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4 years ago
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How to extract data from a new pdf file (weekly) and append that data to a dataset?

Hi everyone,    I want to automate a price update that I make weekly. Every week I received 5 pdfs (similar look every week) with this week latest prices and now I manually type the latest prices i...
  • v-yanjiang-msft's avatar
    4 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

    According to your description, I think you can do it. I give an example to illustrate the steps.

    1.Connect the PDF in Power BI Desktop through Get Data>PDF.

    2.It is presented in table format when connected.

    3.Now you can reference values in the table. For example you want to get the Sales of Category D, create code like this:

    Table.SelectRows(#"Page001",each [Category]="D")[Sales]{0}

    Result:

    I attach my sample below for your reference.

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ kalyj

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