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Anonymous
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Help! Importing Data from PDF file into Power BI.

‎12-03-2019 10:02 AM

Hello All,

 

I would like to import multiple PDF files and visualize in Power BI.

I have worked with a single PDF file.

 

But I would like to use the folder option to automatically update the data each time I add a new pdf file to that folder.

Any idea on how to proceed?

 

Looking forward to your help,

Thanks!

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parry2k
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‎12-03-2019 10:19 AM

@Anonymous are these pdf files going to have same format similar to one you used for single file?



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‎12-03-2019 10:21 AM

Yes it has same format!

But the problem with that is - I could not select multiple pages when using the Folder-Get data option.

 

Have you worked with PDFs before?

 

Thanks,

Anand!

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parry2k
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‎12-03-2019 10:54 AM

@Anonymous if you can share samle pdf and pbix file you have I can look into it.

 

Did I worked with PDF, Gazzillion time



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‎12-03-2019 10:59 AM

Thanks for your reply.

 

I cannot share the PDF Files due to security reasons.

 

But how would you update multiple pdf data automatically?

 

I have multiple tables and pages in a single pdf file.

 

 

Looking forward toy our help!

 

Thanks,

Anand!

 

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