PDF Splitter

Overview

This Snap enables you to split a single PDF file into many PDF files.


PDF Splitter Snap Settings

Prerequisites

None.

Known issues

  • The PDF Snaps perform validation of the files before processing them. In this process, if the Snap finds a PDF file that is not well-formed, it displays an error Only PDF files are supported, even when it is a PDF file.

    Workaround: Fix the PDF file using an online or in-house tool and retry.

  • Some pages in the output might be blank for PDFs that are not parsed correctly.

Snap views

View Description Examples of upstream and downstream Snaps
Input This Snap has exactly one binary input view. The input document is a PDF file that will be split into many PDF files.
Output This Snap has exactly one binary output view.
Error

Error handling is a generic way to handle errors without losing data or failing the Snap execution. You can handle the errors that the Snap might encounter when running the pipeline by choosing one of the following options from the When errors occur list under the Views tab. The available options are:

  • Stop Pipeline Execution Stops the current pipeline execution when an error occurs.
  • Discard Error Data and Continue Ignores the error, discards that record, and continues with the remaining records.
  • Route Error Data to Error View Routes the error data to an error view without stopping the Snap execution.

Learn more about Error handling in Pipelines.

Snap settings

Note:
  • Suggestion icon (): Indicates a list that is dynamically populated based on the configuration.
  • Expression icon (): Indicates whether the value is an expression (if enabled) or a static value (if disabled). Learn more about Using Expressions in SnapLogic.
  • Add icon (Plus Icon): Indicates that you can add fields in the field set.
  • Remove icon (Minus Icon): Indicates that you can remove fields from the field set.
Field / Field set Type Description
Label String Required. Specify a unique name for the Snap. Modify this to be more appropriate, especially if there are more than one of the same Snap in the pipeline.
Pages String
Required. Specify pages or the range of pages that you want to split into separate PDF documents. For a range of pages, use a hyphen and separate each page or range with a comma. For example:
  • 2–17 (take the content of pages 2 through 17 and create a separate PDF document)
  • 1–3, 5–7, 10 (take the content of pages 1 through 3, 5 through 7, and page 10 to create a separate PDF document)

Default value: N/A

Example: 1–3, 5–7
Snap execution Dropdown list Select one of the three modes in which the Snap executes.
Available options are:
  • Validate & Execute. Performs limited execution of the Snap and generates a data preview during pipeline validation. Subsequently, performs full execution of the Snap (unlimited records) during pipeline runtime.
  • Execute only. Performs full execution of the Snap during pipeline execution without generating preview data.
  • Disabled. Disables the Snap and all Snaps that are downstream from it.