Validation Error
Missing invoice date.
Status
Validation error
Invoice
738990
Total
$750.00
Invoice data
- Detected vendor
- DLG Painting LLC
- Matched vendor
- DLG Painting LLC
- Matched alias
- DLG Painting LLC
- Category
- Building Services:Painting
- Category method
- Single assignable category
- Invoice date
- Not set
- Due date
- Not set
- Vendor terms
- Not set
- Jkath terms
- Net 30
- QB Transaction ID
- Not created
Category reason
Vendor has exactly one assignable expense category, so the category was assigned without a Claude category-selection call.
File result
- Final file
- DLG_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf
- Outcome
- validation_failed
- Details
- Missing invoice date.
Processing Context
- Invoice ID
- 05-12-2026-055-INV-001
- Run ID
- 05-12-2026-055
- Source folder
- /_01 Client Projects/Jkath/Sample Invoices/05 May Invoices/May 11-17/01 Unprocessed
- Source file
- DLG_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf
Stored payloads
Claude parse payload
{
"tax": 0,
"notes": "Invoice date not printed on the document. Ship-to address is 3919 East 49th St, Minneapolis, MN 55406 (Strath Desing Build / likely 'Strath Design Build'). Sold-to is DLG Painting LLC, 6236 Scott Ave N, Brooklyn Center 55429. Total reads as 750.00 but handwriting is slightly ambiguous. Project name 'Latteview' may be 'Lakeview' — OCR/handwriting ambiguity noted. Scanned handwritten invoice; OCR quality is moderate.",
"terms": null,
"total": 750,
"due_date": null,
"shipping": 0,
"subtotal": 750,
"confidence": {
"total": 0.92,
"vendor_name": 0.97,
"invoice_date": 0,
"project_name": 0.85,
"invoice_number": 0.97
},
"line_items": [
{
"qty": null,
"amount": 750,
"unit_price": null,
"description": "5503 Latteview Stair Treads - Sand, Staining, and Clear Coat"
}
],
"vendor_name": "DLG Painting LLC",
"invoice_date": null,
"project_name": "5503 Latteview Stair Treads",
"document_type": "invoice",
"invoice_number": "738990",
"is_billable_invoice": true
}Vendor match payload
{
"alias_lookup": {
"found": true,
"alias_id": "cmp1abiyk007sagtbrtgq2cfq",
"vendor_id": "vend_a5aa9cd33c484136b0aefafdc738cfac",
"alias_name": "DLG Painting LLC",
"canonical_name": "DLG Painting LLC",
"category_count": 1,
"category_options": [
{
"name": "Painting",
"notes": "Mapped from JKath historical QuickBooks export: Building Services:Painting (36).",
"expense_category_id": "cat_5cd8cff9602249029902722ebd6e200d",
"fully_qualified_name": "Building Services:Painting",
"quickbooks_account_id": "134",
"vendor_expense_category_id": "cmp1bb19q004y13pf4qt3j0hl"
}
],
"expense_category_id": "cat_5cd8cff9602249029902722ebd6e200d",
"normalized_alias_key": "dlg painting llc",
"quickbooks_vendor_id": "48",
"quickbooks_account_id": "134",
"default_expense_account": "Painting",
"invoice_processing_notes": null,
"missing_category_options": false
},
"category_selection": {
"method": "single_assignable_category",
"reason": "Vendor has exactly one assignable expense category, so the category was assigned without a Claude category-selection call.",
"confidence": 1,
"category_name": "Painting",
"expense_category_id": "cat_5cd8cff9602249029902722ebd6e200d",
"quickbooks_account_id": "134",
"selected_expense_category_id": "cat_5cd8cff9602249029902722ebd6e200d",
"selected_expense_category_name": "Painting"
}
}QB payload
No payload stored.
Raw payload
{
"run_id": "run_d4e42cc4ca834c4092b0f536ff0cebbf",
"source": "make.com",
"run_key": "05-12-2026-055",
"make_trace_id": "make-20260512_154444_332",
"source_file_name": "DLG_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"source_file_path": "/_01 Client Projects/Jkath/Sample Invoices/05 May Invoices/May 11-17/01 Unprocessed/DLG_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"source_dropbox_id": "id:CHX6_xJiKhAAAAAAAABjXA",
"source_dropbox_rev": "01651a4806bbb9d00000003549f4393",
"multi_invoice_count": 1,
"multi_invoice_index": 1,
"source_content_hash": "94c49dcce8785af7e8ba88889cb6abc9ddb69c4c9956596d1b24d5fa07f39ccd",
"processing_file_path": "/_01 Client Projects/Jkath/Sample Invoices/05 May Invoices/May 11-17/02 Processing/DLG_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"multi_invoice_group_id": "bill_df665e8b88c24034a2bbfc9debfae3b4",
"processing_dropbox_rev": "01651a4eefd85ab00000003549f4393",
"multi_invoice_source_payload": {
"notes": "Single invoice in PDF. Handwritten form, invoice number 738990 printed in red at top right. No date field filled in. Total of $750.00 for stair tread sanding, staining, and clear coat at 5503 Latteview (possibly Lakeview) address.",
"invoices": [
{
"tax": 0,
"notes": "Invoice date not printed on the document. Ship-to address is 3919 East 49th St, Minneapolis, MN 55406 (Strath Desing Build / likely 'Strath Design Build'). Sold-to is DLG Painting LLC, 6236 Scott Ave N, Brooklyn Center 55429. Total reads as 750.00 but handwriting is slightly ambiguous. Project name 'Latteview' may be 'Lakeview' — OCR/handwriting ambiguity noted. Scanned handwritten invoice; OCR quality is moderate.",
"terms": null,
"total": 750,
"due_date": null,
"shipping": 0,
"subtotal": 750,
"confidence": {
"total": 0.92,
"vendor_name": 0.97,
"invoice_date": 0,
"project_name": 0.85,
"invoice_number": 0.97
},
"line_items": [
{
"qty": null,
"amount": 750,
"unit_price": null,
"description": "5503 Latteview Stair Treads - Sand, Staining, and Clear Coat"
}
],
"vendor_name": "DLG Painting LLC",
"invoice_date": null,
"project_name": "5503 Latteview Stair Treads",
"document_type": "invoice",
"invoice_number": "738990",
"is_billable_invoice": true
}
]
}
}Invoice Timeline
Time
05/12/2026
Event
FILE CLAIMED
Message
Source file claimed by Make scenario.
