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Processing purchase invoices automatically with AI

Invoices arriving by mail are read, put in a table, saved to OneDrive and put forward for approval.

Purchase invoice from mail → dossier and approval is automation with an AI agent alongside in Altramano for administration and finance: invoices arriving by mail are read, put in a table, saved to OneDrive and put forward for approval.

It works with AFAS Profit, Basecone, Exact Online, Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft Outlook and Visma eAccounting.

Automation with an AI agent alongside · department Administration and finance

What it does

Every mail with an invoice in the folder you choose: the details (supplier, number, amount, VAT, due date) land in the "Purchase invoices" table, the attachment goes to OneDrive and the approver gets an approval request.

What you need

  • AFAS Profit — reading and writing in AFAS Profit through GetConnectors and UpdateConnectors, per administration, with a trigger on new rows or a Profit notification, connected through logging in to the service.
  • Basecone — importing, tagging and following documents in Basecone and reading transactions and master data per administration, connected through your own details.
  • Exact Online — reading and creating relations, items, sales invoices, ledger lines and outstanding items in Exact Online, connected through logging in to the service.
  • Microsoft OneDrive — read, upload and move files and folders in OneDrive, with a trigger on a new file, connected through logging in to the service.
  • Microsoft Outlook — find, send, answer and draft mail in Outlook and pull attachments, with a trigger on new mail, connected through logging in to the service.
  • Visma eAccounting — all 228 actions of Visma eAccounting: customers, suppliers, sales and purchase invoices, items, entries, bank and VAT, with triggers on new invoices and bank transactions, connected through logging in to the service.
  • Everything that goes out, this template puts to you first: you say yes before anything leaves.

How does processing purchase invoices automatically work with AI?

An AI agent works with its own instructions and its own sources, which you start in the Studio or from an automation.

Every mail with an invoice in the folder you choose: the details (supplier, number, amount, VAT, due date) land in the "Purchase invoices" table, the attachment goes to OneDrive and the approver gets an approval request.

AFAS Profit: reading and writing in AFAS Profit through GetConnectors and UpdateConnectors, per administration, with a trigger on new rows or a Profit notification. Basecone: importing, tagging and following documents in Basecone and reading transactions and master data per administration. Exact Online: reading and creating relations, items, sales invoices, ledger lines and outstanding items in Exact Online. Microsoft OneDrive: read, upload and move files and folders in OneDrive, with a trigger on a new file. Microsoft Outlook: find, send, answer and draft mail in Outlook and pull attachments, with a trigger on new mail. Visma eAccounting: all 228 actions of Visma eAccounting: customers, suppliers, sales and purchase invoices, items, entries, bank and VAT, with triggers on new invoices and bank transactions.

Everything that goes out, this template puts to you first: you say yes before anything leaves.

Everything runs in your own environment in Amsterdam. You set the limit: what falls within it runs by itself; what falls outside it comes to you first. Every run is there to read back step by step in Runs.

Read what an AI agent does for your team

Who it's for

For administration and finance: invoices, outstanding items and VAT: the work that comes back every month and goes wrong when it is rushed. Those hours go into looking at the figures and chasing down anomalies, instead of into retyping entries and laying VAT returns side by side.

This department comes into play in installation companies, construction and contractors, accountancy and bookkeeping firms, wholesale, manufacturing, transport and logistics, healthcare practices and providers, hospitality, IT and software companies, architects and engineering firms, landscaping and grounds maintenance, car dealers and garages, training providers, legal and notaries and staffing and recruitment agencies.

How to install it

  1. Choose the template in your environment under Templates.
  2. Point at the integrations, fill in the settings and give the AI agent its sources.
  3. Test with an example and say yes before the automation goes live.

The full manual (what it is for, what you get, what you need, step by step, testing, errors with cause and remedy) sits with the template in your own environment.

Frequently asked questions

What do I need for Purchase invoice from mail → dossier and approval?

AFAS Profit, Basecone, Exact Online, Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft Outlook and Visma eAccounting and a Altramano environment. The approval step is on.

Which department is Purchase invoice from mail → dossier and approval for?

Administration and finance, in industries such as installation companies, construction and contractors and accountancy and bookkeeping firms.

Why a pair?

The automation makes sure the work arrives on time; the AI agent then helps you with the content. Together they cover the whole task.

Does anything go out without me seeing it?

Everything that goes out is set to approve first by default.

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