Validation Error
Missing invoice date.
Status
Validation error
Invoice
738982
Total
$13,175.00
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
- Outcome
- validation_failed
- Details
- Missing invoice date.
Processing Context
- Invoice ID
- 05-13-2026-004-INV-001
- Run ID
- 05-13-2026-004
- Source folder
- /_01 Client Projects/Jkath/Sample Invoices/05 May Invoices/May 11-17/01 Unprocessed
- Source file
- DLG Lakeview Invoice_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf
Stored payloads
Claude parse payload
{
"tax": 0,
"notes": "No invoice date is printed on this handwritten invoice. The printed total reads '13,175.00' but there is also a handwritten note at the bottom reading 'TOTAL = 3,18' (possibly 3,175 or a partial subtotal for extra work items only). The main printed TOTAL of 13,175.00 has been used as the invoice total. Line item amounts are partially legible from handwriting; some amounts are ambiguous (e.g., '$300' for extra Farrow & Ball paint, '$280' for exterior window, '$750' for exterior porch windows trim). The sum of extracted line items is $13,205 which does not perfectly reconcile to $13,175 — human review recommended. The 'last payment $10,000' appears to be the base contract payment amount, not a prior payment deduction. Ship-to address is 3919 East 49th St, Minneapolis, MN 55406 (Stealth Desing Build). OCR quality is moderate due to handwritten form.",
"terms": null,
"total": 13175,
"due_date": null,
"shipping": 0,
"subtotal": 13175,
"confidence": {
"total": 0.72,
"vendor_name": 0.97,
"invoice_date": 0,
"project_name": 0.92,
"invoice_number": 0.95
},
"line_items": [
{
"qty": null,
"amount": 10000,
"unit_price": null,
"description": "Paint: Windows, Casing, baseboard/shoe, Crown molding, repair same windows, door casing, powder room panel, Sun porch walls/ceilings"
},
{
"qty": null,
"amount": 550,
"unit_price": null,
"description": "Extra work - Stairs walls basement"
},
{
"qty": null,
"amount": 1000,
"unit_price": null,
"description": "Extra work - Fix door stain"
},
{
"qty": null,
"amount": 325,
"unit_price": null,
"description": "Extra paint Farrow & Ball / porch floor"
},
{
"qty": null,
"amount": 280,
"unit_price": null,
"description": "Exterior window"
},
{
"qty": null,
"amount": 300,
"unit_price": null,
"description": "Extra paint Farrow & Ball (additional)"
},
{
"qty": null,
"amount": 750,
"unit_price": null,
"description": "Exterior porch windows trim"
}
],
"vendor_name": "DLG Painting LLC",
"invoice_date": null,
"project_name": "5503 Lakeview, Edina",
"document_type": "invoice",
"invoice_number": "738982",
"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_f1ed1cc417da48d2a76d84462d2452f7",
"source": "make.com",
"run_key": "05-13-2026-004",
"make_trace_id": "make-20260512_202408_049",
"source_file_name": "DLG Lakeview Invoice_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"source_file_path": "/_01 Client Projects/Jkath/Sample Invoices/05 May Invoices/May 11-17/01 Unprocessed/DLG Lakeview Invoice_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"source_dropbox_id": "id:CHX6_xJiKhAAAAAAAABihQ",
"source_dropbox_rev": "01651a8d0d8cffe00000003549f4393",
"multi_invoice_count": 1,
"multi_invoice_index": 1,
"source_content_hash": "41aaa31e1f0f9dc18fb35508e17d12d8e06827c82b89f3058912d63dcdccb69d",
"processing_file_path": "/_01 Client Projects/Jkath/Sample Invoices/05 May Invoices/May 11-17/02 Processing/DLG Lakeview Invoice_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"multi_invoice_group_id": "bill_f009957106e4425b9554b02f559a4a1d",
"processing_dropbox_rev": "01651a8d62eba3900000003549f4393",
"multi_invoice_source_payload": {
"notes": "Single handwritten invoice on a pre-printed Adams 5840 invoice form. Invoice number 738982 is printed in red at top right. No date field is filled in. Sold to: DLG Painting LLC, 6236 Scott Ave N, Brooklyn Center 55429. Ship to: Stealth Desing Build, 3919 East 49th St, Minneapolis, MN 55406. Total is ambiguous due to handwriting; primary printed total of $13,175.00 used. Human review recommended for line item reconciliation and missing invoice date.",
"invoices": [
{
"tax": 0,
