Methods

Use the following methods to extract structured data from documents.

Layout-based methods

Method	Image	Notes
Box		Extracts contents from boxes with continuous borders.
Checkbox		Extracts true/false for the selection status of checkboxes.
Column		Extracts text aligned in a column, from an anchor down to the bottom of the page.
Document Range		Extracts text in a range, or extract image metadata (coordinates). Simpler alternative to the advanced Paragraph method.
Fixed Table		Extracts tables where column headings never vary.
Intersection		Extracts a target line at the intersection of a horizontal line defined by an anchor, and a vertical line defined by a second anchor.
Label		Extracts a line of text that’s proximate to another line.
Nearest Checkbox		Extracts true/false for the selection status of the checkbox nearest to the anchor.
Paragraph		Extracts paragraphs that partially span the page width, for example from columnar layouts.
Passthrough		Extracts anchor text, optionally using RegEx.
Regex	Extracts text matching RegEx. Use RegEx capturing groups in this method to clean up extracted data in combination with the Passthrough method.
Region		Extracts data from a rectangular region defined by coordinates. Faster alternative to Box method.
Row		Extracts text aligned in a row.
Signature	Extracts true/false for the signed status of a region.
Text Table		Extracts tables using solely text-positioning data (fast but limited).

Large language model (LLM)-based methods

See LLM-based methods.