AI everywhere - Use AI to add details on bills uploaded to Files
Many of my clients upload supplier invoices directly to Xero, where they appear in the Files section.
Currently, when selecting an uploaded invoice and choosing Add to new → Bill, Xero creates a blank bill rather than extracting and pre‑filling the invoice details. In contrast, invoices received via Email to Bills are automatically processed and prefilled using OCR/AI.
It would be extremely helpful if invoices uploaded to Files could be processed in the same way, allowing Xero to prefill a new bill using AI or OCR. This would avoid the need to ask clients to change the email address they use to send documents into Xero and would significantly improve efficiency for practices managing multiple clients.
Please consider adding the ability to apply the same AI bill‑creation logic used by Email to Bills to invoices uploaded directly to Files at the discretion of the person reviewing the file.
Craig Bush
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Hi Craig 👋, we've recently introduced Smart Document Capture which will achieve what you're after here!
Once you upload files Smart Document Capture will be able to analyse and create transactions on your behalf including invoices, bills, spend and receive monies.
This feature is currently available to all regions except NZ and AU which will be coming soon. 😊
I'll keep you updated once it's available to all users.
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Elizabeth Arnott
commented
Hi Kelly, am I right that this AI capture only works for bills uploaded via the Files feature and not Bill Upload feature?