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Retrieve continuous text from a file
Retrieve continuous text from a file
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Retrieves text from a file by providing specific instructions as to what to retrieve and where it is located in the file.

Inputs (what you have)

Name

Description

Data Type

Required?

Example

File

File to retrieve information from

File

Yes

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Instructions

Specific instructions to provide to our human workforce so they can identify the text you are looking for. Only request a single piece of consecutive text. If you cannot copy and paste from the file request no more than two sentences.

Text(Long)

Yes

Note: the value of inputs can either be a set value in the configuration of the Wrk Action within the Wrkflow, or a variable from the Data library section. These variables in the Data library section are the outputs of previous Wrk Actions in the Wrkflow.

Outputs (what you get)

All outputs are configured using the 'Fields to capture' feature.

Outcomes

Name

Description

Success

This status is selected if the information was successfully retrieved.

No result

This status is selected in the event of the following scenarios:

  • The document does not contain the requested information

Impossible to Complete

This status is selected in the event of the following scenarios:

  • Unable to open the document

  • The instructions are not good enough to locate the requested information

  • The document contains multiple choices which could be chosen based on the instructions

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