A config file is an Excel File (or a Google Sheet) that describes the characteristics of the table we are trying to extract with the Extract
A config file structure follows the sequence below
Flowchart of the basic structure of a config file
Let’s start by analyzing a simple PDF statement
The PDF statements from FBNZ are quite straight forward
A table in a FBNZ statement
The config file below will extract the table above
Excel Config File for FBNZ
When the FBNZ PDF document and the FBNZ Config File are put into the Extract, we get the following output
FBNZ output received from the Extract