PDF Input Macro

[Adarsh_R3]

Hi all

I was trying out the PDF input macro that is available in the gallery however I'm getting an error message as shown below. 

Any idea to solve this one. I have gone through the documentation of this macro and installed the R package. I have attached the macro, WF and the inut pdf file used.

Thanks for your time. 

[cgoodman3]

The screenshot isn’t very clear, but it looks like it is having an issue with calling R. Do you happen to have two versions of Alteryx installed (admin and non-admin), as you will have two folder locations  where the package will need to be installed.

Also I expect you have the predictive install of Alteryx as you have the R folder structure? But can you check that in the search bar if you can bring in the R tool and also you have the predictive (brown tools).

[Adarsh_R3]

Hi @cgoodman3, yes I do have predictive tools and can access them also I think I have only one version of Alteryx installed in my system.

[cgoodman3]

Which version of Alteryx are you using?

As part of the 2021.2 release the version of R was upgraded to R4.0.4 from R3.6.3 (see release notes), so it might be due to that.

[Adarsh_R3]

I'm using the Alteryc Version: 2021.3.2.54175 

Also, the version of R is the same that you have mentioned

[mutama]

Hi @Adarsh_R3 , alternatively you can try out the Image Input tool under the Computer Vision tool category: https://help.alteryx.com/20213/designer/image-input

It’s a tool designed to ingest unstructured data like PDF. However you do need the Alteryx Intelligence Suite starter key to activate the Computer Vision, Text Mining and Machine Learning tool categories.

[Adarsh_R3]

Hi, @mutama  thanks for the suggestion, but I'm afraid it is not activated by my organization. 

[cgoodman3]

I've checked back on some notes I've got from @NicoleJohnson and @AbhilashR, I think you need to remove and reinstall the packages pdftools and Rccp. The main version I run at the moment is 2020.4 but I can look over the weekend to see if I can get it working on 2021.3.

[Adarsh_R3]

I think there is an issue when I run R code. I tried this and it gave me an error. Any idea how to solve this. Should I do something with Alteryx in order to use the R tool?  

[cgoodman3]

You might not have permissions to install packages. Try running AlteryxGui.exe as an admin if you can do that.

In addition, can you install packages using R studio?