In this article, we show how to easily automate invoice documents in SAP Business ByDesign SAP Business ByDesign is a cloud-based ERP system for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs for short).
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Extraction of document information in Business ByDesign
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Despite the numerous solutions for electronic data exchange, many companies lose a lot of time and money processing their business documents manually, because of the challenge of recognizing the various business documents such as supplier invoices or credit notes, extracting the data and comparing it with your relevant business data.
Here we take a look at the process in SAP Business ByDesign and show you how you can automate your supplier invoice processing using the Intelligent Service „SAP Service Extraction of Document Information„.
What is „SAP Service Extraction“ of document information in Business ByDesign?
Document information extraction is an intelligent machine learning that can help you process various documents electronically. For example, you can use the extracted information to automatically process payables, invoices or incoming payments. At the same time, you can ensure that invoices and payables match .
Process description
When you upload your supplier invoices to the system in PDF format, the uploaded documents are scanned by the system using the „Extraction of document information“ service. Then the system suggests the values for creating the invoices. The scanned values are checked and processed based on the snapshot of the uploaded document.
Graphics: Process description of SAP Business ByDesign
How to upload supplier invoices in the SAP ByD system?
Directly in SAP Business ByDesign In the Invoice Scanning view of the Invoice Verification Work Center, you can upload supplier invoice documents in PDF format to create supplier invoices in the system. Also it is possible to use Mass upload tp upload Data in SAP Business ByDesign.
With the SAP communication assistant
What is the SAP communication assistant?
The SAP communication assistant ist a Desktop integration tool, which enables you to communicate with business partners via communication channels such as email and provides you with business context information relevant to a business partner and workflow.
How to donwload the SAP communication assistant?
The SAP communication assistant can be installed directly in SAP Business ByDesign on the view „Self-Services“.
Process optimization
It is very convenient to have the choice to easily modify your ERP solution based on new decisions. To optimize the process, the following options must be selected in the SAP BYD solution scope.
Process workflow
Directly in SAP Business ByDesign
In the view Scan invoices of the Work Center audit of accounts you can upload supplier invoice documents in PDF format to create supplier invoices in the system.
Enter your company here and select your PDF file:
Then start the process for automatic invoice processing:
When scanning is complete, you can review the scanned data and create your invoice without manual entry:
About the SAP Communication Assistant
The solution supports the upload function via the communication wizard through the required settings and the default logic of the company – by identifying the company of the user logged in to the communication wizard.
For the invoice scanning solution in the SAP Communication Wizard, select the following settings for scanning invoices:
Activate service for scanned invoices
Only upload PDF-Dateien
Location of the watched folder
Now all you have to do is copy and paste your supplier invoices (PDF files) into your watched folder, the scanning process will start automatically and you will be able to check all invoices in the Invoice scanning view of the Invoice Verification Work Center.
Summary invoice processing in SAP Business ByDesign
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