Trouble with pdf

[Denis_Slav]

Hi all. 

I have a pdf file, but when I try to create dataflow with them, they don't show any data on pages. But when I try to use another pdf, there is ok. 

Does anyone know in what may be trouble?

[collinq]

Hi @Denis_Slav ,

Is there any error message that you see or does it "work" but just have nothing in the data?  If there is no error at all and it is just "blank" you may need to go through all of the steps to make sure that you are not using an old id (as in, you have modified the dataflow and some point and it is pointing to only one specific pdf or location).  Also, as a test, perhaps make a "mini" dataflow that only goes out and gets that PDF file and brings it back and see if that works - that would help with troubleshooting where exactly the problem lands.

[Denis_Slav]

Hi @collinq,

Yes, it's just empty. I see list of pages with empty content of them. But when I use the same code on Desktop - evrything is ok. 

Desktop:

Dataflow: 

[collinq · Accepted solution]

Hey @Denis_Slav ,

I found this issue which is similar'ish and they discovered the problem was the "refresh":

Solved: Data flow showing empty data - Microsoft Power BI Community

A different thread had a similar comment and added the "permissions" option:

After creating the new dataflow, please refresh the DataFlow on service to make data loaded into the entity. Then, click the "Refresh" button in "Navigator" pane. If still no data is shown, please clear permissions under "Data Source settings", and establish the connection to dataflow again.

And, i discovered this article that seem to talk about the refresh option again in the dataflow:

Troubleshooting dataflow issue - get data from dataflow | Microsoft Docs

Let us know if that resolved the issue!