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Overview
Some documents — like scanned PDFs, hand-formatted spreadsheets, or custom order forms — don’t have machine-readable table structures. Savvy Tables lets you define table boundaries manually by drawing directly on the document, so Go Autonomous can extract the data correctly. The process has two steps:- Table Creation Mode — draw the table boundaries.
- Table Edition Mode — refine the rows and columns.
When to use Savvy Tables
Use Savvy Tables when a document contains tabular data that Go Autonomous hasn’t picked up automatically — typically because the document is a scanned image, a PDF without an embedded text layer, or a custom layout where the table structure isn’t machine-readable. If the table is already being extracted correctly, you don’t need to draw it manually. Savvy Tables is for the cases where the automatic extraction misses rows, merges columns, or fails to detect the table at all.What counts as a table
For Savvy Tables to extract data correctly, the area you draw needs to actually behave like a table. The minimum requirements are:- A header row — one row at the top that labels each column (e.g. Product Number, Quantity, Unit Price).
- At least one column — every column must sit under a header. Data without a header cannot be mapped to a field.
- Aligned rows — each row should contain values that line up with the columns above. Free-flowing paragraphs, mixed layouts, or merged cells that span multiple columns won’t extract reliably.
- A list of values without column headers (e.g. a bullet list of product numbers).
- Two columns of unrelated data side by side without a clear header relationship.
- Free text that visually resembles a table but lacks consistent columns and headers.
Step 1: Table Creation Mode
Table Creation Mode lets you draw rectangles over the areas of the document that contain table data.Activate Table Creation Mode
Click the Table Creation Mode button (grid icon) in the left toolbar. The cursor changes to indicate you’re in drawing mode.
Draw a table boundary
Click and drag over the area of the document that contains the table. A rectangle appears around the selected region.
Apply to multiple pages (optional)
If the same table structure appears across multiple pages — for example, a repeating line-item table — you can choose to apply the drawn boundaries to additional pages at once.
Step 2: Table Edition Mode
Once a table is drawn, use Table Edition Mode to fine-tune the row and column structure.Activate Table Edition Mode
Click the Table Edition Mode button (pencil icon) in the left toolbar. Existing table boundaries become editable.
Add or remove rows and columns
Right-click inside the table to open the context menu. From here you can:
- Add row — insert a new row above or below the selected position.
- Delete row — remove the selected row.
- Add column — insert a new column to the left or right.
- Delete column — remove the selected column.
Resize rows and columns
Click and drag the divider lines between rows or columns to adjust their size. This is useful when the drawn boundaries don’t perfectly align with the source document’s layout.
Tips for best results
- Draw boundaries as tightly as possible around the actual table content — avoid including titles or footnotes in the rectangle.
- If a table spans multiple pages with consistent column alignment, use the apply to multiple pages option to save time.
- Use Table Edition Mode to clean up any rows or columns the drawing didn’t capture perfectly.
- After saving, reprocess the request from the Flow Menu to apply the updated table structure to extraction.
What’s next
- The Flow toolbar — learn about all the other tools available when reviewing a request.
- Review and confirm orders — complete the request workflow after extracting table data.