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Document Understanding User Guide

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Last updated Dec 18, 2024

AI Center relation to Document Understanding

AI Center is the infrastructure on top of which UiPath® Document UnderstandingTM machine learning models run. These models can be deployed or instantiated for retraining with a few clicks.

See below for a summary of the Document Understanding plus AI Center deployment options.

Note:

In this context, On Prem means the software is deployed in the customer’s environment, which can include Cloud deployments like Azure and Amazon Web Services.

Cloud refers to the UiPath-hosted Automation Cloud.

Deployment Type

Orchestrator

AI Center

Document UnderstandingTM ML Packages

Licensing

Notes

SaaS

Any

Not used

Cloud

(SaaS)

Cloud

  • Uses read-only SaaS endpoints (e.g., du.uipath.com/ie/invoices)
  • ML Packages not retrainable
  • Community vs. Enterprise determined by API key
  • Enterprise version may store data temporarily for service quality assurance and monitoring
  • Community version retains data for UiPath use

Cloud

Cloud

Cloud

Cloud

(in AI Center)

Cloud

  • Full Cloud deployment
  • Zero customer infrastructure footprint for AI Center/Document Understanding
  • Document Understanding ML Packages deployed via AI Center ML Skills may store data temporarily for service quality assurance and monitoring

Hybrid

On Prem

Cloud

Cloud

(in AI Center)

Cloud

  • Uses public ML Skill capability from AI Center
  • On Prem orchestrated Robots call public ML Skills hosted inside AI Center Cloud via direct URL, with Document Understanding API key from the Cloud platform
  • Reverse hybrid approach also possible (Cloud Orchestrator, On Prem AI Center): same approach of exposing ML Packages from On Prem AI Center using public ML Skills capability

On Prem - Connected

On Prem

On Prem

On Prem

(in AI Center)

Cloud

  • Default licensing model when picking On Prem
  • Cloud platform for licensing and metering checks only: no business data sent outside customer’s information security boundary
  • Enables subsequent SKU swaps because of visibility on metering usage

On Prem - Airgapped

On Prem

On Prem

On Prem

(in AI Center)

On Prem

(in Orchestrator)

  • Not the default licensing model for On Prem Document Understanding unless specifically requested: installation more complex than On Prem - Connected install
  • Licensing file created by DealHub with On Prem Orchestrator used for licensing
  • No post-deal close swaps as we have no visibility into actual usage

For further details about the deployment architecture, please contact your account team to share detailed documentation under NDA.

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