Florida Licensed Drivers, 2006–2026

Part 1 · The business problem

One PDF a year for 21 years, and no table to download

Part 1 · The data

The same table, printed in three layouts

Part 2 · Parameters

Change one value to move the project or switch the source

Parameters - Source Path

SourcePath the start of the path to the PDFs

...\final-project\data\→ local copies, offline https://www.flhsmv.gov/pdf/driver-vehiclereports/→ the original source

Parameters - File Names

File_2006countysexage2006.pdf
File_2007countysexage2007.pdf
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File_20262026annuallicenseddriverreport.pdf

21 parameters, one per year; the names are the same in both places

Part 2 · Staging

SourceFiles turns 22 parameters into one table

Here SourcePath points at the FLHSMV web folder; Source Location shows where each year was read from.

Part 3 · Long layout, 2019–2026

The long parser is the class ADA query, made general

Sample Long 2026 in the Walkthrough group: the same steps as fnParseLong, on one PDF.

Two filters replace one year's list of title and total labels, so the steps work for every year: Column3 = "Female" and AgeBracket does not contain "to".

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steps, all ribbon commands except the year column

2019–2025 read the accessible _ada files. In the wide 2020 and 2021 files, the PDF connector merges the page header into the first row of each page, and that row's numbers are lost.

Part 3 · Wide layout, 2006–2011 and 2018

Fill Down and Unpivot turn fifteen age columns into one

1 / 4 · Expanded Data

The PDF table as Power Query reads it: the county is printed on the F row, with null on the M row.

2 / 4 · Promoted Headers

Remove Empty drops the title; Use First Row as Headers turns the age brackets into column names.

3 / 4 · Filled Down

Fill Down copies each county onto its M row.

4 / 4 · Changed Type with Locale

Unpivot Other Columns, Replace Values (the dash printed for zero, F and M spelled out) and the type change: one row per county, sex and age bracket.

Part 4 · Stacked layout, 2012–2017

A conditional column rebuilds Sex and County

Each county's total row, then its F and M rows. The formula bar shows the conditional column that keeps the county name on total rows; Fill Down then spreads it.

Part 4 · Hand edits

At most three steps per parser are typed by hand

The 2012 column printed as 21-30 holds ages 22 to 30, so this one-line edit relabels it in 2012 only.

Part 4 · Quality check

All 21 years reconcile to zero

QA Reconciliation in Table view. Check it after every refresh.

21 of 21

years where the county rows add up to the statewide total printed in the PDF

69 → 68

counties: the Unknown line ends after 2013; any other count means a split or blank name

Part 5 · Star schema

One fact table, three dimensions

Table	Role	Rows
Licenses	fact: year, county, age bracket, sex, drivers	43,080
Year	dimension, with source file and bracket scheme	21
County	67 counties, Out of State, Unknown	69
Age Bracket	every bracket as published	28
QA Reconciliation	standalone check	21

The dimensions are built from the fact table in Power Query, so a new county spelling or bracket appears as a new row.

Part 5 · Age brackets

Three bracket schemes; Age Group compares all 21 years

Years	Brackets above age 20
2006–2012	single years to 21, then 22–30
2013	21–30
2014–2026	21–29

Above 20 the schemes cannot be mapped onto each other. Every bracket stays as published, and Age Group holds the only groups identical in all years:

15–17

18–20

21+

Part 5 · Measures

Each report is a snapshot: Licensed Drivers takes the latest year

Licensed Drivers =
VAR LatestYear = MAX ( 'Year'[Year] )
RETURN
    CALCULATE ( SUM ( Licenses[Drivers] ), 'Year'[Year] = LatestYear )

Florida County Drivers =
CALCULATE ( [Licensed Drivers], 'County'[Is Florida County] = TRUE () )

Part 5 · Maintenance

Adding 2027 takes four steps

1. Save the 2027 PDF into data\under the file name FLHSMV publishes
2. Add File_2027 to Parameters - File NamesManage Parameters, New, type Text
3. Add one row to SourceFiles{2027, File_2027, "Long"}, or "Wide" or "Stacked" if the layout changes again
4. Refresh and open QA Reconciliation2027 should read Reconciled with 68 counties; new county spellings go into CountyAliases

Conclusion

What you are taking over

• 1One value to change. SourcePath switches between the local copies and the FLHSMV website.
• 2Three parsers from ribbon steps. Each has a Walkthrough sample to click through, with at most three hand edits.
• 3A check after every refresh. All 21 years reconcile to the statewide total printed in each PDF.
• 4A star schema. Snapshot measures, and an Age Group that compares across all years.
• 5A new year in four steps. One PDF, one parameter, one row, one check.

Thank you. Questions?