Scan from chat
Purpose
- Turn a photo or PDF of a receipt into an Expenses document from AI Agents, then open that document and check it.
- The full scan listing (change type, expenses setting, many files) is Scan receipt or invoice.
Menu path
- Assistant: AI Agents, then Purchases & money out, then Scan receipt.
- Screen: side menu Scan Receipt/Invoice. Needs file upload permission.
Assistant
- Tap Scan receipt, or type Scan receipt and press Enter.
- That exact phrase opens the upload panel in the chat. How to scan a receipt does not. It searches the manual. See Ask how-to vs do it for me.
Before you start
- You are in the company that should own the expense. See Screen vs KinraSoft Assistant.
- The paper is a cost you already paid (petrol, parking, a small slip). A supplier tax invoice you still owe is a Purchase invoice, not this default.
- On a phone, allow the camera if the browser asks.
Phone
- AI Agents, then Purchases & money out, then Scan receipt.
- Read Open Camera. Tap Open Camera and snap the receipt.
- Click Upload.
- Wait for OCR Processing. Leave the tab open.
- When it finishes, KinraSoft opens the Expenses document and says it was created from receipt.
- Check supplier or payee, date, amount, and Account. Save if you change anything. See Expenses.
Desktop
- Scan receipt.
- Browse, or drag the file onto Drag and drop files to upload.
- Accepted files: JPG, JPEG, PNG, PDF. Each file up to 10 MB.
- Click Upload.
- Wait for OCR. Review the Expenses document that opens.
- One Upload creates one Expenses document, from the first file that uploads. Scan one receipt at a time.
- Upload creates the expense. It does not show a second confirm form in chat. Read the opened Expenses screen before you leave it. Cancel before Upload stores nothing.
If the paper is a supplier bill
- Do not leave it only as an expense if you still owe the supplier.
- On Scan Receipt/Invoice, select the attachment, then Change Document Type, then Purchase Invoice, then Save. See Scan receipt or invoice.
- Or delete the expense and start Supplier bill. See Purchase invoice.
- Reclassify on that listing offers Expenses and Purchase Invoice.
Camera, file, and result
- Phone: Open Camera. A camera photo. Chat creates Expenses. Then Open Document and check the form.
- Desktop: Browse or drag and drop. JPG, JPEG, PNG, or PDF. Chat creates Expenses. Then open the document and check the form.
- The message box cannot take the photo. Only the Scan receipt panel can. See How to ask.
- Expenses Setting (cog on the scan screen) can fill Account for a vendor you have mapped. See Scan receipt or invoice. Chat uses the same upload control; the setting is saved on that screen.
If something goes wrong
- Chat explained how to scan and showed no Upload. Type Scan receipt or tap the chip. How to scan stays on the manual.
- Open Camera does nothing. Allow the camera in the browser, or Browse a photo you already took.
- OCR amounts or the vendor are wrong. Edit the opened Expenses document and Save. Snap a clearer photo and scan again if the image is unreadable. Delete the bad expense so you do not keep both.
- Several receipts became one expense. Expected. Scan one file per Upload.
- Posted as Expenses but you still owe the supplier. Change Document Type to Purchase Invoice, or reverse the expense and raise a purchase invoice. See Scan receipt or invoice.
- Upload error or OCR failed. Read the error toast. Check the file type and the 10 MB limit, then upload again. Cancel and start Scan receipt if the panel disappeared.
- Posted into the wrong company. Switch Company. Void or delete using the Expenses procedure.