Modify PDF document name, based on data inside the PDF

[JarkkoP]

Hi! I would need to modify about 300 PDF documents name, with text taken from inside the individual PDF. Is this possible to do with Alterys

[IraWatt]

Hey @JarkkoP,

for the first task I think there's at least 4 ways in Alteryx to read data from PDF. This article covers one of them Can Alteryx Parse A Word Doc Or PDF? - Alteryx Community. You would probably need to loop through each pdf file separately for that you could use an iterative macro Creating an Iterative Macro - Alteryx Community and for re-naming you can do this: Solved: Renaming files at system level - Alteryx Community

Probably best to start with one file then try the iterative macro, 

[CathyS_Slalom]

Hi @JarkkoP , you can download the prebuilt tool from the Gallery: https://gallery.alteryx.com/#!app/PDF-Input--Text-and-Image-/5be5ec8d0462d71ffce6deaa which will add the pdf input to your Designer toolbar. 

PDF Input: https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Public-Community-Gallery/PDF-Input/ta-p/887038 

After you installed properly, you can use the wildcard to read in the pdfs that you want under the input directory, the result has 2 columns, one is value and one is the file name.