Docparser Change History
2023
August 7:
- Improvement of the download file logic to prevent time out errors of extremely large downloads
August 3:
- Fixed issue with column widths on Documents Page being inconsistent after reparsing
- Based on customer feedback moved the create parser button to avoid accidental clicking of top parser in list
- Fixed issue where Automatically Find Invoice Totals > Tax Total was including handling or shipping costs
July 27:
- Add new Default Extended Retention setting
- Removed Pause Subscription feature
July 25:
- Changed length of trial period to 14 days
- Added new functionality so customers can easily deal with all failed documents in one place
July 20:
- Fixed bug with blank template names being pre-populated with a “1”
- Backend error monitoring improvements
July 18:
- Fixed bug that prevented display of matching documents after change of logic in Model Routing view
July 17:
- Load balancing enhancements for Parsing Queue
- Revamped design of Multi-Layout Parsers for improved UX
- Added pagination settings to Documents page
- Removed Duplicate Parser Button from Parser Settings
July 13:
- Release much improved Document Picker design with a search function and better UX
July 11:
- Since everyone on Template Library we removed support for old Template List page
July 6:
- Fixed issue where clicking on failed webhook was not displaying in the Webhooks section of the page
- Some improvements to the CSS display on the raw data section in filter view
- Fixing width of pulldown in Find Numbers filter to show entire word “automatic”
- Visual Rules Editor & Cropping Tool moved out of Beta and released to production
July 3:
- A new choice added to when you want to add a row via a filter. You can pick LAST which puts it at the end no matter how many rows there are in document.
- Changes to Version Control to improve application visibility
- Load Balancing improvements for the Parsing Queue
June 28:
- Published three new parser templates. Also added a new Industry (Energy) and Category (Tax Forms)
- Fixed highlighting colors in Documents Page when document details is opened
June 27:
- Added preprocessing settings for extra OCR engine
- Added new email to send list of failed documents to customers
- Fixed styling issues with Show Model Routing Rules Page
June 22:
- All customers now on the new design and template library
June 15:
- Added new logic to automatically reparse documents in limbo due to lack of parsing credits
- Bug fix for problem causing some menus within rules area to appear twice
June 12:
- Fixed issue importing large documents with preprocessing split setting causing duplicates
- Removed support for old visual design of application
June 9:
- Added new Parser Template for LSC Communications Invoices
June 7:
- Improved display of sample documents for usage in new design
June 1:
- Launched new application visual design
- Added new OCR engine
- Fixed issues with creating download links containing an excessive amount of data
- Added logic to Version Control to not ask to save a backup of a parser when restoring if you ALREADY have a backup of active logic
May 24:
- Added new Remove Rows Where filter
- Styling improvements to main Parser Template page
- Load balancing fixes to further limit heavy users from impacting others
- Fixed logic on default ordering on Parser List Page to show expected results when you click on a heading
May 23:
- Launched new Parser Template Library with 12 NEW templates
May 18:
- Improved visual cropping tool styling when selecting a small area
- Fixed navigational issues when dragging in an incompatible file to the document upload page
- Fixed issues with new cropping tool forgetting your selected sample document
May 8:
- New load balancing system for re-parsing. Whenever customers re-parse a high number of documents — we will balance the load to limit impact on other parsers or other customers
May 4:
- Added tooltips on settings page for design & cropping tool preferences
- Slight CSS fix on API page
- Column rules for tables in new design now have delete icons on top and bottom
April 25:
- Fixed issue in new design where Multi Layouts Routing Setup had no matching documents
- Updated design of 2FA code page on secure login
- Fixed ordering of parser versions on Version Control page to show most recent version on top by default
- Altered design on Zapier Integration to have much more width for building logic
- Added new Insert Row feature to Remove & Merge Rows filter
- Add Delete Tool to Documents Page in actions column to easily delete individual documents
April 20:
