Aleop Work Routine
Modified on: September 18, 2025Mail received and paper documents
Scan documents as soon as they are received
- Group documents of the same type (invoices, sales statements, or other documents to be filed) to process them in batches.
- Group documents by format (single-page, multi-page, and/or double-sided).
- Place the documents face down on the scanner, with the header at the bottom.
- Select a scanning profile (see the scanner quick reference) and press the arrow.
- The documents will appear on the screen; check the quality and click Finish.
- Mark the documents with "@" to identify them as scanned.
Document classification (two ways)
- After scanning, document type identification can be done directly on the screen.
- Click on the “Pending Approval” banner.
- Select the type and click on the cloud icon to send it for processing.
- Go to Document Classification (Accounting Menu/Tracking Screen).
- Identify the documents by type (purchase invoice, sales invoice, documents to be filed, etc.) and click Save.
- Remember that you can apply a document type to an entire batch.
- Note: Documents classified as purchases or sales are sent for validation. Data extraction is usually completed in less than 12 hours.
Document review
- Go to Review (Accounting Menu / Tracking Screen / Review / Documents to review).
- Check if you have any documents classified as “Wrong types” or “Unreadable” that should be sent back to OCR to avoid delaying document processing.
Document validation
- Go to Document Validation (Accounting Menu / Tracking Screen).
- The number of documents awaiting validation is shown on the buttons.
- Select the type of document to validate (purchase / sale / manual).
- Select one or more invoices that you want to validate.
Payment and receipt in Aleop
- Go to Payment and Receipt (Accounting Menu / Tracking Screen).
- Purchases are under the “To Pay” category and sales under “To Receive”.
- Make sure the payment date matches the desired accounting month in your accounting software.
Importing entries into your accounting software
- Go to CEGA Entry Import (Tool / Transfer Entries.
- Click the “Start” button.
- Select the entries to import and click “Run”.
- Once the import is complete, the entries are visible in Journal Entry.
Complete the accounting for the current month
- The scanned documents are always accessible in Aleop’s File explorer.
Scanned documents
The company's email address (e.g., yourfarm@aleop.ca) is displayed in the menu:
Company / General Information.
This address can also be given to your suppliers to receive documents directly in Aleop.
Beforehand
When your supplier uses your company’s regular address:
- Create a contact with your dedicated email address, which can be found in the menu:
Company / General Information.
Receiving invoices by email at your regular address
- Forward your supplier’s email to your Aleop email address.
- You can automate your email software to forward them directly into Aleop.
Document classification
- Go to Document Classification (Accounting Menu/Tracking Screen).
- Identify the documents by type (purchase invoice, sales invoice, documents to be filed, etc.) and click Save.
- Remember that you can apply a document type to an entire batch.
- Documents classified as purchases or sales are sent for validation.
- Data extraction is usually completed within 12 hours.
Tracking current account statements
- First, go to Folder / Explorer / Finance and create a new folder:
Unpaid current account statements. - Classify the files of unpaid current account statements under Documents to be filed.
- Move these files into the folder you created earlier (Unpaid current account statements).
- Once the invoices listed on the statements are paid, move these files into their respective folders by supplier.
- Example of a statement file name: “C.A. Supplier, year-month”.
Document validation
- Go to Document Validation (Accounting Menu / Tracking Screen).
- The number of documents awaiting validation is shown on the buttons.
- Select the type of document to validate (purchase / sale / manual).
- Select one or more invoices that you want to validate.
Payment and receipt in Aleop
- Go to Payment and Incomings (Accounting Menu / Tracking Screen).
- Purchases are under the “To Pay” category and sales under “To Receive”.
- Make sure the payment date corresponds to the desired accounting month in your accounting software.
Importing entries into your accounting software
- Go to CEGA Entry Import (Tool / Transfer Entries).
- Click the “Start” button.
- Select the entries to import and click “Run”.
- Once the import is complete, the entries are visible in Journal Entry.
Complete the accounting for the current month
- The scanned documents are always accessible in Aleop’s File explorer.
