# Issue with apache Tika Extraction for Tabular Column Data in PDF **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 20, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-apache-tika-extraction-for-tabular-column-data-in-pdf/328080 "2023-03-20T13:43:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sai\_Kiran\_solix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sai_kiran_solix/32/118672_2.png) [@Sai\_Kiran\_solix](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sai_Kiran_solix)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-apache-tika-extraction-for-tabular-column-data-in-pdf/328080/1 "2023-03-20T13:43:06Z")
I extracted a PDF that has tabular column data using apache Tika, in the result the row data from different columns are getting merged Before Extracting | Column A | Column B | | -------- | -------- | | 1 | saikiran | | 2 | pavan | The above Tabular column data is what i am trying to extract After Extracting the below is the result saikiran1 pavan2 I am expecting the result to be like i have mentioned down below 1 saikiran 2 pavan ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-apache-tika-extraction-for-tabular-column-data-in-pdf/328080/2 "2023-03-20T21:05:04Z")
Welcome but this forum is not for Tika support. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-apache-tika-extraction-for-tabular-column-data-in-pdf/328080/3 "2023-04-17T21:05:29Z")
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