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Inbox overview

How to use the inbox subfolder within your AutoEntry folders.

Marie-Helene Sheeran avatar
Written by Marie-Helene Sheeran
Updated over a week ago

The Inbox is where you can review, edit, approve or publish a document after it's extracted. An Inbox is available within the following folders:

  • Purchases

  • Supplier Statements

  • Sales

  • Bank Statements

📎NOTE: There's no Inbox folder within the Expenses or File Management folders. After uploading an Expense, it will move to the Expenses tab instead. After uploading a file in File management, it will move to the Root folder. Visit File management overview for more information.


During extraction

After upload, a file doesn't move straight away to the Inbox until the data extraction is complete. You’ll see the following message indicating the file processing is in progress.

x Item currently being processed from x uploaded file. Follow progress of your files in the Activity page

message in the Inbox indicating the file extraction is in progress.

You need to check the Activity tab to make sure the extraction was successful.

📌TIP: To locate the file, change the "All statuses" filter to view only the "processing" files.


Inbox Features

Once your documents are ready, they’ll move to the Inbox. The following features are then available.

View / Edit

Click View to open and edit a single document after extraction.

Dropdown selections

Depending on the folder, you can select the suppliers, customers, tax codes and categories directly from the Inbox list. You don't have to open each document to select those.

Selection box

The selection boxes allow you to select multiple documents and activate the Actions dropdown.

Actions button that appears after selecting multiple documents.

You can also select the checkbox underneath the folder name to be able to select or deselect all documents.

📎NOTE: In the Purchases folder, you can also filter invoices with the published or unpublished status.

Select all the options within the Purchases folder.

Actions

The following actions are available depending on the folder or set-up:

Approve or Publish

Once you've filled the different fields for the invoices, you'll be able to publish or approve them:

  • Publish - When integrated with accounting software

  • Approve - When not integrated with accounting software

📎NOTE: These actions are only available for the Purchases and Sales folder.

Move

If you've uploaded Sales or Purchase invoices into the wrong folder, you can move them to another folder.

📎NOTE: This action is only available for the Purchases and Sales folders.

Archive

Invoices will remain in your Inbox unless you Archive them.

You can archive your invoices manually from the Action drop down. This will move the invoices from the Inbox to the Archived folder.

📎NOTE: Archiving allows you to clear your Inbox of any invoices you've published successfully.

📌TIP: You can also enable the Auto-Archive option to move the invoices automatically once published.

Reject

You can also Reject documents manually from the Inbox. They’ll move from the Inbox to the Rejected subfolders.

Download

You can download your invoices to various formats:


Common Issues

A file isn't showing in the Inbox as expected

If a file isn't in the Inbox as expected, this is most likely because the extraction isn't complete, or it's already archived. For more information, check our guide Document doesn't appear in the Inbox.

A file hasn't left the Inbox as expected

A file will stay in the Inbox until you archive it. You can Archive a file manually or use the auto archive feature.

If a file hasn't moved to the archive automatically, it most likely means the publication failed. You need to check the publishing status and integration status. For more information, check our guide Invoices not publishing to my accounting software.

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