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Last Updated: 2025-12-12
Reference: OCR Scanning Failure Reasons

Reference: OCR Scanning Failure Reasons

These reasons help you troubleshoot failures when scanning supplier invoices into Workday with Optical Character Recognition (OCR).
Reason
Description
Recommended Action
File error (Mime type)
Your document's Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) type isn't one of the supported formats for processing.
Resend your document in a supported MIME type:
  • application/pdf
  • image/bmp
  • image/gif
  • image/jpeg
  • image/png
  • image/tiff
  • image/webp
File error (Non-Invoice)
Your document isn't a suppler invoice, e.g., is a receipt, PO, or blank document.
Resend as a valid supplier invoice document.
File error (UTF Encoding)
Your document contains text data that isn't properly encoded in UTF-8.
File size greater than 40 MB
Resend with a file size under 40MB.
Not Scannable
Your document is illegible or too blurry.
Or, your document contains information that machine learning didn't scan out of caution.
Resend with clearer text or images.
Or, create the invoice manually.
Over 30 Pages
You can include up to 30 pages per file.
Resend with 30 pages or fewer.
Processing Error
Workday uses this reason for all other failures.
Contact your named Support Contact to open a case.
Processing Timeout
Contact your named Support Contact to open a case.
Too Many Requests
OCR is currently processing a high volume of queries.
Wait 5 minutes and try again.