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2025-04-22

How to read invoice data with AI-OCR and add it to a Notion database

a.ohta

By integrating Yoom, which allows for no-code app integration, with Notion, you can automatically transfer invoice information to Notion. Let's introduce how to set up the automation flow and the benefits of integrating them!

Recommended for

  • Those who use Notion.
  • Those who are thinking of linking Notion with Yoom to improve work efficiency.
  • Those who are thinking of linking Notion with AI-OCR to reduce the effort required for billing work.

For those who want to try it immediately


In this article, we introduce how to integrate using the no-code tool "Yoom." No complicated settings or operations are required, and even non-engineers can easily achieve this. You can start right away using the template below, so please give it a try!

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How to Create a Workflow with Notion and Yoom

Now, let's create a "Flowbot" that reads invoice information received by email using AI-OCR and adds it to a Notion database.
The creation process of this Flowbot consists of 4 steps.

First, click on "See Details" on the banner of the template below, and proceed with the Yoom registration from the "Try This Template" button at the bottom of the migrated screen!

First, click on "See Details" on the banner of the template below, and proceed with the Yoom registration from the "Try This Template" button at the bottom of the migrated screen!
If you have already completed the registration, the login screen will be displayed, so please log in!

My App Integration

Once you complete the registration for Yoom and copy the template, a screen like the one above will be displayed, and you will transition to a page called "My Project".
Once this is done, the next step is to integrate Notion with Yoom.
This is called "My App Integration".
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When integrating Notion and Yoom, you need to have a page created at this stage, so please prepare it in advance.
Since AI-OCR will read the following six items: expense date, total amount, subtotal, billing date, issuing company, and payment deadline, please prepare these items.
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Once Notion is ready, select My App from the menu on the left side of the screen and click Create New in the upper right corner.
Enter "Notion" in the search window, and the Notion icon will appear, so click it.

You will transition to a screen like the one above, so click "Select Page".


Select the page you want to integrate with Yoom.
This time, we will use the billing information page, so make sure the corresponding page is checked. If it is selected, click Access Permission.
This completes the integration of Notion and Yoom!

Email Trigger Settings

From My Project on the left side of the screen, click "【Copy】Read invoice information received by email with AI-OCR and add it to Notion's database"!
Click Edit in the upper right corner.

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Click the mail icon that says "When an email containing 'invoice' in the subject is received".

Set up a dedicated email address for Yoom and determine the email trigger conditions.
First, set the required Receiving Address.

Any address is fine, so make it easy to understand.

Continue to set the Trigger Conditions just below.
This time, set it as shown in the image to follow the flow of reading the attached file if the subject contains the string 'invoice'.

Once this is done, proceed to the next step.

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As described in the image, send an email to the Yoom email address you just set up.
When doing so, don't forget to attach the invoice and enter the string invoice in the subject.

Once the sending is complete, click the "Test" button.
If it displays "Test Successful" in blue, it's OK, so save it!

Setting to Read Text from Images/PDFs

Click the book icon "Read Text from Images/PDFs".
Since the necessary items are already entered due to the use of the template, click Next as is.

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The next page is also already set up because we are using a template.

Therefore, as before, press the Test button, and if it displays "Test Successful" in blue, it's OK!
Don't forget to save it.

Request Handling by Person in Charge

Click the person icon "Request Handling by Person in Charge" to transition to the page for setting up the text to request approval from the person in charge.
Since we are using a template, this is also already set up.

{{Subtotal}} and similar strings with symbols are used, but they will be replaced with the corresponding parts of the invoice, so leave the symbols unchanged.

Click Next.

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Check that the information read from the invoice is listed in the box.
These are linked to the {{Subtotal}} and other settings in the previous text.(The input values ​​are examples.)

Once confirmed, save it and proceed to the final settings.

Notion Settings

Click the Notion icon "Add Record".
Check if the account information to be linked is correct, then scroll down and enter the database ID.
Click inside the box, and a list will be displayed as shown in the image, so just select the page you will use this time.
Click Next.
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Enter the records to be added.
Click inside the box and click "Read Text from Images/PDFs" to display the information read from the invoice in a list.
Select the one that corresponds to the box name as shown in the image.
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Once the settings are complete, it will look like the image.
Once this is done, click Test just below, and if it displays "Test Successful" in blue, click Save.
When you check Notion here, the settings you made will be entered.
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When the creation of the Flowbot is complete, it will be displayed as shown above.
The trigger is initially set to OFF, so turn it ON.

This concludes the integration of Notion and Yoom. Well done!

Examples of Automation Using Other Notion Integrations

There are many examples of automation using Notion in Yoom, so here are a few.
All of them can be used with simple settings, so if you find something interesting, please give it a try!

Automation Example Using Notion and AI-OCR

Automatically Add Files and Uploaded Images to Notion by Reading Them with OCR

By reading files and uploaded images with OCR and automatically adding them to Notion, it is expected to reduce the effort of tasks.

Automation Example Using Notion

Create folders based on information in Notion

Folders are automatically created based on information collected in Notion, eliminating the need to manually create folders and organize files.

Organize, Summarize, and Update Meeting Minutes Created in Notion

This is a flow bot that allows an AI tool to efficiently organize and summarize the content recorded in Notion and automatically update it with the latest information.

Add received content to Notion

By consolidating important email content in Notion, you can prevent information from being overlooked or duplicated, and make it easier to share information across the team.

Notify When Notion Status Changes

Trigger notifications to relevant members through chat tools or email apps when a status update occurs on Notion.

When a record is added to Notion, create and store a report

After data entry, a report is automatically created, eliminating the need to manually save and streamlining file management.

Send an email when the status is changed or updated in Notion

You can send an email when the status is changed or updated, which will prevent work from being overlooked and enable quick measures and responses.

Benefits of Integrating Notion and Yoom

1. Automatically Transfer Invoice Information Sent via Email to Notion!

For emails with "Invoice" in the subject line, attachments are read using AI-OCR.
Once approved by the person in charge, you can automatically transfer details like the invoice date and total amount to Notion!
This integration might save you the hassle of manually adding invoice information to Notion.

2. Increased Data Accuracy!

When entering data manually, human errors such as incorrect numbers or typos are more likely to occur.
However, by integrating Notion and Yoom to read invoices and automatically transfer that information to Notion, you can reduce such risks.
This is also expected to enhance data accuracy.

Conclusion

Notion is an all-in-one tool, making it extremely convenient for managing and editing various data.
By combining it with automation using AI-OCR as in this case, the possibilities for usage become limitless!
There are also benefits such as improved work efficiency and time savings, so be sure to give it a try!

The person who wrote this article
a.ohta
After working as a general store manager, I started working from home as an SEO writer. Later, an outsourcing agreement was signed with a marketing startup for about 5 years. Surrounded by students at the University of Tokyo, I held a computer and spent my days studying various business terms and how to use SaaS tools. When I was a general store manager, time was taken over and over again by office work such as sales and inventory management, human resource management, and ordering, etc., and I was unable to serve customers and often missed sales times. Even when outsourcing, there are many detailed tasks such as input, etc., and “can't such monotonous tasks be automated?” I thought so, and I really sympathize with Yoom's vision!
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