Hi I am new on Appian and I'm trying to make a PDF from a Word file using a dynamic DOCX template, but I'm having trouble generating the Word file, and I'm not sure where I've gone wrong.
I've attached the XML data and Word file that I'm attempting to override
PDFSample.docx
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<TaskList> <id>1</id> <taskName>General ticket</taskName> <taskDescription>New changes Verification</taskDescription> <taskPriority>2</taskPriority> <taskAssignedto>1</taskAssignedto> <taskStatus></taskStatus> <taskComment></taskComment> <file>7125</file> </TaskList> <TaskList> <id>2</id> <taskName>General ticket</taskName> <taskDescription>ghgh</taskDescription> <taskPriority>2</taskPriority> <taskAssignedto>2</taskAssignedto> <taskStatus></taskStatus> <taskComment></taskComment> <file>7141</file> </TaskList> <TaskList> <id>3</id> <taskName>Hardware Issue</taskName> <taskDescription>jhj hjhjk</taskDescription> <taskPriority>2</taskPriority> <taskAssignedto>2</taskAssignedto> <taskStatus></taskStatus> <taskComment></taskComment> <file>7142</file> </TaskList> <TaskList> <id>4</id> <taskName>Software Installation</taskName> <taskDescription>Installation of MSSQL</taskDescription> <taskPriority>1</taskPriority> <taskAssignedto>1</taskAssignedto> <taskStatus></taskStatus> <taskComment></taskComment> <file></file> </TaskList> <TaskList> <id>5</id> <taskName>Software Installation</taskName> <taskDescription>Test Software installation</taskDescription> <taskPriority>1</taskPriority> <taskAssignedto></taskAssignedto> <taskStatus>Pending</taskStatus> <taskComment></taskComment> <file>7191</file> </TaskList> <TaskList> <id>6</id> <taskName></taskName> <taskDescription>NA</taskDescription> <taskPriority></taskPriority> <taskAssignedto></taskAssignedto> <taskStatus>Pending</taskStatus> <taskComment></taskComment> <file></file> </TaskList> <TaskList> <id>7</id> <taskName>Hardware Issue</taskName> <taskDescription>Battery issue</taskDescription> <taskPriority>1</taskPriority> <taskAssignedto>2</taskAssignedto> <taskStatus>Pending</taskStatus> <taskComment></taskComment> <file></file> </TaskList> <TaskList> <id>8</id> <taskName>Others</taskName> <taskDescription>Log Analysis</taskDescription> <taskPriority>2</taskPriority> <taskAssignedto>2</taskAssignedto> <taskStatus>Pending</taskStatus> <taskComment>Unable to check the logs</taskComment> <file>0</file> </TaskList> <TaskList> <id>9</id> <taskName>Others</taskName> <taskDescription>Server Upgrade</taskDescription> <taskPriority>3</taskPriority> <taskAssignedto>1</taskAssignedto> <taskStatus>Pending</taskStatus> <taskComment>Server Needs to upgrade</taskComment> <file>0</file> </TaskList> <TaskList> <id>10</id> <taskName>General ticket</taskName> <taskDescription>SQL Installation</taskDescription> <taskPriority>1</taskPriority> <taskAssignedto>1</taskAssignedto> <taskStatus>Pending</taskStatus> <taskComment>Required Sql server to work on Database related things</taskComment> <file>0</file> </TaskList> <TaskList> <id>11</id> <taskName>General task</taskName> <taskDescription>Database Maintenance</taskDescription> <taskPriority>3</taskPriority> <taskAssignedto>2</taskAssignedto> <taskStatus>Pending</taskStatus> <taskComment>Database backup needed to maintain the DB</taskComment> <file>0</file> </TaskList> <TaskList> <id>12</id> <taskName>Hardware Issue</taskName> <taskDescription>System Needs to Update</taskDescription> <taskPriority>1</taskPriority> <taskAssignedto>3</taskAssignedto> <taskStatus>Pending</taskStatus> <taskComment></taskComment> <file>0</file> </TaskList> <TaskList> <id>13</id> <taskName>Others</taskName> <taskDescription>UI Enhancement</taskDescription> <taskPriority>2</taskPriority> <taskAssignedto>6</taskAssignedto> <taskStatus>Pending</taskStatus> <taskComment>Comment 6</taskComment> <file>0</file> </TaskList> <TaskList> <id>14</id> <taskName>General task</taskName> <taskDescription>Performance Optimization</taskDescription> <taskPriority>1</taskPriority> <taskAssignedto>8</taskAssignedto> <taskStatus>Pending</taskStatus> <taskComment>Comment 8</taskComment> <file>0</file> </TaskList> <TaskList> <id>15</id> <taskName>Hardware Issue</taskName> <taskDescription>This is a demo incident</taskDescription> <taskPriority>2</taskPriority> <taskAssignedto></taskAssignedto> <taskStatus>Pending</taskStatus> <taskComment></taskComment> <file></file> </TaskList> <TaskList> <id>16</id> <taskName>General ticket</taskName> <taskDescription>Laptop showing blank screen</taskDescription> <taskPriority>1</taskPriority> <taskAssignedto></taskAssignedto> <taskStatus>Pending</taskStatus> <taskComment></taskComment> <file></file> </TaskList>
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Do you need to do that using DOCX? If not, try this instead: appian.rocks/.../
Do you see any errors?
No
I require the generation of a PDF within the grid, incorporating custom formatting.
Sure. Super easy with the HTML method I describe.
Could you please help to to identify the service name that will generate the dynamic HTML file to convert.
Do you mean the plugin? It is linked in the blog post.
community.appian.com/.../html-to-pdf