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Vendor Bills from OneDrive

Reads a supplier PDF in OneDrive and drafts a Zoho Books bill.

Implement Vendor Bills from OneDrive.

InterConnecta configures the part Zoho already publishes and builds the API for the step that connection does not cover. OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini can run the AI step.

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Workflow

When PDF added to a watched folder
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Solution

Draft the vendor bill from OneDrive.

AP retypes vendor bills that land in a OneDrive folder.

A PDF in a watched OneDrive folder becomes a draft Zoho Books bill after the vendor is matched.

Input systems

OneDrive

Origin

Zoho Books

Result

Execution path

Origin PDF added to a watched folder

AI processing Extract vendor, bill number, date, currency, and lines from the PDF, match the vendor, and draft the bill. Do not mark it paid and do not call this AI OCR. OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini can run this step.
  • File id
  • Vendor
  • Bill number and date
  • Lines and total
Actions
  • Match or hold the vendor
  • Create a draft bill
  • Attach the PDF
  • Notify AP when a field is missing
Result AP reviews a draft bill with the PDF attached.

How this flow runs.

  1. 01

    OneDrive

    Starts when PDF added to a watched folder.

  2. 02

    PDF

    Reads File id, Vendor, Bill number and date, Lines and total.

  3. 03

    Run the AI step

    Extract vendor, bill number, date, currency, and lines from the PDF, match the vendor, and draft the bill. Do not mark it paid and do not call this AI OCR. OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini can run this step.

  4. 04

    Zoho Books

    AP reviews a draft bill with the PDF attached.

Zoho modules

  • Bills
  • Vendors
  • Items

Fields updated

  • Draft bill
  • Vendor
  • Lines
  • Attachment

Key benefits

Lines come from the PDF

Unknown vendors wait

Bill stays in draft

PDF stays attached

Ideal for

Accounts payable teams that receive supplier PDFs in OneDrive and record them in Zoho Books.