Extracting Data from PDF

SH_94

Dear community,

I would like to ask how we can extract the data from mutipage - PDF (number and text) in Alteryx. I understand that we can use PDF tool - which we need to download and subscribe it for license.

May i knows if there is any way to extract the data without purchasing the license for PDF tool related - intelligence suite?

Thank you.

KGT

There are various free solutions around the place. Take a look for PDF extraction on the community or in the gallery. As with any pdf parsing, there is a certain amount of customisation you need to do. Any free solution will have limitations and require customisation.

PDF is by it's very nature, not the same structure underneath. That's the whole purpose of PDF's, it's a universal presentation layer for data of any format. This means that pdf extraction on 2 docs that look the same, may end up different if using different algorithms, and it's also why a lot of pdf extraction converts it to an image and then extracts from that.