Sep 09 2022 12:56 AM
Hello guys please i need help
i have a PDF file with 568 page each page contient a table. first i convert it into excel file and i didn't get what i want. second i used functionality in excel named data > get data from PDF file and all pages appear on editor power query i remove some columns and use filtre to remove some lines and i got the a perfect result. so the question any one can guide me to applicate it to all tables and extraire result on excel file because it's first time i use editor power query.
Sep 09 2022 01:49 AM
@safwen In the Navigator screen you should enable "Select multiple items". That will allow you to select all the tables you need/want.
Sep 09 2022 01:51 AM - edited Sep 09 2022 02:56 AM
i select the first line so i get all the tables as one source
Sep 09 2022 01:53 AM
Sep 09 2022 02:41 AM - edited Sep 09 2022 02:41 AM
@safwen First you said you had one PDF with 568 pages. Now it seems to connect to Folder containing many PDF's. Don't really understand what you are doing, but perhaps you need to filter the Kind column to show only "Table" and then expand the Data column.
Sep 09 2022 03:20 AM
@safwen OK, I misunderstood. But what do you want to do next? Combine all in one large table or create separate tables in Excel for every table in the PDF?
Sep 09 2022 03:27 AM
Sep 09 2022 03:57 AM
@safwen Then I believe you can filter all the tables first and then just expand the Data column. Dot the transformation needed and Close & Load to a table.
Sep 09 2022 04:02 AM
Sep 09 2022 04:20 AM
@safwen No, expand the entire column of tables and then do your transformation on that one, assuming that all tables have the same structure and require the same transformations. But perhaps, I still misunderstand your intentions.
Sep 09 2022 04:23 AM
Sep 09 2022 06:05 AM
Solution@safwen Take the screenshot in your message (see picture) as a starting point.
Klick on the button of the Kind column. Select only "Table" and press OK.
Then in the Data column, press the button with the arrows.
Should look something like this:
Press "Load more" if it show. Now uncheck the box "Use original......" and OK.
That should give you one large table of all the tables combined.