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Spindle Purchase Invoice Recognition

Automatically capture invoice data into Sage 200 Professional with Spindle Purchase Invoice Recognition

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Manually entering invoice data uses up time and money, creating inefficiencies. You can reduce the time you spend keying in this data and with Spindle Purchase Invoice Recognition you can automatically capture invoice data into Sage 200 Professional.

All information at a glance

Spindle Purchase Invoice Recognition enables you to automate your purchase invoices, saving you time and money, whilst improving your productivity levels.

Eliminate the need for time consuming manual data entry and automate your invoice data Sage 200 Professional.

Cloud-based secure service hosted within a trusted European Data Centre.

Manage approvers and reassign approvals, reducing any admin backlog.

Automatic software updates are received, ensuring business continuity.

Match your invoices against the PO or GRN using an extensive set of rules.

Flexibility for every department

Technology has revolutionised how all departments operate, no matter which industry you are in. Whether it’s streamlining workflows, enabling collaboration or securing your information, there are a wide range of benefits for many businesses. Spindle Purchase Invoice Recognition enables you to provide this flexibility for every department, helping you to improve your efficiencies, productivity, and business profitability.

Give your accounts team more time to focus on business critical activities. They can speed up their invoice processing time, reduce the risk of human error and remove manual data entry. You can also provide all departments with the ability to sign off accounts with a free approvals tool.

Save time manually checking each purchase invoice before they are sent out. They can be forwarded for approval based on configurable rules.

Automate your processes

Manually entering invoice data takes time and money. Spindle Purchase Invoice Recognition can automatically capture your invoice data, removing the inefficient and costly manual process.

Link your invoices to the relevant purchase order and customer account automatically.

Relate your invoices to multiple purchase orders, it also works for invoices without purchase orders.

Access the online invoice approvals system, anywhere at any time.

Key features

Capture

Scan or import purchase invoices, with or without a Purchase Order.

Recognise

Recognises invoice data, even at a line-item level, for any invoices relating to a Purchase Order.

Verify

Use an extensive set of rules and match against the Purchase Order and/or GRN.

Approve

Invoice is sent for approval, based on defined rules and criteria.

Post

Invoice data is then posted into Sage 200 Professional.

Archive

Archive the invoice document against the created transaction in Sage 200 Professional.

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Specification

Compatibility

  • Sage 200 Professional 2025 R1
  • Sage 200 Professional 2024 R2
  • Sage 200 Professional 2024 R1
  • Sage 200 Professional 2023 R2
  • Sage 200 Professional 2023 R1
  • Sage 200 Professional 2022 R2
  • Sage 200 Partner Cloud
  • Sage 200 Professional 2022 R1
  • Sage 200 Professional 2021 R1
  • Sage 200cloud 2020 R1
  • Sage 200cloud 2020 R2
  • Sage 200cloud Summer 2019
  • Sage 200cloud Spring 2019
  • Sage 200cloud Summer 2018
  • Sage 200cloud Spring 2018
  • Sage 200cloud Winter 2017
  • Sage 200cloud Summer 2017
  • Sage 200 2016 Extra On-premise
  • Sage 200 2015 Extra On-premise
  • Sage 200 2013 R2 Extra On-premise
  • Microsoft Supported Windows OS
  • Internet access
  • Supported browsers (latest versions):
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Microsoft Internet Explorer
    • Latest version of the Spindle Document Management Client installed

Server-side requirements

  • Microsoft Supported Windows Server OS
  • 1 Ghz Intel-compatible processor
  • 4 GB of memory
  • 3 GB free disk space
  • SQL Server 2012 or above (incl. SQL Express 2012 or above)
    • Unsupported versions may work, but the development team does not directly test with older versions.
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) v7 or greater (IIS v7.0 and v7.5 will require the following hotfix to be applied – KB980368.)
  • IIS and ASP.NET Modules
  • Windows Authentication role service to be able to use Windows Authentication on IIS
  • Latest version of the Spindle Document Management Server installed
  • Internet access (
    • TCP Port – 443
  • TCP Port – 5671 (required by Microsoft Azure Service Bus)

