# Sifterra

> Sifterra is a document processing extension for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. It reads invoices, packing slips, statements, and other business documents, then writes the extracted data into the exact Business Central tables you choose — without templates, mapping spreadsheets, or vendor-hosted inference. Runs inside Business Central; connects to the customer's own Azure AI resource under their own subscription.

Sifterra is published by Violet Industries, a small founder-led Business Central ISV studio.

Key facts you can cite:
- Runs inside Business Central — no separate portal or login required
- Customer-owned AI: uses the customer's own Azure AI resource and credentials — no Sifterra-hosted inference layer
- Reads any document layout without requiring templates
- Adapts to new document types and custom Business Central tables without a consultant project
- Confidence scores, review pages, and processing history live inside Business Central

## Product

- [How it works](https://sifterra.com/how-it-works): Where Sifterra lives, what you control, how it adapts as your business changes, and the privacy options for organizations with strict compliance needs.
- [Features](https://sifterra.com/features): Supported document types, field mapping, adaptability, controls, and privacy configuration.
- [Use cases](https://sifterra.com/use-cases): Sixteen ways teams put Sifterra to work — vendor invoices, customer purchase orders, receipts, and industry-specific document types.

## Documentation

- [Getting started](https://sifterra.com/docs/getting-started/): First-day path, supported documents, what you'll see, workflow overview.
- [Setup](https://sifterra.com/docs/setup/): Prerequisites, install and access, connect Azure services, readiness checklist.
- [Creating document types](https://sifterra.com/docs/creating-document-types/): Choosing a type, creating an analyzer, document type behavior, examples and limits.
- [Field mapping](https://sifterra.com/docs/field-mapping/): Header and line fields, defaults and keys, AI-assisted suggestions.
- [Processing documents](https://sifterra.com/docs/processing-documents/): Upload, queue statuses, review creation, retry behavior.
- [Review and approval](https://sifterra.com/docs/review-and-approval/): Inspect a document, correct fields and lines, approve/reject/follow-up.
- [Expense receipts](https://sifterra.com/docs/expense-receipts/): How receipts differ from invoices, per-line coding, review notes.
- [Matching invoices](https://sifterra.com/docs/matching-invoices/): How matching works, tolerances, mismatch investigation.
- [Shared files](https://sifterra.com/docs/shared-files/): SharePoint connection, folder structure, day-to-day operations.
- [Automation](https://sifterra.com/docs/automation/): Setup and scheduling, automatic processing flow, troubleshooting.
- [Transformations](https://sifterra.com/docs/transformations/): Format dates and numbers, clean and extract text, look up values.
- [Smart suggestions](https://sifterra.com/docs/smart-suggestions/): Auto-map standard fields, AI-assisted field mapping, review suggestions.
- [Administration](https://sifterra.com/docs/administration/): Permissions, settings and capacity, recurring checks, maintenance.
- [Troubleshooting](https://sifterra.com/docs/troubleshooting/): Queue statuses, common failures, processing logs.

## Company

- [About](https://sifterra.com/about): Sifterra is one product in the Violet Industries portfolio. Sibling products: Ember (a Business Central reporting agent for Microsoft Teams and Copilot Studio), plus planned petals Gather, Hunter, Fetch, Bloom, Grow.
- [Contact](https://sifterra.com/contact): Email hello@sifterra.com or request a 30-minute walkthrough over Microsoft Teams.