Pull every value out of a PDF and flag what to check
Reads any PDF, lists every value it found in a Google Doc, and points out which ones to double-check against the original.
Apps it connects
Authenticate each one once and the workflow is ready to run.
What it does
Each integration step this workflow runs, in order, what it is for, and the conditions and loops that decide when it runs.
- 1ExtendExtract dataReads the whole PDF in one pass, following your guidance if given, and returns every value with a confidence and page number.
- 2Google DocsAppend textAdds a section headed with the file name and date: one line per value with its page and confidence, then the values to double-check.
How it works
What happens on each run, in plain English.
Give it one PDF, such as a form, a spec sheet, a statement of work or a scanned report, and run it whenever you want everything in it written down value by value. The whole file is read in one pass, and the document's own layout decides what the values are unless you say what it is and how you want it read. Each value goes into your Google Doc on its own line, with the page it was found on and how confident the reading was.
Values are written as they were read: nothing is completed, tidied up or filled in from elsewhere. Any value read less confidently than the level you choose is listed again at the end of the section, by name and page, so you know exactly what to check against the original. Every run adds a new section headed with the file name and the date, so nothing already in the Doc is changed. If nothing can be read from the file, the run stops and writes nothing.
You need an Extend connection, which does the reading, and a Google Docs connection; the PDF; and a link to the Google Doc the results go in.
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