Analyze layout

The Analyze Layout activity uses the Form Recognizer Analyze Layout API to extract layout information from a specified document (File Path or File URL).

After completing the operation, the activity outputs the recognition results in an AnalyzeOperationResult object (Response Object) and the understanding results in Page[] object (Pages). Both of these outputs can be used as input variables in subsequent activities (e.g., conditional logic).

How it works

The following steps and message sequence diagram is an example of how the activity works from design time (that is, the activity dependencies and input/output properties) to run time.

1. Complete the Setup steps.
2. Add the Azure Form Recognizer Scope activity to your project.
3. Add the Analyze Layout activity inside the Azure Form Recognizer Scope activity.
4. Enter values for the Input properties.
5. Create and enter the AnalyzeOperationResult and Page[] variables for the Output properties.
6. Run the activity.

   • Your input properties are sent to the Analyze Layout API.

   • The API returns the AnalyzeOperationResult and Page[] values to your output property variables.

     

Properties

The values for the following properties are specified when adding this activity to your project in UiPath Studio.

Common

DisplayName

The display name of the activity.

Attributes	Details
Type	String
Required	Yes
Default value	Analyze Layout
Allowed values	Enter a String or String variable.
Notes	N/A

Input

File URL

The URL to the file that you want to analyze.

Attributes	Details
Type	String
Required	Yes (if File Path is empty)
Default value	Empty
Allowed values	Enter a String or String variable.
Notes	Enter a value for either File URL or File Path (not both). Supported receipt file formats: PNG, JPEG, TIFF, and PDF (all other format types are ignored).

File Path

The local path to the file that you want to analyze.

Attributes	Details
Type	String
Required	Yes (if File URL is empty)
Default value	Empty
Allowed values	Enter a String or String variable.
Notes	Enter a value for either File URL or File Path (not both). Supported receipt file formats: PNG, JPEG, TIFF, and PDF (all other format types are ignored).

Common

TimeoutMS

Specifies the amount of time to wait (in milliseconds) for the analyze operation to complete before an error is thrown.

Attributes	Details
Type	Int32
Required	No
Default value	30000ms ((30 seconds) not shown)
Allowed values	Enter a Int32 or Int32 variable.
Notes	N/A

Misc

Private

If selected, the values of variables and arguments are no longer logged at Verbose level.

Attributes	Details
Type	Checkbox
Required	No
Default value	Not Selected
Allowed values	Selected or Not Selected
Notes	N/A

Output

Response Object

The operation response as a deserialized object.

Attributes	Details
Type	AnalyzeOperationResult
Required	No (required to use the output data in subsequent activities)
Default value	Empty
Allowed values	Enter a AnalyzeOperationResult variable
Notes	To get the JSON string representation, use the ToString method. If the model can't find a field, a null value is returned.

Pages

The results of the analysis, including the key-value pairs and layout information extracted from the page.

Attributes	Details
Type	Page[]
Required	No (required to use the output data in subsequent activities)
Default value	Empty
Allowed values	Enter a Page[] variable
Notes	Each Page object includes KeyValuePairs and Tables properties.