"notes": "No invoice date is printed on this handwritten invoice. The printed total reads '13,175.00' but there is also a handwritten note at the bottom reading 'TOTAL = 3,18' (possibly 3,175 or a partial subtotal for extra work items only). The main printed TOTAL of 13,175.00 has been used as the invoice total. Line item amounts are partially legible from handwriting; some amounts are ambiguous (e.g., '$300' for extra Farrow & Ball paint, '$280' for exterior window, '$750' for exterior porch windows trim). The sum of extracted line items is $13,205 which does not perfectly reconcile to $13,175 — human review recommended. The 'last payment $10,000' appears to be the base contract payment amount, not a prior payment deduction. Ship-to address is 3919 East 49th St, Minneapolis, MN 55406 (Stealth Desing Build). OCR quality is moderate due to handwritten form.",
"terms": null,
"total": 13175,
"due_date": null,
"shipping": 0,
"subtotal": 13175,
"confidence": {
"total": 0.72,
"vendor_name": 0.97,
"invoice_date": 0,
"project_name": 0.92,
"invoice_number": 0.95
},
"line_items": [
{
"qty": null,
"amount": 10000,
"unit_price": null,
"description": "Paint: Windows, Casing, baseboard/shoe, Crown molding, repair same windows, door casing, powder room panel, Sun porch walls/ceilings"
},
{
"qty": null,
"amount": 550,
"unit_price": null,
"description": "Extra work - Stairs walls basement"
},
{
"qty": null,
"amount": 1000,
"unit_price": null,
"description": "Extra work - Fix door stain"
},
{
"qty": null,
"amount": 325,
"unit_price": null,
"description": "Extra paint Farrow & Ball / porch floor"
},
{
"qty": null,
"amount": 280,
"unit_price": null,
"description": "Exterior window"
},
{
"qty": null,
"amount": 300,
"unit_price": null,
"description": "Extra paint Farrow & Ball (additional)"
},
{
"qty": null,
"amount": 750,
"unit_price": null,
"description": "Exterior porch windows trim"
}
],
"vendor_name": "DLG Painting LLC",
"invoice_date": null,
"project_name": "5503 Lakeview, Edina",
"document_type": "invoice",
"invoice_number": "738982",
"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 Lakeview Invoice_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"source_file_path": "/_01 Client Projects/Jkath/Sample Invoices/05 May Invoices/May 11-17/01 Unprocessed/DLG Lakeview Invoice_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"processing_file_path": "/_01 Client Projects/Jkath/Sample Invoices/05 May Invoices/May 11-17/02 Processing/DLG Lakeview Invoice_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": "05-13-2026-004-INV-001",
"vendor_name": "DLG Painting LLC",
"make_trace_id": "make-20260512_202408_049",
"bill_import_id": "bill_f009957106e4425b9554b02f559a4a1d",
"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 Lakeview Invoice_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 clearly handwritten in the 'Sold To' field as 'DLG Painting LLC'",
"preliminary_vendor_confidence": "0.95"
}Time
05/12/2026
Event
PARSE COMPLETED
Message
Claude extraction parsed and stored.
Payload
{
"total": "13175.00",
"message": "Claude extraction parsed and stored.",
"due_date": null,
"jkath_terms": "Net 30",
"process_key": "05-13-2026-004-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_202408_049",
"output_tokens": "947",
"bill_import_id": "bill_f009957106e4425b9554b02f559a4a1d",
"invoice_number": "738982",
"vendor_due_date": null,
"source_file_name": "DLG Lakeview Invoice_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"claude_message_id": "msg_018hgrK3jF4hUNpZG5RbTUgp",
"multi_invoice_count": 1,
"multi_invoice_index": 1
}Time
05/12/2026
Event
VALIDATION FAILED
Message
Missing invoice date.
Payload
{
"total": "13175.00",
"message": "Validation failed; moved file to error folder.",
"process_key": "05-13-2026-004-INV-001",
"vendor_name": "DLG Painting LLC",
"invoice_date": "",
"make_trace_id": "make-20260512_202408_049",
"bill_import_id": "bill_f009957106e4425b9554b02f559a4a1d",
"invoice_number": "738982",
"final_file_name": "DLG Lakeview Invoice_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"final_file_path": "/_01 Client Projects/Jkath/Sample Invoices/05 May Invoices/May 11-17/04 Error/DLG Lakeview Invoice_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"source_file_name": "DLG Lakeview Invoice_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"source_file_path": "/_01 Client Projects/Jkath/Sample Invoices/05 May Invoices/May 11-17/01 Unprocessed/DLG Lakeview Invoice_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf",
"dropbox_shared_url": "https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lqjuqw06cfm8lerkmcjyi/DLG-Lakeview-Invoice_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf?rlkey=0updu07bj1osft3ozbzjw61b7&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 Lakeview Invoice_VALIDATION-FAILED.pdf"
}