Tables in PDF files
I have come across so many public data repositories that hold data in PDF format. Other websites have tables within documents such as annual reports etc., also in PDF format. A data source for PDFs or tables from PDFs would be awesome!

Thanks everyone for your feedback – We plan to release a PDF connector to import data from tables by the end of 2017 or early 2018. Stay tuned for more updates as we get closer.
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edh commented
Are we at the end of 2017 or early 2018 yet?
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Stephen Hancox commented
Any updates on this one?
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Andrew commented
Where does this update stand with occurring soon?
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Ryan commented
I'm also looking forward to this feature. We currently do bluebeam take-off work for construction, after which I export to CSV and run through Power BI. I would love to get more granular access to the data contained within.
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Dave commented
Hey Miquel, can you provide an update? Surely your comment in August for one of the top ranked ideas warrants an update. What does Planned actually mean?
We are now in April, can you comment that it will or won't be released in the May release?
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AJ commented
Any update on the ETA for this? Really looking forward to it!
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sam thompson commented
Great plan, what's the timeframe?
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Javier commented
Early 2018? Month?
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Nate commented
Any update on the ETA for this? Really looking forward to it!
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Mike Honey commented
While we wait for a Connector solution (which would be great), I'm having some success at this task using the open-source Tabula project.
It has supporting automation/scripting projects (e.g. tabula-py for python), but in almost all cases manual extract design and post-extract data transformation is required. I guess this is due to the imprecise nature of PDF tables.
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Anonymous commented
This is a very useful connector. The Internet has a lot of information in PDF, which can be used in complex analysis.
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Andrew commented
Hi - is there an expected release for this? Hopefully early 2018 = March update!
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Anonymous commented
Great idea
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Anonymous commented
Can't wait! This will save me a huge amount of time.
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Anonymous commented
That would be great!
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Anonymous commented
That's GREAT news!
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Anonymous commented
Bluebeam Revu Extreme can export PDF to Excel
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Anonymous commented
Great news!
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kigayo083 commented
I highly appreciate the efforts planned this time. I will make recommendations at an early stage. Please connect to PDF data which we have difficulty to capture every year. I believe that developers will be able to recognize the specific tasks to be addressed by concrete examples. Come and sample it as a target for TEST, please realize the connection that everyone praises. http://www.keinet.ne.jp/rank/18/ds04.pdf
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khristian commented
Yess!!