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PDF input Tool - Cannot read pdf

alakouki
5 - Atom
‎10-19-2020 04:10 AM

Hi Everyone,

 

I am having trouble reading some pdf files using the pdf input tool . Usually it works. But now i have two different problems: The first type of pdf give me symbols instead of characters when i read in the files. The second problem is that i have a pdf file that whenever i run the workflow it shows no data even thought the pdf is not empty, I attached some screenshots of the problems

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Qiu
21 - Polaris
21 - Polaris
‎10-19-2020 04:46 AM

@alakouki 
Maybe it has something to do with non-English characters?

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alakouki
5 - Atom
‎10-19-2020 05:00 AM

Update: For the file that show no records , I renamed it and it somehow worked.

For the file that shows squares, it is a file in english. Is there anyway to convert the pdf file to text maybe ? 

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Sfakia81
5 - Atom
‎09-13-2023 03:07 PM

I am having the same issue and not sure why. 

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