
Image Template
Use Image Template to create templates for images using annotations.
This tool is part of Alteryx Intelligence Suite. Intelligence Suite requires a separate license and add-on installer to Designer. After you install Designer, install Intelligence Suite and start your free trial.
Tool Components
The Image Template tool has 2 anchors.
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Input anchor: Only use the input anchor to connect to upstream data that contains data for table-detection. Otherwise, use the Open File option to bring in data.
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Output anchor: Use the output anchor to pass annotations downstream.
Configure the Tool
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Add an Image Template tool to the canvas.
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Select Open File to open File Explorer, which you can use to browse and find images. (You don't have to run the workflow. The PDF loads automatically.)
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Go to the pages you want to annotate using the arrow icons, or enter a specific page number in the text field.
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Drag anywhere on the image to create an annotation. Enter the annotation in the field. Use the dropdown to select whether you want to save the annotation as a string or an image. Save the annotation in Designer.
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To export the annotation outside Designer, select Annotations > Export and then choose a location. The annotations are exported separate from the image as a JSON file.
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To load annotations, select Annotations > Import and then choose annotations you've already saved as a JSON file.
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Run the workflow to pass the image annotations downstream.
Table Detection
Use table detection to extract tables passed from upstream images.
- Connect the image data that contains tables you want to detect to the input anchor.
- Select the Image field that contains those tables.
- Run the workflow.