Payload
{
"message": "Claimed invoice file and moved into processing.",
"source_file_name": "DLG_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"source_file_path": "/_01 Client Projects/Jkath/Sample Invoices/05 May Invoices/May 11-17/01 Unprocessed/DLG_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"processing_file_path": "/_01 Client Projects/Jkath/Sample Invoices/05 May Invoices/May 11-17/02 Processing/DLG_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf"
}Time
05/12/2026
Event
ALIAS LOOKUP COMPLETED
Message
Vendor alias lookup matched a portal vendor.
Payload
{
"found": true,
"phase": "early_vendor_resolution",
"message": "Early vendor lookup before full invoice extraction.",
"alias_id": "cmp1abiyk007sagtbrtgq2cfq",
"vendor_id": "vend_a5aa9cd33c484136b0aefafdc738cfac",
"process_key": "05-12-2026-055-INV-001",
"vendor_name": "DLG Painting LLC",
"make_trace_id": "make-20260512_154444_332",
"bill_import_id": "bill_df665e8b88c24034a2bbfc9debfae3b4",
"canonical_name": "DLG Painting LLC",
"category_count": 1,
"category_options": [
{
"name": "Painting",
"notes": "Mapped from JKath historical QuickBooks export: Building Services:Painting (36).",
"expense_category_id": "cat_5cd8cff9602249029902722ebd6e200d",
"fully_qualified_name": "Building Services:Painting",
"quickbooks_account_id": "134",
"vendor_expense_category_id": "cmp1bb19q004y13pf4qt3j0hl"
}
],
"source_file_name": "DLG_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"category_selection": {
"method": "single_assignable_category",
"reason": "Vendor has exactly one assignable expense category, so the category was assigned without a Claude category-selection call.",
"confidence": 1,
"category_name": "Painting",
"expense_category_id": "cat_5cd8cff9602249029902722ebd6e200d",
"quickbooks_account_id": "134",
"selected_expense_category_id": "cat_5cd8cff9602249029902722ebd6e200d",
"selected_expense_category_name": "Painting"
},
"expense_category_id": "cat_5cd8cff9602249029902722ebd6e200d",
"normalized_alias_key": "dlg painting llc",
"quickbooks_vendor_id": "48",
"default_expense_account": "Painting",
"preliminary_vendor_name": "DLG Painting LLC",
"missing_category_options": false,
"preliminary_vendor_notes": "Vendor name read from 'Sold To' field as 'DLG Painting LLC'; this appears to be the selling/vendor party on the invoice",
"preliminary_vendor_confidence": "0.92"
}Time
05/12/2026
Event
PARSE COMPLETED
Message
Claude extraction parsed and stored.
Payload
{
"total": "750.00",
"message": "Claude extraction parsed and stored.",
"due_date": null,
"jkath_terms": "Net 30",
"process_key": "05-12-2026-055-INV-001",
"vendor_name": "DLG Painting LLC",
"claude_model": "claude-sonnet-4-6",
"input_tokens": "3377",
"invoice_date": null,
"vendor_terms": null,
"make_trace_id": "make-20260512_154444_332",
"output_tokens": "505",
"bill_import_id": "bill_df665e8b88c24034a2bbfc9debfae3b4",
"invoice_number": "738990",
"vendor_due_date": null,
"source_file_name": "DLG_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"claude_message_id": "msg_01XtZ8aXAQh2PRcFpM4iyW3j",
"multi_invoice_count": 1,
"multi_invoice_index": 1
}Time
05/12/2026
Event
VALIDATION FAILED
Message
Missing invoice date.
Payload
{
"total": "750.00",
"message": "Validation failed; moved file to error folder.",
"process_key": "05-12-2026-055-INV-001",
"vendor_name": "DLG Painting LLC",
"invoice_date": "",
"make_trace_id": "make-20260512_154444_332",
"bill_import_id": "bill_df665e8b88c24034a2bbfc9debfae3b4",
"invoice_number": "738990",
"final_file_name": "DLG_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"final_file_path": "/_01 Client Projects/Jkath/Sample Invoices/05 May Invoices/May 11-17/04 Error/DLG_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"source_file_name": "DLG_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"source_file_path": "/_01 Client Projects/Jkath/Sample Invoices/05 May Invoices/May 11-17/01 Unprocessed/DLG_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"dropbox_shared_url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lwzw3gfnk4tqe5f2sadsd/DLG_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf?rlkey=azyfq52bok0q5kr37nzyvxd3p&dl=0",
"validation_details": "Missing invoice date.",
"processing_file_path": "/_01 Client Projects/Jkath/Sample Invoices/05 May Invoices/May 11-17/02 Processing/DLG_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf"
}