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Gogula Aryalingam on 17 Jan 2015 03:15:10

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!

Administrator on 13 Apr 2019 00:56:11

The PDF connector is now generally available in the April release of Power BI Desktop. Learn more here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-april-2019-feature-summary/#pdf

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Jackie on 05 Jul 2020 22:55:01

RE: Tables in PDF files

Great idea - I would like to have such option

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:55:00

RE: Tables in PDF files

It's not uncommon for pdf's to be used instead of spreadsheet or csv file. I definitely feel we need to be able load data from a pdf into Excel via Power Query/ Power Pivot.

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Bill Downing on 05 Jul 2020 22:55:00

RE: Tables in PDF files

This would be a very useful tool / enhancement.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:55:00

RE: Tables in PDF files

Yes, please.... Great idea.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:55:00

RE: Tables in PDF files

I believe it will be very useful for a lot of people because we used a lot of data...

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:55:00

RE: Tables in PDF files

i agree

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:54:59

RE: Tables in PDF files

Absolutely a great idea.

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Doris Lee on 05 Jul 2020 22:54:59

RE: Tables in PDF files

Sounds like a great idea.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:54:59

RE: Tables in PDF files

Would save a ton of time each month. Having a reusable set of rules to process PDFs would be awesome!

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:54:59

RE: Tables in PDF files

This would be great, as we often get these PDF files (reports) from our clients. It costs us a couple of days to get it back into a workable format.