- Fixed issue where blank fields for Text Filter > More Filters > Keyword Based Tagging displayed some text in the background that should not have been there
- Fixed bugs with sorting Parsers on Parser List View for customers with a large amount of parsers
April 13:
- Upgraded our Zapier integration to use “Full Zapier Experience” allowing for editing of integration entirely within Docparser
- Fixed CSS issues on Managed Account page usage stats popup
- Fixed some CSS issues on Subscription Page
April 10:
- When adding a new filter, you will now automatically have your view scrolled to the new filter for working on it
April 6:
- Rebuilt Create Download Links page for new design
April 3:
- Added ability to sort by parsed date within our API
- New logic system for automatically handling stuck documents
March 28:
- Fixed font display issues with new design on Mac Safari browser
- Fixed minor left nav styling issue on new design
- Fixed styling issue on legacy design for Parser List view column ordering icons
- Fixed Subscription page credits and pricing information for customers on Custom Plans
March 21:
- Minor styling bug fixes in new Docparser design
March 20:
- Fixed display bugs in new design on Subscription page in Purchase Additional Credits area
- Minor styling fixes in new Docparser design
March 9:
- Added ability in settings for customers to change design and/or parsing rules experience
- Launched beta version of new visual cropping tool & rules editor
March 1:
- Improved design of reset password feature
February 20:
- Fixed bug with BoL Number Rules dictionaries not properly responding to edits or additions
February 1:
- Added Created Date & Last Edited Date to parser list view page
- Launched new collapsible left nav bar
January 25:
- Improvements to our Google Spreadsheet integration
January 18:
- Added support for Select All Documents on search results
- Added status section to Version Control to indicate the active version
- Updated Integromat branding on Parser Integration page to “Make”
January 9:
- Added support for recognizing negative numbers
- Fixed bug in left navigation area on certain PC browsers
- Added Spanish dictionaries to parsing rules
- Added new options for selection choices for download links
2022
December 29:
- Fixed bug forcing OCR off the preprocessing setting (drop pages) not working properly
- Improve performance of queries for download links, webhooks and file-fetch APIs
December 20:
- Added the “All” option to the “Keep Rows Where” column table filter
- Fixed bug with incorrect date shown in subscription for customers without a refill date
December 6:
- Fixed bug where cancelled accounts show incorrect refill messages on subscription page
- Fixed bug where customers coming out of pause might get billed incorrectly
- Improved automated parsing credit purchasing experience
- Changed logic for customers in pending cancellation — picking a new plan now means plan is no longer scheduled to cancel in future
- Tied webhook retention time setting to Parser Settings > Data Retention Value
November 29:
- Added in logic to enforce parser creation limits for all plans
- Added “All” option to the “Format Dates” and “Format Numbers” in the “Format Cell Content” category filter
November 15:
- Fixed bugs with multifactor authentication add on permissions and settings logic
- Updated to showing 30 most recent invoices on customer billing page
November 14:
- Added additional parsing queue with overflow logic to prevent congestion during unusually heavy activity
November 10:
- Fixed bug that could prevent a duplicated parser from being deleted
- Fixed navigational CSS issue on Microsoft Edge browser
- Fixed bug where some customers were mistakenly shown low credit balance alerts
- Added Last Name field to managed account creation form
November 9:
- Added back search by parser ID functionality to parser page
November 1:
- Added logic to make it clear to customers unable to parse new documents due to a lack of parsing credits
- Fixed bug where annual plan customers were getting non-applicable messages about low parsing credits
- Reduced pricing of Extended Retention Add On
- Removed extra credits purchasing options from annual plan customers as annual plans renew automatically when credits are out
October 27:
- Renamed left navigation item within a parser to Parser Settings to better distinguish from account settings
October 18:
- More fixes for pre-processing logic issues
October 13:
- Fixed bug with pre-processing logic
October 11:
- Complete rehaul of backend system for uploading & parsing documents for major performance boosts
September 28:
- Improved performance while working with multiple filters and rules
September 19:
