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# Message component

A component that sets the parsing rules for your dataset.

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A **Parser** component sets the parsing rules for various file types, including parsing methods for PDFs , fields to parse for Emails, and OCR methods for images.


## Scenario

An **parser** component is auto-populated on the ingestion pipeline canvase and always required in an ingestion pipeline workflow.