Structure

A Config File has the following sections

• Header
• Ignore
• Footer
• Replace
• Statement Level Data

Header

Headers is the main part of the config file. It helps the Parser locate the relevant table in the PDF document. It also give it information on what kind of data sits in each cell and how to identify row breaks.

The headers are arranged in the same order (and across multiple rows if the table has multi layer headers)

Each Header has a ‘Header Start’ and ‘Header End’ in the config file. In between this start and end, there are two main parts i.e.

• Elements and
• Border

Elements

Each element in headers will correspond with a cell in the table header of the table we are trying to extract. Each element will have

• Exact Word in the table header (can be in any language)
• Metadata giving the parser important information about the data being extracted (e.g. this is a date, it is optional etc). Metadata is written just below the Exact Word for each cell. While technically Metadata is optional, you need to get it right for your table to extract correctly. More details are on the Config File Metadata page.

To clarify the word ‘Element’ does not actually appear in the config file (and the elements start immediately below ‘Header Start’

Example of a header