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Output Excel Table Data to Secure PDF

w_gore
8 - Asteroid

I am trying to output data from Excel into a secure PDF.  The secure PDF prevents me from obtaining the field name(s) where the Excel data will write to.  The PDF file is West Virginia Form STC12:32C.  I've reviewed the following, https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Desktop-Discussions/A-quick-tutorial-for-getting-A... and several other posts about subject; however, I did not find one specifically mentioning a secure PDF.  Thanks for the help.

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Luke_C
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @w_gore 

 

To get the field names try https://www.pdffiller.com/ This seems to get the actual form names to use as your field names in alteryx:

 

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w_gore
8 - Asteroid

Thanks for the reply.  Since most of the fields are generic in nature (mostly, 'Text' or 'Number'), I'll likely need to consider an alternative.  Perhaps, I can scan return and use my Adobe Acrobat from that point.

Luke_C
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @w_gore 

 

Those are the data types. Look at what I highlighted in the top right, that's the actual field name. (Database field name)

Luke_C
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

I'll also say that the original article you linked is incredibly helpful for this, I went through this effort with forms for a different state a few weeks ago and basically had to re-write all of the python as the packages in that example are now deprecated. The method worked perfectly after that, though!

w_gore
8 - Asteroid

Now that I've determined how to retrieve field name, I'm forging ahead.  Thanks again.

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