Which files does Meses accept and when does it stop?
Meses (meses.ai) asks for two sources: your collections records, in Google Sheets, Excel or CSV, and the bank statement for the same month as a PDF. It reconciles only when it can read the PDF and the totals add up; if it does not recognise the layout, it stops and tells you, without sending the file to another service.
1. Files you can upload
- Records: a Google Sheet, an Excel workbook or a CSV listing residents, units and expected dues.
- Bank statement: the original bank PDF for the month you reconcile.
- Payment receipts: optional extra evidence.
- The banks we show are BBVA, Santander, Banamex, HSBC, Scotiabank, Banorte, Inbursa, Banregio, Banco Azteca, BanBajío. That is a reference, not a guarantee that every layout is supported.
2. What makes a statement readable
- It is the PDF downloaded from the bank, not a photo or a screenshot.
- It keeps the date, amount, reference and payer of each transaction.
- It includes the printed deposit totals, because Meses uses them to check its own reading.
- It belongs to the month you chose; if not, Meses warns you before going on.
3. How the reading is checked
- Meses reads the transactions from the PDF itself; the bank statement file is never sent to an AI provider.
- It checks that the deposits it read agree with the totals printed on the statement.
- If they do not, it does not look for matches with doubtful data, and it tells you.
4. When the layout is not supported
- Meses stops and asks you to check the file.
- It does not upload the PDF to an AI provider as a fallback.
- Confirm it is the bank’s original for the right month and try again. If it still cannot be read, tell us so we can look at the layout.
5. Your records are validated too
Meses finds the records from the workbook’s structure, not from a sheet name. If it cannot identify them with confidence, it stops and may suggest sheets to try. See how to prepare your records to get them ready.