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# Purchase Order Splitter Skill

> Split files containing multiple purchase orders into separate documents — and optionally separate POs from invoices, waybills, or other supporting annexes.

The **Purchase Order Splitter** skill splits files containing multiple purchase orders into separate documents for further processing. It can also separate POs from other documents (invoices, waybills, supporting annexes), classifying each as **Purchase Order** or **no Purchase Order**.

## Skill Components

This skill consists of the following activities:

* A Classify activity, which includes two classes: **Purchase Order** and **no Purchase Order** (the **no Purchase Order** class covers annexes, email and fax headers, invoices, and other types of documents contained within the same file)
* An Extraction Rules activity for separating documents based on reliable markers of the first page (for example, "Page 1 of 10")
* An Extraction Rules activity for extracting purchase order numbers

## Document Splitting Logic

Files will be split into separate documents if any of the following occurs (in the order listed):

* The beginning of a new file is detected.
* A document class is identified that is different from the one previously detected.
* A reliable marker of the first page is extracted.
* A new purchase order number is extracted.

## Implementation Guide

You can create a Process skill and use the Purchase Order Splitter skill in the Assemble activity to split files into purchase orders and then use any relevant Document skill to extract their data.

### Setup Steps

To use the Purchase Order Splitter skill, follow these steps:

1. Create a new Process skill.
2. Add and set up an Input activity.
3. Add an Assemble activity. For this activity, in the **Actions** pane, select the **By Document Splitter Skill** option, and then select **Purchase Order Splitter** skill from the list.
4. Add an Extract activity. For this activity, in the **Actions** pane, click the **Add Skill** button and then select a Document skill from the list.
5. While still in the **Actions** pane, click the configuration icon next to the Document skill name specified for the Extract activity. In the dialog box that opens, select **Purchase Order** in the **Class** field.
6. Optionally, add and set up a **Manual Review** activity to verify extracted data and make any necessary adjustments to assembled documents (for example, you will be able to move pages around).
7. Add and set up an Output activity.
8. Click the **Publish Skill** button.

Once you have completed the above steps, you can use the Purchase Order Splitter skill in Vantage.