Aleop Work Routine

Modified on: September 18, 2025

Mail 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.

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