Automatically Copy Data From PDF to Salesforce

Do you need to extract text from PDF documents and automatically create new records in Salesforce with the parsed data? Read on, Docparser can do both thanks to our native Salesforce integration.

Push your data from PDF to Salesforce with Docparser

Whether your PDF documents are stored in Salesforce, an email inbox or on your server, Docparser can automatically grab them and extract text from pdf stored in these documents.  Don’t limit yourself to using only the Salesforce data loader or manual data entry, Docparser provides an extra level of flexibility and opportunity for text data extraction.

Our PDF layout parser allows you to extract nearly any information that you are wanting out of your PDF document, and send it directly to your Salesforce account. Read how to extract text from PDF basics on our Getting Started post.

Looking to extract information from reports, purchase orders, invoices, applications, form created PDF’s?

You can use our intelligent filters, or tabular extraction options and get precisely what you need. Have PDF’s that are in exactly the same layout which you are manually extracting and copying data into your Salesforce account? Stop… and start using our parsing rules creation wizard, then simply batch your PDF files with the Docparser software. Screenshot of parsing rules shown below (you can revise the order, add more rules to extract even more data, etc.):

pdf parsing rules

Save hours of manual work, get more accurate results, and streamline your workflow with a proven solution counted on by Salesforce users.

Docparser’s native integration allows you to send parsed data from your PDF to Salesforce

You can use our native Salesforce integration to send your PDF’s and their contents to your account. Once you have a working layout parser, and are happy with the parsed results, simply go to the integration tab in the app (seen below), and select “Salesforce CRM”.

Docparser Integrations

To create your Salesforce integration, connect your account and choose the object which should be created in Salesforce. All default objects (Account, Case, Contact, Lead, Opportunity) are available as well as custom object created by the user (please see below).

salesforce object

Once you have defined your Target Object, you will have the chance to map your data accordingly with field mapping between the Docparser fields and the Salesforce fields (please see below). Once this is done, the integration is ready to use. Each time we extract text from PDF, for a new PDF, a new record is created in Salesforce, based on your Target Object and mapping selections.

salesforce field mapping

What about importing Documents from Salesforce to Docparser?

When it comes to importing PDF documents from Salesforce to Docparser, you have basically two options:

  • Use Apex to upload a document to our API
  • Use one of our integration partner platforms

If you are up for coding, the first option is the way to go. Our guide on how to post files from Apex will probably be very helpful to you.

If you want to import documents from Salesforce without coding, check out our integration partners Zapier, Workato or MS Flow. All of them allow you to automatically fetch documents from Salesforce and import them into Docparser.

Have questions? Contact us for your PDF to Salesforce needs.

 

10 Responses

    1. Hi David! Our Salesforce integration allows you to create one Opportunity for each table row you parsed. Unfortunately it doesn’t allow you to create one Opportunity with N line item rows. You can do this though by using one of our integration partner platforms (Zapier, Workato, Stamplay, MS Flow).

  1. Can it go to existing SFDC records? Record exists in SFDC then the PDF document is updated, information would need to be updated to the existing SFDC record.

    1. Hi Dwayne, thanks for the question! Our built-in Salesforce integration only allows you to create a new record. It should be possible however to update an existing record either by using one of our integration partner platforms (e.g. Zapier, MS Flow, Workato, Stamplay) or by using Apex in combination with our API.

      1. Hieee – is this still a limitation or is there an update to your product to do this, since 2018? I have a similar requirement from a client = merge word document using conga composer from Salesforce, update it offline > then import updated responses back into Salesforce existing record.

        1. Hi Kymberli,

          Thanks for reaching out – at this time we do not offer a way to update existing records in Salesforce, but we are still considering this as a future improvement. We will announce to all Mailparser accounts when this is released.

          If you have any questions in the meantime please let us know at [email protected]

    1. Hi Bala! Great question. Docparser is not listed in App Exchange at this point in time. Our sister-app Mailparser is listed though and we might be able to add Docparser to AppExchange as well soon. Please note that you can still use our Docparser > Salesforce integration with a single click. You just need to connect your Salesforce account inside Docparser to get started.

  2. Customer wants the order data in pdf document to get passed onto Salesforce order object. One order will have multiple order line items! Can this be done using your solution?

    1. Hi Biplav,

      Thanks for reaching out and for your interest in Docparser!

      I can confirm our app is able to extract data from tables with multiple line items and send them to Salesforce with our native integration:

      https://support.docparser.com/article/1312-how-to-parse-tables-with-complex-layouts
      https://docparserprod.wpengine.com/blog/pdf-salesforce-integration/

      I would recommend creating a free account (no credit card required) and letting us know if you run into trouble getting set up at [email protected]!

      Best regards,
      Joshua Harris

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