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Amiregent
New Member
10 years ago
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PDFs as a data source

Would anyone have suggestions as to how one could extract data from PDF pages which can then be used in Power BI?
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  • mllopis's avatar
    mllopis
    10 years ago

    Amiregent,

     

    There's currently no solution to import PDF data into Power BI Desktop. This data source is in our radar, as we have received some requests in the past, but we don't have any immediate plans to add it to the product.

     

    If this is an important feature for you, please leave a vote for it in our UserVoice Feature Suggestions forum. Please also leave a description about the type of data that you need to extract from the PDF document. For instance, are you trying to extract one/multiple tables from the document, or plain text?

     

    Thanks,
    M.

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Ehren
Microsoft Employee
7 years ago

Just to close the loop on this request: importing from PDF files is currently a preview feature in Power BI Desktop. Please try it out and let us know what you think!

 

Ehren

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mike_honey
Memorable Member
7 years ago

I've used the new preview feature quite a bit on one project. After a pothole in the December update it is now (Feb 2019 update) working quite effectively. Due to the nature of the data source, it's always going to be more art than science and need a lot of supporting work in your queries, but this is a very good option to look at.