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PDF to Text

Description

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Extracts the text content of a PDF into a table. It is the equivalent of the Alteryx PDF to Text tool and runs in the workflow engine, where the document libraries live.

Use it to get PDF contents into a form the rest of a workflow can filter, parse, and join. For page-level and layout-aware extraction, use PDF Text Extract instead.

PDFextractfiletextreport.pdf“Invoice #42, total …”
PDF to Text pulls a PDF’s contents into a table column, so the rest of the workflow can filter, parse, and join it. For page-level, layout-aware output, use PDF Text Extract instead.

Source & Options

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  • Source Table / Output Table — the table naming the PDFs and where the extracted text is written.
  • Columns — the source columns to pass through onto the output.
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