- Performance enhancements for customers with an extremely high amount of parsers
September 15:
- Fixed some slight CSS issues on new signup and login pages
September 6:
- Revamped the design of the login and new customer signup pages
- Updated database server software
August 23:
- Fixed bugs with alert bars blocking access to the Change Sample Document function
- Resolved flaw in our Download Link > Files Received Since Last Download logic causing some files to be ignored
- Added enhancements for improved error handling to prevent customers from being logged out of the application during times of unexpected behaviors or database delays
August 18:
- Changed logic on downloads links to refer to first parse time instead of uploaded at time in last download option
- Fixed issues where customers are logged out due to application or database issues
July 7:
- Fixed bug that could cause double billing issues after plan upgrades or credit card updates
- Fix problems with resubscribing after failed payments
- Fixed bug with customers that purchase a paid setup before choosing a subscription plan
- Fixed bug with some extra credit purchases not being reflected within Docparser properly
- Fixed issue with integration field mapping breaking when a no-value mapping is in between two columns with a value
June 6:
- Fixed issues with customers getting incorrect credit card messages
- Added a Remove Columns Filter to add ability to remove more than one column at a time
May 18:
- Changed action button text to make things less confusing
- Fixed CSS bug related to customer account alerts
May 9:
- Added support for Stripe invoices for one-time payments or other non-subscription payments
- Fixed spacing issue on Create Parsers page on Mac > Safari
- Fixed issues with Google spreadsheet integration
April 26:
- Fixed CSS bug with Model Layouts
April 21:
- Fixed bugs with Managed Accounts billing page not showing proper invoice data
April 7:
- Add new feature for multifactor authentication
- Fixed bug with DOCX files containing more pages than original file
- Added new feature for parser version control
March 1:
- Increased repeating text block max length from 40 to 100
- Enhancements related to recent new Microsoft OneDrive integration
- Failed payment email now includes last4 of credit card for reference
- Failed payments now are displayed on billing page for customer awareness
- Added automated billing solution for customers that run out of credits
- Webhook alert email tweaks
- Fixed issues causing browser hangups when editing parser in two different tabs
- Resolved bug where customers on sunsetted subscription plans were unable to subscribe to a new plan
February 24:
- Added Microsoft OneDrive integration
February 15:
- Fixed issues causing forced logout behavior
- Resolved problems with session dropping with default OCR mode + cropping over 30 pages
- Added Bill of Lading parser type
- Improved usability for credits left graphic
- Improved rules order for parsers
- Improved user interface for naming new parsers
February 1:
- Fixed issues with two-factor authentication breaking URL redirects
- Verified Dropbox integration up to date with upcoming changes
- Added auto-refreshing of parsing status on Documents page
- Added Reparse Option after saving new parsing rule
- Improved navigation within Integrations pages
- Fixed issues with SSO authentication breaking URL redirects
January 26:
- Resolved situations where a customer cannot get back to the previous page to edit Google Drive integrations settings
- Added a “Back to Integration Overview” button to all integrations pages that did not already have one
2021
December 15:
- Major backend updates completed
December 8:
- Fixed expiration dates display bug for annual plan customers
- Removed webinar reminder that was overlapping area for new search bar on Parsers page
November 23:
- Major backend updates completed
- Minor text fix for subscription page
- The “Create New Parser” button was moved from the far right of the screen to make it more visible and quicker to get to
November 18:
- We updated our servers to support only TLS 1.2
November 11:
- Added search functionality to the Parser Panel View page
SEPTEMBER 30:
- Made panel view default view on parsers main page (for desktop users). Added user settings to pick preferred parser view
- Added “select all” checkbox for easier rules bulk action selection
- Added left navigation menu for parser pages to minimize navigational confusion
- Adding closing ‘X’ for email confirmation popup on Download and Integrations pages
- Minor fix on data retention notifications
- Billing plan pause fixes for subscription page and emails
AUGUST 18:
