Text Miner failed to index PDF files
Article ID: KB0079298
Updated On:
| Products | Versions |
|---|---|
| Spotfire Statistica | 13.3.0 and higher |
Description
Statistica Text Miner failed to index PDF files. Below error message appears when user tries to index one or more PDF documents:
"Failed to index document: xxxxxx.pdf".
"Failed to index document: xxxxxx.pdf".
Issue/Introduction
Text Miner failed to index PDF files
Environment
Windows
Resolution
This error is due to the missing Text Miner sub-component that is used to convert PDF documents to text (command-line tool called "Xpdf"). This component was removed from the distribution 13.3.0 and higher versions due to TIBCO GPL policy.
Workaround
User can follow below instructions to manually add the Xpdf tool to Statistica to resolve.
1. Download "Xpdf command line tools" for Windows: https://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html
2. Unzip the downloaded file and find the tool pdftotext.exe
3. Copy pdftotext.exe and place it into "Support\xpdf" subfolder of the Statistica installation folder.
Workaround
User can follow below instructions to manually add the Xpdf tool to Statistica to resolve.
1. Download "Xpdf command line tools" for Windows: https://www.xpdfreader.com/download.html
2. Unzip the downloaded file and find the tool pdftotext.exe
3. Copy pdftotext.exe and place it into "Support\xpdf" subfolder of the Statistica installation folder.
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