Service User

If you have a network Domain, then the following services MUST be running under a Domain user account (e.g. domain\SDCServiceUser):

  • Windows Service > Spindle Document Capture
  • Windows Service > Draycir Cloud Synchronisation Agent
  • Windows Service > Spindle Document Recognition Post Agent
  • IIS Manager > Application Pool > SDCAdmin
  • IIS Manager > Application Pool > SDCWebApi

Service user

If you have a network Domain, then the following services MUST be running under a Domain user account (e.g. domain\SDCServiceUser):

  • Windows Service > Spindle Document Capture
  • Windows Service > Draycir Cloud Synchronisation Agent
  • Windows Service > Spindle Document Recognition Post Agent
  • IIS Manager > Application Pool > SDCAdmin
  • IIS Manager > Application Pool > SDCWebApi

Server

  • Microsoft Supported Windows Server OS
  • 1 Ghz Intel-compatible processor
  • 4 GB of memory
  • 3 GB free disk space
  • SQL Server 2012 or above (incl. SQL Express 2012 or above)
    • Unsupported versions may work, but the development team does not directly test with older versions.
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) v7 or greater (IIS v7.0 and v7.5 will require the following hotfix to be applied – KB980368.)
  • IIS and ASP.NET Modules
  • Windows Authentication role service to be able to use Windows Authentication on IIS
  • Latest version of the Spindle Document Management Server installed
  • Internet access (
    • TCP Port – 443
  • TCP Port – 5671 (required by Microsoft Azure Service Bus)

Additional Information

To benefit from the updates listed below, please ensure the Spindle Document Management version is 10.8 or later.

Latest component versions:

Components Latest version number
Draycir Cloud Synchronisation Service 2.25.0.086
Spindle Document Recognition Posting Service 1.29.0.066
Spindle Document Recognition Administration 1.29.0.066
Document Recognition (for Sage 200) 3.119.1
Document Recognition (for Eque2 Construct) 3.217.1


Release: 28th May 2025

Components Version number
Draycir Cloud Synchronisation Service 2.25.0.086
Spindle Document Recognition Posting Service 1.29.0.066
Spindle Document Recognition Administration 1.29.0.066


Minor Additions:

  •  [Eque2 Construct] Updated integration DLL to address compatibility issues for Eque2 hosted customer environments. (#73155)

Release: 13th May 2025

Components Version number
Spindle Document Recognition Posting Service 1.29.0.065


Bug Fixes:

  • [Sage 200] The posting service crashes intermittently, preventing users from posting their Purchase Invoices (#74168)

Release: 10th March 2025

Components  Version number
Draycir Cloud Synchronisation Service 2.25.0.085


Bug Fixes:

  • Accounting system data not synchronising daily (#73976)

Release: 28th February 2025

Components  Version number
Draycir Cloud Synchronisation Service 2.25.0.084


Bug Fixes:

  • Accounting system data not synchronising consistently or at regular intervals (#73926)


Release: 5th February 2025

Components  Version number
Spindle Document Recognition Posting Service 1.29.0.063
Spindle Document Recognition Administration 1.29.0.063


Bug Fixes:

  • [Sage 200] Documents remain stuck with “Posting” status in the Document Portal, when they cannot be successfully posted (#73798)


Release: 30th January 2025

Components Version number
Draycir Cloud Synchronisation Service 2.25.0.083
Spindle Document Recognition Posting Service 1.29.0.058
Spindle Document Recognition Administration 1.29.0.058


Major Additions:

  • Ability to configure the accounting system data synchronisation intervals (#52011)

Minor Additions:

  • Option to disable the line item Net Amount field validation in Web Verify (#71712)

Bug Fixes:

  • Document Portal displays an incorrect error message when attempting to post a Purchase Invoice with a zero quantity (#72199)


Release: 14th November 2024

Components Version Number
Document Recognition (for Sage 200) 3.119.1
Document Recognition (for Eque2 Construct) 3.217.1


Bug Fixes:

