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Document Understanding Modern Projects User Guide

Last updated Apr 28, 2025

Choosing the deployment type

Depending on the chosen deployment type, certain features and functionalities are not available. Check the tables below for the main differences between deployment types.

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available = Available

not available = Not available / Not applicable

Table 1. Building models (modern projects)
Main featuresAutomation Cloud™Automation Cloud™ Public SectorAutomation Suite online deploymentAutomation Suite offline deploymentHybrid (Document UnderstandingTM on Automation Cloud™, robot on Automation Suite)
Pre-defined project* for out of the box modelsavailableavailableavailableavailableavailable (only using Document Understanding API)
Generative Annotationavailableavailablenot availablenot availableavailable
UiPath DocPath** in modern projectsavailablenot availablenot availablenot availablenot available
MeasureNo major differences
MonitorThe Project Performance dashboard is currently only available in Public Preview on Automation Cloud™. Availability for other deployment models is planned.
PublishNo major differences

* Pre-defined projects refer to projects that are linked to an out-of-the-box model developed by UiPath, or linked to the available Generative Extraction and Generative Classification options.

** For more information on region availability, check the UiPath DocPath page from the Document Understanding Modern Projects User Guide in Automation Cloud™.

Table 2. Consuming models (modern projects)
ComponentAutomation Cloud™Automation Cloud™ Public SectorAutomation SuiteHybrid (Document UnderstandingTM on Automation Cloud™, robot on Automation Suite)
IntelligentOCR.Activitiesavailableavailableavailableavailable
DocumentUnderstanding.Activitiesavailableavailableavailablenot available
Document Understanding APIavailableavailableavailable* available
Generative capabilities using DocumentUnderstanding.Activities availableavailablenot availablenot available
Generative capabilities using IntelligentOCR.Activitiesavailableavailablenot availablenot available
Generative Validationavailableavailablenot availablenot available

* Generative capabilities for Document Understanding API are not available in Automation Suite. If you are using Document Understanding modern projects on an Automation Suite environment (versions 2024.10.0 and newer), Document Understanding API provide access to both modern and AI Center-based projects.

Table 3. Monitoring models (modern projects)
ComponentAutomation Cloud™Automation Cloud™ Public SectorAutomation SuiteHybrid (Document UnderstandingTM on Automation Cloud™, robot on Automation Suite)
Document Understanding dashboard templates in Insights (Public Preview) availablenot availablenot availablenot available
AI units consumption dashboardsavailablenot availableavailableavailable
Project Performance dashboard (currently in Public Preview, available in Monitor) availablenot availablenot availablenot available

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