What is the Machine Learning Extractor?

The Machine Learning Extractor utilizes machine learning models to effectively extract data from documents, especially when dealing with varying structures or formats within the same document type. This capability is crucial in scenarios where documents do not follow a strict template and have variations in their layout or content organization. The extractor can be trained to understand these variations and accurately extract the needed information.

The Machine Learning Extractor is a data extraction tool that uses machine learning models to extract data from various types of documents, such as invoices, receipts, or forms. It is especially useful when the same document type has multiple layouts or formats, as it can learn and infer the values for the targeted fields, even from documents and layouts it has never seen before1.

The Machine Learning Extractor can be used with one of UiPath’s public Document Understanding endpoints, which provide generic models for certain document types, or with custom trained machine learning models hosted in AI Center, which can be tailored to specific use cases. The Machine Learning Extractor can be configured and trained using the Data Extraction Scope activity in UiPath Studio2.