u2013 you can keep sending new documents for extractions, and the service will process. AI-based technologies keep improving, and the extraction process can be configured to handle many different layouts and formats,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ba7e6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9ba7e6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Challenges and how to overcome them <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8e1f0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d8e1f0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Poor-quality scans \n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e3b1bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e3b1bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">AI-based technologies can read both digital and hand-written documents. And you can also add a layer of validation so someone in your team can check the results and adjust if needed! (see point 5 of this section) <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53c61d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53c61d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Non-standardized document formats<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc369e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc369e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unstructured documents can become a challenge, but by picking the right service (OpenAI, AI Builder, Document Intelligence) for the right use case, you can overcome issues with free-form documents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7164036 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7164036\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Complex data structures<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-995a7e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"995a7e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Azure\u2019s Document Intelligence service lets you read different types of documents with many types of layouts: paragraphs, titles, tables,<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2962411 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2962411\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Handling mixed content<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4114651 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4114651\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Natural Language Processing (NLP) and services like OpenAI and ChatGPT can read through a document and understand the context.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c454783 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c454783\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Maintaining Data Accuracy<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75ed261 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75ed261\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automated data extraction is great and allows you to decrease errors. Still, in case a validation layer is required, a great interface in<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/blog\/power-apps-pricing-updated-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Power Apps<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be developed to allow your staff to validate the extracted data to access the list of documents scanned.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><div id=\"seology-cta-2\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"7531\" class=\"elementor elementor-7531\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e3f164 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e3f164\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"classic\",\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9078c9f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9078c9f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b99949 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b99949\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Are you ready to discover the joy of automation?<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e61db5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e61db5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Whether you have a project in mind or just want to know how we can help, we\u2019re happy to have a conversation<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a578907 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a578907\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8c827b elementor-view-stacked elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"e8c827b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"#ctc_chat\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-whatsapp\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d834237 elementor-view-stacked elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"d834237\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/de\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b0072d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b0072d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Best practices for successful document data extraction<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81046af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81046af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use and prioritize pre-build models when they are available and work for your use case. Pre-built models in Azure\u2019s Document Intelligence service are pre-trained by Microsoft and you can leverage them to start extracting data from your documents quickly.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you will train your model, use samples with good quality and update the models regularly with any new format or layout.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Implement a validation layer to make sure all data is extracted correctly. A Power Apps application can be built to show all extracted fields and a copy of the document on the same screen so your team can quickly validate the results and approve or confirm before moving the document to the next processing stage.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75070f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75070f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Applications of document data extraction<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22aab3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22aab3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Different types of documents can be scanned and have data extracted from them. Some examples include but are not limited to: <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4ab86f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4ab86f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Finance and Accounting<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3647646 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3647646\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bank Statements\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Account Statements\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tax forms\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Income Statement\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Balance Sheet\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cashflow\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bddbcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bddbcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Legal sector<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95d4ad8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95d4ad8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Contracts\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Agreements\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Complaints\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Marriage Certificates (US)\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Identity documents<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71545d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71545d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Healthcare <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a91459d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a91459d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Insurance forms\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Insurance cards (US)\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Identity Documents\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Business cards\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Checks\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a929238 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a929238\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Human Resources<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e17121 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e17121\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Job Application forms\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Paycheck (Pay Stubs)\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Identity documents\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cc9890 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0cc9890\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82c0c72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"82c0c72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Can I extract data from scanned documents?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38935f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38935f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Scanned documents are a big use case and can for sure be read to have relevant information extracted from them. Most modern technologies allow us to extract data from both digital and hand-written documents. The better the quality, the better the results.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad3988a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ad3988a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are the best tools for extracting data from PDFs?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b09466 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b09466\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Our top pick is Azure\u2019s Document Intelligence \u2013 it has plenty of options for many use cases, but every business need is different so it may be you need something else like Open AI.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Power Automate integrates really well with Azure\u2019s services, and it\u2019s the perfect tool to orchestrate an end-to-end process that goes from receiving PDFs through email to storing data in a database.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17c52b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17c52b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do I process unstructured documents?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f29464 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f29464\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Use pre-built models for documents like contracts or connect to Natural Language Processing (NLP) services like OpenAI, where you can send a prompt to request relevant information to be extracted from a text.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Power Automate lets you connect to both Document Intelligence and Open AI.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aed090d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aed090d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is automated data extraction secure?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8678bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8678bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We usually recommend enabling data extraction with Microsoft\u2019s services so all your data stays in your environment or tenant. Microsoft runs under the principle of responsible AI (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/ai\/responsible-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you can read more information here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you have a document in mind or want to have a conversation on how to start extracting data from your documents \u2013<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <b>contact us<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to know how you can achieve all of this with our Power Platform consulting services!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Bank statements, account statements, contracts, application forms, checks, tax documents\u2026 All companies have both physical and digital files that need to be reviewed by a team to extract data from these documents &#8211; this means many hours of work that could be better spent on tasks that add value to your business. 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