- Added the ability to pause subscriptions for 3 or 6 month periods
- Added Duplicate Parsing Rule bulk action
- Upgraded Copy Parser functionality with more granular controls
JULY 21:
- Added more automatic rules for newly-created Invoice and PO parsers
- Added more metadata for all methods of export
JUNE 15:
- Added Create-a-Sheet functionality to Google Sheets integration
JUNE 10:
- Added ‘Set to value of next row’ Fill Empty Cells filter option
MAY 25:
- Updated new yearly pricing plans to give out all yearly credits upfront
MAY 6:
- Improved automatic detection for date formatting
MARCH 30:
- Added Microsoft Single Sign-On
- Added Parser Search Documents feature
MARCH 9:
- Added support for DOC/DOCX file processing
FEBRUARY 25:
- Added Remove Row [X] filter
- Added search function to parser dropdown if over 50 parsers are in an account
FEBRUARY 16:
- Added Word Count filter
- Documents now bypass the integration queue if no integrations are active
JANUARY 19:
- Added support for multiple strings in a Search & Replace filter
JANUARY 14:
- Autoscaling improvements in Parser UI
- Added delimiter to allow multiple Search & Replace filters at once
JANUARY 5:
- Processing speed improvements for larger documents
2020
DECEMBER 29:
- Added ability to delete multiple parsing rules at once
- Updated Privacy Policy for GDPR, CCPA compliance
DECEMBER 17:
- Added auto scrolling when cropping an area for parsing
- Fixed set default value filter to not activate with ‘0’ as initial parsed data string
NOVEMBER 17:
- Added Extended Retention add-on
OCTOBER 1:
- Expanded pattern dictionary for some automatic rules
SEPTEMBER 29:
- Added secondary column check option for Group & Merge Rows table filter
SEPTEMBER 24:
- Added FTP import integration
- Added global webhook alert setting
- Added OCR processing options
- Improved table data recognition
SEPTEMBER 16:
- Increased server count
AUGUST 18:
- Fixed table parsing bug where line item rows would get bunched together on a single row
AUGUST 13:
- Added Keep Rows Where… is a date filter type
- Improved automatic rotation for newly-created parsers
AUGUST 11:
- Added additional credit purchase self-service
- Parser menu item tweaks
JULY 30:
- Added tooltip prompts on new parser creation
- Added Calculate a New Column table filter
- Changed routing for initial parser selection to Documents page
- Further architecture updates to improve UI, processing speed
JULY 28:
- Fixed Google Drive integration bug where it would not pull more than 100 files
- ‘Use for following pages’ button is now always accessible when cropping OCR selection on a document
JULY 23:
- Moved create parser button to top of homepage panel view
- Parsing rule editor overhaul on parser creation
- Architecture updates to improve processing times
JULY 16:
- Added sample document functionality when creating a parser
- Reworked parser UI, account dropdown, and account settings menus
JULY 14:
- Reworked create parser, upload document pages
- Backend upgrades for processing, page load speeds
JULY 07:
- Updated subscriptions tab with slider system
- Reworked keep/drop page preprocessing functionality
JUNE 30:
- Accessibility updates
- Added API method to get back a list of model layouts inside of a parser
- Removed document deletion logs in parser UIs
JUNE 23:
- Added Google Single Sign-On
- Amended French dictionary definitions
JUNE 18:
- Added two new duplicate parser buttons, under parser dropdown options and in settings tab of each parser
- Increased poll time for cloud upload sources (Google Drive, Dropbox, Box) from 3 minutes to 10 minutes
- Improvements to UI Page load
- OCR load balance improvements
JUNE 16:
- Servers updated
JUNE 11:
- Added Add-ons page
- Added Parsing Assistant add-on
JUNE 09:
- Signup page improvements for mobile view
JUNE 02:
- Fixed a bug where a user’s subscription could be inadvertently changed
- Added Webinar popup
MAY 28:
- Fixed an issue with filenames being altered on import in some situations
- Added retry logic for files that get stuck in import queue
- UI Page load improvements
MAY 26:
- Redundant automatic rotation disabled
MAY 21:
- Added Claris Connect integration
- Fixed a page load issue when logging into a parser from the in-app homepage caused by Recent Activity tab
- Blog security updates
MAY 19:
- Reworked Fetch Document From URL API functionality
- Typo fixes
MAY 14:
- Google Drive integration repaired
MAY 12:
- Updated About Us page
- Typo fixes
MAY 04:
- Homepage updates
APRIL 30:
- Reworked multi-user sign on feature (in beta)
APRIL 27:
- Released freemium model
- Updates to homepage, blog
APRIL 23:
- Reworked API upload functionality
APRIL 13:
- AWS updates
- User database updates