Amazon Q Business will no longer be open to new customers starting on July 31, 2026. If you would like to use the service, please sign up prior to July 30. For capabilities similar to Q Business, explore Amazon Quick. [Learn more](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/qbusiness-availability-change.html).

# Extracting content from visuals in a file
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You can enable content extraction from a file with the Amazon Q Business console or API operations. Processing images and visuals takes more time than processing text-only for the documents.

## Console
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When you upload documents directly to an Amazon Q Business application environment, in the **Multi-media content configuration** section of **Select files**, choose the **Visual content in documents** option. For step by step instructions, see [Uploading files](upload-docs.md).

## APIs
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To enable content extraction from a file when you use the [BatchPutDocument](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/api-reference/API_BatchPutDocument.html) API operation, in the `ImageExtractionConfiguration` you set the `imageExtractionStatus` to `ENABLED`. 

```
aws qbusiness batch-put-document \
--application-id {{app-12345abcde}} \
--index-id {{index-67890fghij}} \
--role-arn arn:aws:iam::{{123456789012}}:role/{{ServiceRoleName}} \
--documents '[{
    "Id": "doc1",
    "MediaExtractionConfiguration": {
        "ImageExtractionConfiguration": {
            "ImageExtractionStatus": "ENABLED"
        }
    }
}]' 
--data-source-sync-id {{sync-12345}}
```