How to Setup the Proper Document Detector

Modified on Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM

In Simplify, to detect doctype, go to the Document Types page by selecting the menu option on the left.

  1. Add Detector: To detect doctype, click Add Dectector button.
    1. Detect XML: Input the xpath of the field that always appear in the document. When system sees the field by the xpath, it will know the file belong to what doctype (Ex: /bill/purchaseorder_id).

    2. Save Detector Xpath: Click Save button.
    3. After saving, Simplify will display this detector.
  2. Detect the other data type (fix leng, delimiter, edi): System will use the regular expression to know the file belong to what doctype.
    1. Fixed:
    2. Delimiter:
    3. Edi:





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