Define the Tax ID or VAT ID Input
In case the Database Locator cannot find the correct vendor record, use the Tax ID/VAT ID to search the vendor database to identify the vendor. You can leverage the fact that many countries have legal requirements for invoice processing. For example, the Tax ID needs to are displayed on an invoice.
Use a Format Locator to extract Tax ID/VAT ID information.
You can define the tax or VAT ID input by following these steps:
- Open the locator properties.
- On the General tab, in the Tax ID/VAT ID Detection group, select an Input Locator from the list.
- In the Formatter list for the field data, select a script formatter.
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Adjust the
Minimum confidence required to use
input locator results value. This value defines the confidence
level for the best alternative used for evaluation.
The value for this option is set to 70% by default.
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Adjust the
Add this confidence reward if the Tax
ID/VAT ID matches value.
The value for this option is set to 10% by default.
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Adjust the
Subtract this confidence penalty if
the Tax ID/VAT ID does not match value.
The value for this option is set to 10% by default.
- Adjust the other locator settings.
- Open a test document and click Test to test your settings.
- Optionally, click Close to close the locator properties window.
- Save the changes to your project.