> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://sensible.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Methods

Use the following [methods](/senseml-reference/field-query-object/method) to extract structured data from documents.

### Layout-based methods

| Method                                                              | Image                                                                                                                                          | Notes                                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **[Box](/senseml-reference/methods/box)**                           | ![Click to enlarge](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/sensible/assets/v0/images/screenshots/box_1099.png)                            | Extracts contents from boxes with continuous borders.                                                                                                            |
| **[Checkbox](/senseml-reference/methods/checkbox)**                 | ![Click to enlarge](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/sensible/assets/v0/images/screenshots/checkbox.png)                            | Extracts true/false for the selection status of checkboxes.                                                                                                      |
| **[Column](/senseml-reference/methods/column)**                     | ![Click to enlarge](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/sensible/assets/v0/images/screenshots/column.png)                              | Extracts text aligned in a column, from an anchor down to the bottom of the page.                                                                                |
| **[Document Range](/senseml-reference/methods/document-range)**     | ![Click to enlarge](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/sensible/assets/v0/images/screenshots/documentrange_sworn.png)                 | Extracts text in a range, or extract image metadata (coordinates). Simpler alternative to the advanced [Paragraph](/senseml-reference/methods/paragraph) method. |
| **[Fixed Table](/senseml-reference/methods/fixed-table)**           | ![Click to enlarge](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/sensible/assets/v0/images/screenshots/fixed_table.png)                         | Extracts tables where column headings never vary.                                                                                                                |
| **[Intersection](/senseml-reference/methods/intersection)**         | ![Click to enlarge](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/sensible/assets/v0/images/screenshots/intersection_1.png)                      | 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](/senseml-reference/methods/label)**                       | ![Click to enlarge](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/sensible/assets/v0/images/screenshots/labels.png)                              | Extracts a line of text that's proximate to another line.                                                                                                        |
| [**Nearest Checkbox**](/senseml-reference/methods/nearest-checkbox) | ![Click to enlarge](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/sensible/assets/v0/images/screenshots/nearest_checkbox.png)                    | Extracts true/false for the selection status of the checkbox nearest to the anchor.                                                                              |
| [**Paragraph**](/senseml-reference/methods/paragraph)               | ![Click to enlarge](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/sensible/assets/v0/images/screenshots/paragraph.png)                           | Extracts paragraphs that partially span the page width, for example from columnar layouts.                                                                       |
| **[Passthrough](/senseml-reference/methods/passthrough)**           | ![Click to enlarge](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/sensible/assets/v0/images/screenshots/passthrough.png)                         | Extracts anchor text, optionally using RegEx.                                                                                                                    |
| **[Regex](/senseml-reference/methods/regex)**                       | Extracts text matching RegEx. Use RegEx capturing groups in this method to clean up extracted data in combination with the Passthrough method. |                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **[Region](/senseml-reference/methods/region)**                     | ![Click to enlarge](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/sensible/assets/v0/images/screenshots/region_ssn.png)                          | Extracts data from a rectangular region defined by coordinates. Faster alternative to Box method.                                                                |
| **[Row](/senseml-reference/methods/row)**                           | ![Click to enlarge](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/sensible/assets/v0/images/screenshots/row.png)                                 | Extracts text aligned in a row.                                                                                                                                  |
| **[Signature](/senseml-reference/methods/signature)**               | Extracts true/false for the signed status of a region.                                                                                         |                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **[Text Table](/senseml-reference/methods/text-table)**             | ![Click to enlarge](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/sensible/assets/v0/images/screenshots/text_table.png)                          | Extracts tables using solely text-positioning data (fast but limited).                                                                                           |

### Large language model (LLM)-based methods

See [LLM-based methods](/senseml-reference/llm-based-methods/index-llm-based-methods).