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Extract an AI table field

Use the procedure in this topic to add an AI table field to a configurable document type.

Before you begin

Before adding an AI table field, verify the following steps are complete.

Procedure
  1. If the field extraction screen is not already displayed, select Fields.

    The first document type in your solution is displayed in two parts. The document types and their fields appear on the left and the document image for the currently selected document is on the right.

  2. Select a document.

    The image for this document is displayed in the document viewer.

  3. Select Add AI table field.
  4. In the Add AI table field window, configure the following settings.

    Setting

    Description

    Table name

    Enter a unique table name. This is mandatory.

    Description

    Provide a description of the table.

  5. Optional. Expand the Advanced settings and configure the following:

    Setting

    Description

    Lines after each table

    The number of text lines after a table that are provided as additional information to AI to help find the table. (Default: 2)

    Lines before each table

    The number of text lines before a table that are provided as additional information to AI to help find the table. (Default: 2)

    Number of Pages to consider

    Starting from the beginning of a document, the number of pages to search for the table. (Default: 10)

    The minimum value is 0 which means all pages are searched.

  6. Optional. Select Add an AI table column and configure the following settings.

    Setting

    Description

    Column name

    Enter a column name. This is mandatory.

    Description

    Provide a description of the table column.

    Select Add.

    The column is added to the list of AI table columns.

  7. Repeat the previous step to add additional columns.
  8. Optional. Select Edit an AI table column or Delete an AI table column to manage your AI table columns.
  9. Optional. Use Move AI table column up and Move AI table column down to rearrange the table AI columns.
  10. Click Save to create the AI table field.

    Table detection is performed automatically and the table, represented by the table icon is displayed in the list of fields on the Fields tab. A link indicating the number of detected rows is also listed. Click on the link or select the Tables tab to view more information about the table.

    Any other automatically detected tables are displayed in the Auto Detected Tables tab.

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