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n8n-Powered Automated Vector Encoding for Complex Flowcharts, Tables and Charts in PDFs/Images
Want to convert PDFs into knowledge database for RAG? How complex flowcharts, graphics, tables, and charts get encoded into a vector database
Here's a step-by-step guide to encode complex visual elements into vector databases using n8n.
This guide you will learn a technical blueprint for building an automated system to process and encode complex visual documents (PDFs, images) containing flowcharts, tables, and charts into vector databases using n8n. Readers will learn:

The guide combines practical n8n node configurations with architectural patterns for enterprise-ready implementations, complete with code snippets, Mermaid diagrams, and performance benchmarks.
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