https://community.databricks.com/t5/mvp-articles/ocr-made-simple-with-databricks-ai-functions/m-p/144064#M5 <P>Databricks MVP Conner Schiissler explores the new <CODE data-path-to-node="1" data-index-in-node="50">ai_parse_document()</CODE> function, which replaces complex OCR integrations with a simple SQL command to extract structured markdown from unstructured files.</P> <P><A href="https://schiiss.github.io/blog/genai/ocr-made-simple-with-databricks-ai-functions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read here</A>.</P> Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:16:44 GMT carlyakerly 2026-01-14T16:16:44Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/mvp-articles/ocr-made-simple-with-databricks-ai-functions/m-p/144064#M5 <P>Databricks MVP Conner Schiissler explores the new <CODE data-path-to-node="1" data-index-in-node="50">ai_parse_document()</CODE> function, which replaces complex OCR integrations with a simple SQL command to extract structured markdown from unstructured files.</P> <P><A href="https://schiiss.github.io/blog/genai/ocr-made-simple-with-databricks-ai-functions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read here</A>.</P> Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:16:44 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/mvp-articles/ocr-made-simple-with-databricks-ai-functions/m-p/144064#M5 carlyakerly 2026-01-14T16:16:44Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/mvp-articles/ocr-made-simple-with-databricks-ai-functions/m-p/144073#M6 <P>This is indeed a very impactful feature from Databricks. I have been using it for multiple use-cases.</P><P>I did a <A href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/raman-gupta-data-professional_databricks-aiabrparseabrdocument-gold-activity-7392221213747720192-2Uut?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAAOxf3YBE8yVpDSMs2alG60BFGKRnos0mtU" target="_self">social</A> post on it in past for awareness.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:57:41 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/mvp-articles/ocr-made-simple-with-databricks-ai-functions/m-p/144073#M6 Raman_Unifeye 2026-01-14T16:57:41Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/mvp-articles/ocr-made-simple-with-databricks-ai-functions/m-p/144084#M7 <P>This is a great feature</P> Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:57:46 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/mvp-articles/ocr-made-simple-with-databricks-ai-functions/m-p/144084#M7 Databricks77 2026-01-14T17:57:46Z