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Document Extraction: Update document data not working

  • October 6, 2025
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Hi there,

I’m facing an issue while trying to update the extracted document data using Document Automation.
I verified the update using the “Get Node Value” action, and it shows the updated value. However, when I download the CSV, it still displays the old value.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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Best answer by Aaron.Gleason

​@Dipti 2765 Updating the node value only updates the JSON in the buffer -- not the original file.

If you want to update the document data, you have to use a Json: Get node value with “$$” as the node path, and save the value to a String. Then you can update the document data with that String value.

Dipti Ranjan

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  • October 6, 2025

​@Dipti 2765 Updating the node value only updates the JSON in the buffer -- not the original file.

If you want to update the document data, you have to use a Json: Get node value with “$$” as the node path, and save the value to a String. Then you can update the document data with that String value.

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  • October 7, 2025

​@Dipti 2765 Updating the node value only updates the JSON in the buffer -- not the original file.

If you want to update the document data, you have to use a Json: Get node value with “$$” as the node path, and save the value to a String. Then you can update the document data with that String value.

Thank you ​@Aaron.Gleason , I already tried this but no luck. Let me try one more time.

Dipti Ranjan
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  • Dipti 2765
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  • October 7, 2025

​@Dipti 2765 Updating the node value only updates the JSON in the buffer -- not the original file.

If you want to update the document data, you have to use a Json: Get node value with “$$” as the node path, and save the value to a String. Then you can update the document data with that String value.

​@Aaron.Gleason suggested step worked, Thanks

Dipti Ranjan
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