Combine Data from Multiple PDFs with Inconsistent Column Names!

In this video, you will learn how to Merge Data from Multiple PDFs with Inconsistent Column Names. Often, PDFs contain tables with different column names, making it challenging to consolidate the data. This tutorial will show you how to tackle this problem and automate the process of combining data from multiple PDFs across various tables using Power Query.
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[@tak0331]

As always, thank you Chandeep! The user renaming columns in Excel and then using some PQ dust to dynamically merge columns with similar values is powerfully. Great stuff!

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Hi Chandeep, you meta step is phenomenal. This will help me to refer any step from any other query which is just amazing
Thanks for sharing

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[@Blueboy30]

Very complex. I've been looking for something like this for ages, but after seeing your video no wonder I couldn't get close to a solution. It's very involved.

[@cjimmer4877]

This is great. Thank you. I ran into this problem all the time

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[@chrism9037]

So awesome, thanks Chandeep

[@regihamp0206]

This is great!!! Please do more with PDFs. I beg my Colleagues for csv or excel files. I get no, or at best pdf crystal reports with nested tables and headers. Insight on how to transform PDFs is a game changer!!

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[@bonmonil]

Wow.... Neat!!

[@alexrosen8762]

Very very useful and well explained 👌

[@debbieashton7654]

How can I add a column that gives the pdf file name for each line on the table. This is so I can reconcile the data back to the inoives and be sure I'm not missing any files?

[@dimmitrio]

Cool, just not forget to tell that numeration in PQ starts with 0. Otherwise, people who are new in PQ will not understand why you use 1 instead 2. But it's a nasty comment, sorry)))

[@GeertDelmulle]

I’m sure that the more advanced users that watch this video know that aspect very well.

[@LuisRosa-m7f]

and if rows are different? too

[@anujshah1236]

why not duplicate the query and remove the last Cols step, does that affect the speed and efficiency?

[@GoodlyChandeep]

Duplicating the query means - redoing all the step all over again!
Which means inefficiency

[@anujshah1236]

@@GoodlyChandeep okay, thanks for the explanation and I am really grateful to your videos😊

[@markrsmith5]

So I have a pdf from print function and it did not give me table data put there is clearly a table on it. So I guess this process won't work for that?

[@GoodlyChandeep]

it probably should!

[@CiachoAcM]

What if my PDF contains different number of pages? Does such solution work dynamically if I have more pages than in the "example file"?

[@GeertDelmulle]

Look at the logic in the video: yes.

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[@dirkstaszak4838]

It is getting lame if I write always the same comments 😂. So here is an issue that I encounter with pdf. Sometimes even though it is a system print out in pdf format the columns are not split in the same way meaning col 17 e. G contains in 9 out of 10 the bank code but in one table it is in Col18. Any idea why this happens?

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