https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/general/23877/document-generation-management-helpThe project I am working on has a specific use case where they export a excel sheet and then convert that into a PDF from there. The excel sheet doesn&#39;t necessarily hold data. It holds data in the sense that fields are highlighted. My question is foren-USTelligent Community 12https://community.appian.com/thread/91908?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:16:17 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:dced18d2-0c0e-4b81-a0db-ae4a37582f8aChristineLHutchison<p>What you might be able to do is:<br />1. Create an XLS template for the export<br />2. Tab 1 should be the raw data<br />3. Tab 2 references the data on tab 1 and has conditional formatting on the columns<br /><br />the key is, if Appian writes the data to XLS&lt; it will overwrite any formulas, etc. So, have Appian write the data on a tab that doesn&#39;t have those things.<br /><br />I have used this approach in the past for similar things. Might be worth a try.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/91906?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:59:04 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:ec21d40b-e1ca-4583-a32d-4165f2f4255eKyle G<p>Thank you for the reply, but this is rest assured what the customer wants not something that is in my control.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/91895?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:52:39 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:441db1ee-11c5-4ec1-b30f-a3c3944671a6normanc<p>Using colour alone to convey information is considered to be a user interface anti-pattern.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://accessibility.princeton.edu/how/content/color-alone">https://accessibility.princeton.edu/how/content/color-alone</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>