Best way to read a complex organized pdf file

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Hi experts,

I am a newbie here.

I have a pdf file with more than 50 attributes and a dynamic table with variable rows.

I want to read all attribute values and table values from rows and columns.

I have seen many YouTube videos and information but what is the best way/resource to read an organized but complex long pdf to read?

Regards,

Zahid Rahim

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hey @Zahid_Rahim

  1. Use the “Extract Structured Data” Activity:
  • If the table in the PDF has a consistent structure (fixed column headers and rows), you can use the “Extract Structured Data” activity from the UiPath.Excel.Activities package to extract the table data into a DataTable.
  • This activity uses OCR to locate table elements, so it is essential to have a structured and consistent layout.
  1. Handle Dynamic Tables:
  • If the table has a variable number of rows and columns, you may need to loop through the table elements using activities like “For Each” to extract the values dynamically.
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Hey Vikas,
Thank you for the response:

Is there any URL or YouTube video which explain this with steps:

I have fixed Columns and variable rows:
And the data is very much unpredictable and duplicates with columns also separated with single space:

Data Table is some thing like:
Name Description Size
Zahid Rahim Zahid Rahim 19
First Last First Last 20

How can I distinguish columns? As Name: Zahid Rahim and Description is also: Zahid Rahim and the space between these two column is only one space

Regards,

Zahid Rahim

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U can refer to these links

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Hi Vikas,

Both of the videos are not reading table from pdf…

Regards,

Zahid Rahim

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Hey sorry it was a video to extract table using cv

if u need to Get table from pdf then refer

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In addition u can refer this below thread

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Hi Vikas,
Thank you for all the information. But the scenarios covered by CristianNegulescu are all mainly on hardcoded data or where the data is predictable. But in my case I have different data in ever pdf and there is no only a single space between columns.

Regards,

Zahid Rahim