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az_invoice_provider_ai_ocr_invoice2data |
| License | OPL-1 |
| Versions | 16.0 17.0 18.0 |
Invoice2Data provider (free, local)
This add-on provides the Invoice2Data provider for the AZ AI OCR Vendor Bills ecosystem. It processes PDFs locally (no external API calls) and extracts vendor, invoice number, dates, currency, subtotals/taxes/totals, and more using templates when available, or a robust multilingual heuristic as a fallback.
Pricing: this provider module is free. Any price shown on apps.odoo.com reflects the paid dependency on the base module (AZ AI OCR Vendor Bills).
Key features
- Local processing, no API keys required
- Supports Invoice2Data templates plus an international heuristic fallback
- Multilingual label sets out of the box, plus admin-defined extra labels per field
- Optional pre-OCR for scanned PDFs via OCRmyPDF/Tesseract (auto-detects "scanned" PDFs)
- Multi-select OCR languages (tag-style) based on languages available in the system
- Detailed logging for troubleshooting
- Seamless with the base module's Import vendor bill (AI) wizard
Requirements
This provider relies on standard utilities/libraries (installation details not included here):
- invoice2data (Python)
- One of: poppler-utils (pdftotext) — or — pdfminer.six
- Optional for scans: ocrmypdf and Tesseract OCR (with the languages you intend to use)
Tip: the module automatically detects whether OCRmyPDF/Tesseract are available to enable OCR options in Settings.
Configuration
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Install AZ AI OCR Vendor Bills (base module) and this provider:
az_invoice_provider_ai_ocr_invoice2data. -
Go to:
Accounting → Configuration → Settings → AI OCR for Vendor Bills
Select Invoice2Data (free, local) as the active provider. - Extra labels: add comma-separated terms to improve detection (Invoice, Invoice number, Date, Subtotal/Net, Tax/VAT, Total, Vendor/Supplier, VAT/Tax ID).
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OCR options (for scans, available if OCRmyPDF/Tesseract are installed):
- Auto-apply OCR to scanned PDFs: only OCR when the PDF has no usable text layer.
- Always OCR: force OCR for every PDF (useful for low-quality text layers).
- OCR languages: pick multiple system-available languages (tag-style).
Usage
- Open Accounting → Vendors → Bills, click New. In the form, press Import vendor bill (AI), upload the PDF, and choose between a single "totals" line or full line items.
- The provider parses the PDF (templates or heuristic), maps the fields, and attaches the original PDF to the draft bill.
Tips & troubleshooting
- If the PDF has little or no text, enable Auto-apply OCR or Always OCR and select appropriate languages.
- If logs mention "no PDF text backend," ensure you have pdftotext (poppler-utils) or pdfminer.six.
- Use extra labels to match your suppliers' wording (e.g., "Invoice ID, Rechnung Nr.").
International support
The heuristic is language-aware (dates/currency follow your company locale) while amounts are parsed with a country-neutral parser. Built-in multilingual label sets can be extended via extra labels in Settings.
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