Everyone uses PDF documents to present and share information with coworkers, clients, partners, and so on. It’s incredibly useful, but sometimes you need to get data out of a PDF and into a database. Doing this may turn out to be a real roadblock, especially if you don’t have time for inputting data manually and coding isn’t an option.
While professionals across all industries are more or less familiar with PDF converters and data extraction tools, we don’t hear often about the need to move data trapped in PDFs to Oracle. What if you find yourself facing this challenge? Keep reading to find out what you should do. We’re going to look at the possible options and suggest the easiest way to extract a PDF to Oracle without the need for coding.
Why extract a PDF to an Oracle database?
Extracting data from PDFs and importing it into an Oracle database becomes a necessity when organizations have a large and recurring amount of information locked in PDF documents and they need it in their databases.
The Oracle ecosystem allows users to import files in various formats, like Excel or CSV, into a database. But when it comes to PDF files, chances are you can’t import them directly into an Oracle application and get structured data where it should be. So you either enter data manually, which is at best boring and most likely not possible, or use third-party tools to turn the contents of PDFs into structured data which you can then send to your Oracle app.
What are your options?
Say you need to extract data from PDF to Oracle. Let’s take a look at the options available (without counting manual data entry):
- Data import tools: the first hurdle would be finding a data import tool that can process the PDF format — most tools are built to import data from Excel, Word, TXT, HTML, etc. Even if you find one, it may or may not be suitable for your specific needs.
- Custom parsing tool: you can have a developer write a custom parsing tool to extract the data fields you need. If you don’t have the right person for this in your organization, you will have to hire one, which can be costly and time-consuming.
- No-code document parsing tools: also called document parsers, these third-party tools require no coding knowledge and can be used by anyone from their web browser to extract data fields from documents, particularly in PDFs format, and either download them as files or export them to a cloud application.
As you can guess, the third option is going to be the most viable one in most cases. Instead of struggling with tools that don’t support the PDF format, or having someone code a parsing solution from scratch, you can simply use a no-code document parsing tool to extract PDF to Oracle, provided that:
- You want to parse a type of document with the same layout (or with slight variations) that you receive regularly. This could be invoices, medical records, contracts, etc.
- That document type contains data fields that can be identified and extracted either from their position in the document, specific keywords, specific formatting like that of a data or phone number, etc.
So to answer the question in this post’s title, yes, you can extract PDF to Oracle without coding. You just need the right tool.
Try extracting your PDF to Oracle with this simple tool
You want to get started right away? Try Docparser, the leading no-code document parsing tool. Just create a free account, upload a sample PDF, define parsing rules to identify and extract the data fields you need, and set up an integration with your Oracle app — all without writing code. You will automate data entry, save a massive amount of time and effort, prevent data entry errors, and streamline your Oracle workflows.
To learn how to use Docparser within minutes to extract your recurring PDFs to your Oracle database, read our article “How to Extract PDF to Oracle Without Coding”.
