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Dataforge Invoices · A Stratas product

Invoice processing for Blocks Online.

Dataforge uses AI to read the supplier invoices and utility bills that arrive for your blocks, predicts the property, fund and heading from your coding history, and prepares approved invoices as a CSV or flat-file export for Blocks Online. We review the file format and your workflow with you before we confirm fit.

A 20-minute walkthrough using a sample of your own invoices.

How it works

From the inbox to a Blocks Online export.

Every invoice takes the same route. Clean invoices move on when confidence, checks and your approval policy allow, and anything uncertain is held for your team with the reason named.

Check fit with your Blocks Online setup
  1. 01

    Intake

    Supplier invoices and utility bills from email, sFTP, watched folders or upload, with identical files caught at intake.

  2. 02

    Reading and coding

    Each invoice read by AI, with the property, fund, schedule and heading predicted from how your team has coded that supplier and property before.

  3. 03

    Checks and approval

    Duplicates, bank detail mismatches, a person on every first invoice from a new supplier, purchase orders and your approval matrix, before anything is exported.

  4. 04

    Export

    Approved invoices prepared as a CSV or flat-file export for Blocks Online, in the format agreed with you.

Review by exception

Exceptions are resolved before the export.

Reviewers see the document, the field that was read and every check in order of severity. An ambiguous property match, a missing PO or a bank detail mismatch stops the invoice until someone decides.

Dataforge · Review
Ostwerne Facilities Ltd
INV-20931 · £4,812.00
Needs review
Send backConfirm and approve
Ostwerne Facilities Ltd
INVOICE
Invoice no
INV-20931
Date
02/09/2026
Bill to
Carrowby Property LLP
1 Wharf Street, London EC4R 3TT
Site
Kingsway House, Unit 4
Leeds LS1 4AP
Quarterly lift maintenance£3,610.00
Emergency call-out£400.00
Net£4,010.00
VAT 20%£802.00
Total due£4,812.00
Read: Site
Checks4, by severity
Blocked
Possible duplicate
Same supplier and amount as an invoice posted on 14/08/2026.
Compare
Needs review
Billed to the managing agent
Addressed to Carrowby Property LLP. Property matched from the site postcode.
Confirm
Passed
Supplier details match
Bank and VAT details match the supplier master.
Passed
Net, VAT and total consistent
20% VAT on £4,010.00 net.
Suggested coding
PropertyKingsway House, Unit 4 KWH-004
FundService charge 2026 SC26
ScheduleLifts SCH-03
HeadingLift maintenance 0412
POPO-118204

These checks support your existing controls. They do not on their own prove that a supplier or invoice is genuine.

Utility bill processing
FAQs

Blocks Online questions.

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Dataforge supports Blocks Online through CSV and flat-file export. It doesn't post into Blocks Online directly. We'll review the file format and workflow for your system before confirming fit.

No. Dataforge handles intake, extraction, checks, coding and approval before the export. Blocks Online remains your block management system.

Potential duplicates, bank and VAT details against your supplier master, purchase orders and tolerances, and your posting limits. Invoices that need attention are held with a named reason for review and stay out of the export until they are resolved.

Yes. Utility bills are read by AI, checked for net, VAT and total, energy VAT and Climate Change Levy, coded to the property and fund, and included in the export like any other supplier invoice.

No. Dataforge is built and supported by Stratas. Blocks Online is a separate block management system with its own supplier.

Yes. Book a 20-minute walkthrough and we’ll agree a secure way to share five to ten sample invoices. We’ll show how they are read, matched and coded, and review the export format with you.

Book a demo

See your own invoices ready for Blocks Online.

In 20 minutes we'll walk through property coding, exception review and the export for Blocks Online, using five to ten of your own invoices and utility bills.

Please keep this to a description of your process. There’s no need to upload invoices here.

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No commitment. We'll arrange the sample documents with you after you enquire.