# Working With PDFs Is Finally Automatable > You can now send, parse, and automate PDF data right in Parabola 🙌. Many of our customers have wanted to work with PDFs in their Flows like they do with spreadsheets, CSVs, and Parabola Tables, and today those wishes came true. Source: https://parabola.io/blog/working-with-pdfs-is-finally-automatable --- Parabola already makes it easy to work with tabular data: rows can be filtered, columns can be added, and entire tables can be combined and transformed in sophisticated (and automated) ways. Tables are a natural format for an organization’s data to live in. But what happens when the data shows up in something *other* than a table? Until now, the answer has typically been that *someone has to do the manual work* to process that data for your organization. Whether it’s a vendor invoice, a delivery list, or even a monthly bill, you’re often left with a teammate having to handle numbers *by hand* to keep your internal workflows humming. At Parabola, we can’t stand that kind of thing! So, per popular request, we’ve released a feature that lets you [parse PDFs and automate Flows from them](https://parabola.io/tool/use-ai-to-convert-data-from-a-pdf-to-a-spreadsheet). It’s the first PDF automation capability of its kind, and it will open up new automation opportunities in your organization. ### PDF-powered automations PDF files seem to go hand-in-hand with manual processes. So in making PDF intake compatible with Parabola, we didn’t stop at simply letting you upload them: you can actually *automate*with data from PDFs in your Flows. That’s why our first PDF-enabled step is [Pull from Email Attachment](https://parabola.io/product/integration/email-attachment): you can auto-parse documents — CSV/TSV, XLS, and now PDFs — sent to this step and use their data in Flows. You can even [trigger a Flow from this step](https://parabola.io/product/overview/updating-and-running-your-flow), so that the Flow will automatically run when a new PDF is sent. With that, you’ll have best-in-class PDF automation integrated into your workflows, all without writing code! ### Processing PDFs in the real world We’ve already seen exciting use cases for PDF automation. Here are just a few: - Collecting warehouse reports and extracting inventory data - Standardizing data — like due dates and terms — from vendor invoices and purchase orders - Intaking bills and preparing them for accounting - Standardizing PDF data tables to send to a transportation management system (TMS) - Intaking customer-provided PDFs for regulatory, customs, or reporting purposes - Digitizing bills of lading (BOLs) and packing lists for freight shipments - Categorizing and cleaning invoice line items using AI ### Try it yourself Our PDF processing step is ready to try for customers on our [Advanced plan](https://parabola.io/pricing). For existing customers: connect with us and we’ll set you up according to your needs. For those new to Parabola, sign up for a demo and tell us you’d like to use PDFs in your Flows. Get a demo ‍