Back to Glossary Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) An AI-powered automation capability that uses machine learning, optical character recognition (OCR), and natural language understanding to extract, classify, validate, and route data from unstructured or semi-structured documents, such as invoices, contracts, purchase orders, and medical records. IDP integrates into enterprise workflows to eliminate manual data entry, reduce processing errors, and accelerate document-intensive business processes. An AI-powered automation capability that uses machine learning, optical character recognition (OCR), and natural language understanding to extract, classify, validate, and route data from unstructured or semi-structured documents, such as invoices, contracts, purchase orders, and medical records. IDP integrates into enterprise workflows to eliminate manual data entry, reduce processing errors, and accelerate document-intensive business processes.