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Analyze Document From S3

Published on Apr 17, 2026

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Step Details
Introduced in Version	9.24
Last Modified in Version	--
Location	Integrations > Amazon AWS > Textract

The Analyze Document From S3 step Runs Textract analysis features against an S3 object. Amazon Textract is an AWS service that automatically reads and extracts text, data, and tables from documents and images.

Prerequisites

This step requires the Amazon AWS Module to be installed and an active AWS account, before it will be available in the toolbox. The Amazon WebServices Settings must also be configured.
A dependency must be created after installing the module for the Step to be used properly.

Considerations

Synchronous steps (Analyze Document From File, Analyze Document From S3, Detect Document From File, and Detect Text From S3 are only intended for single-page documents. They can be used with the following file types: JPEG, PNG, PDF, TIFF.
Users may need to add a Textract Policy to their AWS user account to authorize access to the API.

Properties

Inputs

Property	Description	Data Type
Bucket Name	Allows Users to specify a Bucket Name for an S3 Object.	String
Feature Types	Allows Users to specify Textract Analysis feature types. (Tables, Forms, Queries, Signatures, Layout)	List of String
Object Key	Allows Users to specify an S3 Object.	String
Object Version	Allows Users to specify an S3 Object Version.	String
Queries	Allows Users to specify a query.	List of String
Region	Allows Users to specify a region.	AmazonAWSRegion

Override Settings

Authentication

If an Access Key ID and Secret Access Key are provided, those credentials are used.
If overrides are not provided, system/IAM credentials from existing AWS settings will be utilized.
If overrides are used, both override fields must be provided.
Users must ensure Textract permissions are present in the IAM policy for the selected credentials.

Property	Description	Data Type
Access Key ID	Allows Users to specify an Access Key ID for an AWS account.	String
Secret Access Key	Allows Users to specify a Secret Access Key for an AWS account.	String

Outputs

Property	Description	Data Type
AnalyzeDocumentFromS31_Output	Retrieves the Textract Document result.	TextractDocumentResult

Step Changes

Description	Version	Date	Developer Task
The AWS module has been updated with 9 additional steps that allow Users to access the Textract API.	9.24	April 2026	[DT-047247]

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