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Extract text from pdf isn't writing to a variable.

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I am creating a flow that takes one massive PDF document with several purchase orders on it, splits it up using Acrobat Pro and a bookmark plugin, then renames them as "%PO #% - %Part #%". After it splits them with Acrobat it extracts the text then parses through the text looking for the PO # and the related Part #, this worked up until a day or two ago, now it flows through without presenting an error, but never finds the text. upon carefully watching the Flow and the variables, when it performs the extract text action it isn's storing the text as a variable, it worked before and has worked for a few months but now it doesnt store the text in the appropriate variable.

 

version is 2.30.109.23075

 

any help is greatly appreciated.

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  • Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @Mogis 

     

    Would it be possible to share screenshot of flow ?

  • momlo Profile Picture
    1,527 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    Are you extracting text using PAD actions or using Acrobat Pro functionality and passing it to PAD?

    If the former, did you try to split file manually, then read from it using PAD? Does this work?

    As @Nived_Nambiar asked - some more details of what you are doing will be helpful.

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