Data Acquisition System

One or more storage media storing executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

• determining, from a plurality of sources providing one or more files, a source of a file, the determining based at least in part on recognizing one or more pieces of information identifying the source wherein the information is included in the file;
• recognizing, responsive to determining the source of the file, data in a file based at least on a plurality of pattern templates associated with the source of the file, one or more pattern templates of the plurality of pattern templates specifying one or more positions of the data expected to be found within a predetermined threshold of error;
• and
• determining whether the file at any of the one or more positions specified in the one or more pattern templates does not include expected data or includes unexpected data.

A graphical user interface comprising:

• a document data acquisition tool;
• an area from which to identify a source of a document from a plurality of sources providing one or more documents;
• an area in which to display the document, the document being associated with the source;
• an area from which to select at least one of a plurality of data elements, wherein the plurality of data elements are associated with the source;
• an area from which to select at least one of a plurality of line items, wherein the at least one of a plurality of line items is associated with the source;
• and
• an area from which to select at least one of a plurality of details, wherein the at least one of a plurality of details is associated with the at least one of a plurality of line items.