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Document Understanding Modern Projects User Guide

Last updated May 15, 2025

Bills Of Lading - document type

Overview

A Bill of Lading is the equivalent of a shipment receipt. In the shipping industry it is a legal document issued by a carrier to a shipper to acknowledge the receipt of the cargo shipment. It contains information about the type and quantity of goods transported, details about the route, means of transportation, etc.

This model detects key fields and extracts all info relevant to this type of document and it supports multiple document variations like Delivery Notes, Airwaybills, etc.

It can be used as a starting point for further training or be adjusted to accommodate the particularities of the business process.

Particularities

The model automatically detects data such as:

  • BoL Number and Date,
  • Sender/ Receiver Name and Address,
  • Carrier Name, Loading Location, Discharging Location, Vessel Name, Voyage Number,
  • Product Part Number, Description, Quantity, Batch ID, Container ID.

Extracted fields

Note: If you are using using public endpoints, such as https://du.uipath.com/ie/invoices, all fields are available. However, if you are using custom-trained extractors, the availability of extracted fields is dependant on the version you are currently using.
You can also check the list of fields and types on any endpoint in the /info/model object. To access this, simply add /info/model to any endpoint, like so: https://du.uipath.com/ie/invoices/info/model. For an enhanced reading experience of the fields list, it's recommended to install a JSON viewer extension in your browser.
Table 1. List of extracted fields for Bills of Lading
Display NameField NameField TypeContent Type
Receipt Locationplace-of-receiptregularstring
Freight Payable Atpayable-atregularstring
Master Document Numberdoc-noregularid-no
House Document Numberdoc-no-2regularstring
Document Date of Issuedateregulardate
Document Place of Issueplace-of-issueregularstring
Bill of Lading Typebol-typeregularstring
Purchase Order Numberpo-noregularid-no
Carrier Namecarrier-nameregularstring
Carrier Addresscarrier-addressregularstring
Sender Nameshipper-nameregularstring
Sender Addressshipper-addrregularstring
Sender IDshipper-idregularid-no
Sender Phone Numbershipper-phoneregularstring
Consignee Nameshipping-nameregularstring
Consignee Addressshipping-addrregularstring
Consignee Phone Numbershipping-phoneregularstring
Consignee Email Addressshipping-emailregularstring
Shipping Namereceiver-nameregularstring
Shipping Addressreceiver-addrregularstring
Shipping Phone Numberreceiver-phoneregularstring
Freight Forwarder Nameff-nameregularstring
Freight Forwarder Addressff-addressregularstring
Freight Forwarder Phone Numberff-phoneregularstring
Delivery Datedelivery-dateregulardate
Date Shipped on Boardshipped-on-boardregulardate
Delivery Locationdelivery-locationregularstring
Vessel Namevesselregularstring
Voyage Numbervoyageregularstring
Loading Locationloading-locationregularstring
Discharge Locationdischarge-locationregularstring
Incotermsincotermsregularstring
Container Numbercontainer-numberregularstring
Seal Numberseal-idregularstring
Master Reference Number (MRN)mrnregularstring
Total Quantity of Goodstotal-quantityregularstring
Total Weight of Goodstotal-weightregularstring
Products - Line Numbersline-noitemsid-no
Products - Codesproduct-codeitemsid-no
Products - Descriptionsdescriptionitemsstring
Products - Quantitiesquantityitemsnumber
Products - Units of Measureunit-measureitemsstring
Products - Weightsweightitemsnumber
Products - Container IDscontainer-iditemsid-no
Products - Measurementsmeasurementitemsstring
Products - Expiration Datesbestbefore-dateitemsdate
Products - Purchase Order Numbersline-po-noitemsid-no
Products - Batch IDsbatch-iditemsid-no
Products - Seal IDsitem-seal-iditemsstring
Products - Harmonized System Code (HS)hs-codeitemsstring

Samples

Here are some samples of a filled-in form:





Processed document types:

This out-of-the-box pre-trained model can be used with the following document types:

  • Bills of Lading
  • Delivery Notes
  • Sea Waybills
  • Air waybills
  • Shipping Waybills
  • Overview
  • Particularities
  • Extracted fields
  • Samples
  • Processed document types:

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