  • Incorrect characters recognised for the Invoice Number field in Web Verify (#73602)

Release: 9th October 2024

Components Version Number
Document Recognition (for Sage 200) 3.117.1
Document Recognition (for Eque2 Construct) 3.216.1


Minor Additions:

  • Support recognition of Purchase Invoices with South African Rand currency (#73112)

Bug Fixes:

  • Purchase Invoice total recognition defaulting to the first page only (#73214)
  • Invalid character recognised for the Invoice Number field in Web Verify (#72604)


Release: 9th May 2024

Components Version Number
Document Recognition (for Sage 200) 3.114.1
Document Recognition (for Eque2 Construct) 3.213.1


Bug Fixes:

  • Purchase Invoice line items being matched incorrectly when line sequence is in the following order – Unit Price, Quantity and Net (#73082)
  • [Sage 200] In some circumstances, using “Load line items from Purchase Order” button in Web Verify, prefixed leading zeros to the Order Number causing the line items to be removed (#73081)
  • Footer Totals not recognised correctly in Web Verify as the value is prefixed with an invalid ‘R’ character (#72606)

Release: 6th February 2024

Components Version number
Document Recognition (for Sage 200) 3.109.03
Document Recognition (for Eque2 Construct) 3.209.01


Bug Fixes:

  • When using the “Load line items from Purchase Order” button in Web Verify, the line items do not display if the Purchase Order has missing leading zeros (#60282)
  • When processing a Purchase Invoice that requires a Unit of Measure conversion, Web Verify displays an incorrect error message when the line item does not match the Purchase Order (#72267)


Release: 22nd December 2023

Components Version number
Document Recognition (for Sage 200) 3.108.01
Document Recognition (for Eque2 Construct) 3.208.01


Bug Fixes:

  • Line item Net Amount is being calculated in Web Verify even though the Net Amount is displayed on the Purchase Invoice document (#71656)
  • Where a Unit of Measure conversion is required for a line item, Web Verify displays an error when the line item has a zero Unit Price (#71883)


Release: 8th December 2023

 

Components Version number
Spindle Document Recognition Posting Service 1.29.0.002


Minor Additions:

  • [Eque2 Construct] More informative error messages in the Document Portal > Recognition tab if documents fail to post (#57812)


Bug Fixes:

  • Unable to post Purchase Invoices intermittently when using the Sage Manufacturing module (#71599)


Release: 28th November 2023

Components Version Number
Spindle Document Recognition Posting Service 1.28.1.002


Bug Fixes:

  • [Sage 200] Error “Nullable object must have a value.” when attempting to post a document (#71443)


Release: 8th December 2023

Components Version number
Spindle Document Recognition Posting Service 1.29.0.002

Minor Additions:

  • [Eque2 Construct] More informative error messages in the Document Portal > Recognition tab if documents fail to post (#57812)


Bug Fixes:

  • Unable to post Purchase Invoices intermittently when using the Sage Manufacturing module (#71599)

Release date: 17th August 2023

Components Version number
Spindle Document Recognition Posting Service 1.26.2.001


Bug Fixes:

  • Unable to post Purchase Invoices intermittently when using the Sage Manufacturing module (#69284)


Release date: 26th July 2023

Components Version number
Draycir Cloud Synchronisation Service 2.23.0.005
Spindle Document Recognition Administration 1.27.0.010
Document Recognition (for Sage 200) 3.105.3
Document Recognition (for Eque2 Construct) 3.205.3


Major Additions:

  • Automatically load line items in Web Verify from Purchase Order (#56347)


Bug Fixes:

  • Unable to match Purchase Invoice line items if the associated Purchase Order exceeds 100 line items (#68948)


Release Date: 24th July 2023

Components Version number
Spindle Document Recognition Administration 1.26.1.012


Bug Fixes:

  • Unable to activate licence when using Windows Server 2012 R2 (#68805)

What our clients say

“

It’s invaluable! From receiving an invoice, we can post this directly into Sage, saving hours of time and improving our efficiencies

Kelly Park, Finance Manager, Tennyson Insurance

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