Getting Information from a PDF

Basic procedures for extracting information from a PDF.

Overview

There are several ways to get or extract data from a PDF in Kognitos. The procedures listed below are the most basic methods. For a more advanced method using OCR (Optical Character Recognition), refer to the Extract Data procedure.

Getting a Label

This procedure allows you to retrieve a specific label from a PDF.

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get the pdf's label where
    the label is "Invoice Number"

Getting a Field

This procedure allows you to retrieve a specific field from a PDF.

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get the pdf's field where
    the field contains "Date"