Generate a table from documents

Select sources, choose a reference, and review a captured-document draft.

Use the App's table review experience to generate a table from explicitly selected App files. Files from external storage must first be imported into the App. A current provider file is not automatically part of the draft's source set.

Select the source basis

Choose the documents to include. For a new table without supplied definitions, identify a reference document whose structure will guide the initial fields. If several documents are selected, choose the reference deliberately; if a single selected document remains, it can serve as the reference.

Select a suitable document profile or use discovery where the App offers it. Give the table a clear purpose and check the proposed field meanings. The source membership and reference matter more than a familiar filename.

Generate

Choose Generate table. Strive saves the intent, captures and verifies the source bytes, processes their text or OCR, extracts fields and values, and validates the candidate against the captured text. Generation creates a review candidate, not active table rows.

Progress can move through capturing and extracting before review becomes available. Closing and reopening the App can recover the same draft. Reopening a review should not be treated as a command to start another extraction.

Initial drafts after upload

An App can prepare its first draft automatically after the specific upload batch is indexed. It uses successful files in upload order and retains failed-file feedback. Existing tables or a prior initial draft suppress repeated automatic generation. Later document additions or edits require explicit updates.

Review before saving

Inspect columns, preview rows, missing or unresolved values, and evidence. A quote verification does not prove exhaustive discovery or perfect interpretation. Explicitly accept the review when ready.

See review and acceptance, refreshing, and limits.