Single click document generation and download

RE: Single click document generation and download

Mike Schmitt — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:22:20 GMT

[quote userid="252316" url="~/discussions/f/user-interface/21610/single-click-document-generation-and-download/133551"] I need to create and download the file in single click. [/quote]

Is it really a "need", or a "want"?

the functionality is the same as it was almost 3 years ago when i wrote my original reply, so my same answer still applies.

RE: Single click document generation and download

Vaithyanathan Raju — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:45:25 GMT

Hi Mike Schmitt - I do have the similar request in my app. I need to create and download the file in single click. Is there any Appian feature or OOTB plugin available for this?

RE: Single click document generation and download

Peter Lewis — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:57:54 GMT

Ah okay if you're using a stored procedure that won't work - does it have to go through a stored procedure or could you use a more standard query?

RE: Single click document generation and download

Saeed — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:52:11 GMT

whats the problem with using GET and POST methods?

RE: Single click document generation and download

GauravSingh — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:44:59 GMT

Hi Peter,

Thanks for your response, data is coming through to parametrized Stored Procedure which is getting executed based on filter selected by user.

RE: Single click document generation and download

Peter Lewis — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:25:13 GMT

You can use a Web API to generate a CSV file and it can use a GET instead of a POST. Just create a Web API, use the CSV template, and make sure you separate all your fields with a common (it's usually easiest to use the joinarray() function to do that).

Then, call your Web API in a safelink and you should be good to go.

The other thing to consider if you truly need it to be one click is to pre-generate your document. If the data doesn't change that frequently or if you're okay with it not being completely current, you could run a process that runs on a schedule and generates the document for you. Then, in your UI just reference the document in a document download link.

RE: Single click document generation and download

GauravSingh — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 10:58:37 GMT

HI Mike,

As of now i have implemented the same, but somewhere I have read of using WebApi's to generate and download the document.

Problem with Web Api is for executing Smart services it must execute a POST method and i need to use the GET method to get the document generated.

Thanks,

Gaurav Singh

RE: Single click document generation and download

Mike Schmitt — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 20:40:12 GMT

All supported methods I know of at this point will require 2 clicks - one to initialize the document generation and (automatically) display a link, then a second click by the user to actually download. There was an older plug-in that would create an excel from a datasubset and instantly try to download, but it was really finnicky and as far as I've heard, it no longer works in modern versions of Appian.