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How to reconcile expense sub-ledgers with receipts using DataSnipper

Use Document Matching in DataSnipper to reconcile an expense sub-ledger extract to employee receipts and identify discrepancies.

Learn how to use DataSnipper to reconcile expense reports to receipts and clearly identify any relevant discrepancies.

Video walkthrough

What the video covers

The walkthrough shows importing employee receipts, running OCR, and using Document Matching to reconcile a sub-ledger extract to the receipts, then reviewing the matches.

Prerequisites

  • Expense receipts submitted by employees

  • Sub-ledger extract in Excel

  • Professional or Enterprise package

Start the procedure

1. Open your sub-ledger extract in Excel and create the table where you want the matching output to go.

Preparing the output table in Excel

2. Import all relevant receipts and run OCR.

3. Click the Document Matching button on the DataSnipper ribbon.

4. Select your sample data: the Receipt ID column and the local-currency amount column. Select the documents you want to match with, then click Match all rows.

Matching receipts to the sub-ledger extract

5. Use your professional judgement to inspect the matches and their accuracy.

Additional procedures

To redact information, click Remove on the DataSnipper ribbon and select Redact Text, then snip over the information you want to hide. Finish by right-clicking your snip and selecting Apply all redactions. You can also remove specific documents or export your documents with snips and comments.

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