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The PDF Text Extract step extracts text from PDF documents. It is the equivalent of the matching Alteryx tool and runs in the workflow engine (the ML / NLP / document libraries run in the executor job); results are an approximation of the Alteryx tool pending validation.

  • Source / Output tables — the input data and where the result is written.
  • PDF path column (or a directory of PDFs).

The Columns tab maps the input columns passed through to the output.