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Extract data from pdf on SharePoint into excel file

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Posted on by Idan

Hi Everyone,

 

I am trying to build a flow that extracts a date (stored as text) from a PDF to an excel file.

This is the table in the PDF file:

Idan_2-1715234012946.png

 

I have access to the AI builder but I am unsure how to search in the output I receive and extract the information. 

This is the very simple flow at the moment:

Idan_0-1715233823656.png

The output appears as the following:

Part of the header of the file:

Idan_1-1715233902924.png

and then within this I have the following output of the dates:

Idan_3-1715234069207.png

 

And this:

Idan_4-1715234095268.png

 

Is there any way recall only these two from this output?

 

please let me know if any more information is required to help.

 

Thanks!

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  • v-yetonggu-msft Profile Picture
    v-yetonggu-msft Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @Idan ï¼Œ

    Could you please upload the output code of your AI Builder control to me through a text file?

     

    Best Regards,

    Sunshine Gu

     

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    v-yetonggu-msft Profile Picture
    v-yetonggu-msft Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @Idan ,

    You can try to use Parse Json to parse this code.

    Like this:

    vyetonggumsft_2-1715238402206.png

    vyetonggumsft_3-1715238482714.png

    vyetonggumsft_5-1715238614725.png

    Best Regards,

    Sunshine Gu

  • Idan Profile Picture
    Idan on at

    Hi Sunshine,

     

    Your exact steps did not work for me however they did point me in the right direction.

    I am sure this can be made more elegant by someone with more experience, but this are the steps I took which ended up working for me:

    Idan_0-1715737255496.png

     

    The Select and Join actions turn the Parse Json to a really long string, which I then run the find text and substring to extract the information I needed.

     

    Idan_1-1715737386850.png

    Idan_2-1715737410121.png

    Hope this helps others in the future.

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