PDF Input tool Error Message

[AT_AYX]

Hi everyone,

I tried the PDF Input tool found in the gallery and I stumbled upon this error : "PDF Input (14): BatchPDFInput (26): Record #1: Tool #2: Error: .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'pdftools' ".

So I followed a link for solving the issue and installing the missing R package from the gallery.

However, the error still persists and I was just wondering why it didn't work.

Please, if you could help me resolve the issue.

Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aM9YqC1Uuo&t=123s&ab_channel=NathanPatrickTaylor

PDF Input: https://gallery.alteryx.com/#!app/PDF-Input/5b685aff0462d710907f7a3b  

Installing R packages: https://gallery.alteryx.com/#!app/Install-R-Packages/5d9264328a933711e447387c 

Snapshot:

 

[Gualigee]

I am running into the same problem. 

I did not see a file called rcpp. @someotherguy @OllieClarke Thank you!

[OllieClarke]

Hi @Gualigee 

RCPP is another R package which needs to be updated if you've upgraded Alteryx. As has been mentioned in this thread by myself and @AnthonyFic the upgrade in R versions requires an update in a number of packages. 

The easiest way to do this is to find the version of R installed with your version of Alteryx ("C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Alteryx\R-[r version]\bin\R.exe" on a non-admin install). Double click R.exe to run it and then use the command

update.packages()

This will then ask you whether you want to update all the packages installed. I said yes to all of them, but the 4 required are (from @AnthonyFic's post)

pdftools

qpdf

tesseract

Rcpp

This should fix your problem

edit:

The reason you don't see Rcpp in your R-library, is that (I believe), for packages installed by default rather than installed by users, the filepath is: "C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Alteryx\R-[r version]\library"

[Gualigee]

Thank you for your reply, @OllieClarke 

I clicked on the above icon. After I ran the command, it says "pdftools will not be updated". 

They kept asking if I needed to installl this and that but I need not see the following:

qpdf

tesseract

Rcpp

Can you please advise what I should do next?

Thank yo u very much.

[OllieClarke]

@Gualigee it looks like you've got multiple R versions installed, and multiple libraries too. That's not an issue in itself though. Once you've updated the packages, and tried to use the PDF Input tool in Alteryx, what happens?

[summarizer]

Hi all... this macro has been a godsend for years.  I came here to ask a question which I'm now editing.  After some trial and error, I found that @AnthonyFic 's comment with the Admin and Non-Admin paths helped us figure out where to place the tools.  In the past, I've had them read in from different places - including my documents which has worked - but not this time.  Once I installed them to the Non-Admin location that worked like a charm.  I'm using 2023.1.