{"record":{"id":"2e1c0a20d3486205","repo":"run-llama/llama_index","slug":"pandas-is-required-for-this-function-please-insta-2e1c0a","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"pandas is required for this function. Please install it with `pip install pandas`.","messagePattern":"pandas is required for this function\\. Please install it with `pip install pandas`\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"ImportError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"llama-index-core/llama_index/core/node_parser/relational/base_element.py","lineNumber":372,"sourceCode":"\n    def _get_nodes_from_buffer(\n        self, buffer: List[str], node_parser: NodeParser\n    ) -> List[BaseNode]:\n        \"\"\"Get nodes from buffer.\"\"\"\n        doc = Document(text=\"\\n\\n\".join(list(buffer)))\n        return node_parser.get_nodes_from_documents([doc])\n\n    def get_nodes_from_elements(\n        self,\n        elements: List[Element],\n        node_inherited: Optional[TextNode] = None,\n        ref_doc_text: Optional[str] = None,\n    ) -> List[BaseNode]:\n        \"\"\"Get nodes and mappings.\"\"\"\n        try:\n            import pandas as pd\n        except ImportError:\n            raise ImportError(\n                \"pandas is required for this function. Please install it with `pip install pandas`.\"\n            )\n\n        from llama_index.core.node_parser import SentenceSplitter\n\n        node_parser = self.nested_node_parser or SentenceSplitter()\n\n        nodes: List[BaseNode] = []\n        cur_text_el_buffer: List[str] = []\n        for element in elements:\n            if element.type == \"table\" or element.type == \"table_text\":\n                # flush text buffer for table\n                if len(cur_text_el_buffer) > 0:\n                    cur_text_nodes = self._get_nodes_from_buffer(\n                        cur_text_el_buffer, node_parser\n                    )\n                    nodes.extend(cur_text_nodes)\n                    cur_text_el_buffer = []","sourceCodeStart":354,"sourceCodeEnd":390,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/run-llama/llama_index/blob/afd0fef371831f9bda13e5af7167cf4e981278ab/llama-index-core/llama_index/core/node_parser/relational/base_element.py#L354-L390","documentation":"Error \"pandas is required for this function. Please install it with `pip install pandas`.\" thrown in run-llama/llama_index.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at llama-index-core/llama_index/core/node_parser/relational/base_element.py:372 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Install pandas: `pip install pandas`."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"afd0fef371831f9bda13e5af7167cf4e981278ab","analyzedAt":"2026-08-15T05:42:58.429Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T22:17:37.221Z"}