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January 3, 2023
Question

To Generate PDF document

  • January 3, 2023
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Hi All,

I have to generate PDF document for record summary data which contains mutiple grids and sections.

I haven't done this before.So could anyone please help me.

Thanks in Advance.

    7 replies

    richardm900458
    January 3, 2023

    hi Jansij,
    some basic information:
    summary view of a record is a UI section

    creating a pdf is a completly different story.
    -> so you can use a PDF template and fill the data you show there in the file
    https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/22.4/PDF_Doc_From_Template_Smart_Service.html
    alternatively

    https://community.appian.com/b/appmarket/posts/convert-docx-to-pdf-aspose
    (perhaps useful)
    https://community.appian.com/b/appmarket/posts/pdf-tools

    January 4, 2023

    Thank you everyone for all your response. I will go through the links and notes which you shared and design accordingly.

    konduruc733182
    January 4, 2023

    Hello jansij0001,

    What Richard has said will do the work. 

    If you are having different number of rows for each Record summary, you will need a dynamic document generator Plugin. which will generate number of rows according to your summary.

    You might need a XML data model to do so.

    You might also need the Create Document from Template smart service. Call the XML.

    You can follow these links and check if they are of any help.

    https://community.appian.com/b/appmarket/posts/dynamic-document-generator

    https://community.appian.com/b/appmarket/posts/advanced-document-templating?CommentId=4786c533-f532-446d-9461-0a7b589656da

    Also check the other discussions with similar requirement.

    https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/plug-ins/17891/pdf-from-xsl-fo-smart-service

    January 9, 2023

    How to create PDF files:
    Open Acrobat and choose “Tools” > “Create PDF”.
    Select the file type you want to create a PDF from a single file, multiple files, scan, or another option.
    Click “Create” or “Next” depending on the file type.
    Follow the prompts to convert to PDF and save it to your desired location.

    Regards,

    Will

    richardm900458
    January 9, 2023

    this is my favorite post of the last 6 months at least, dianah. Please read the question before replying. (and consider that we are in an appian support forum)

    mikes0011
    Brainy
    January 9, 2023
    Please read the question before replying.

    Look at this user's post history - it's... problematic, to say the least. I hesitate to make accusations, but to me it seems to be every trademark of a spambot *except* i don't see any actual spam (yet?).  Otherwise - 100% of answers are seemingly scraped from google with no "appian" context applied (or even hinted at), and many of the threads targeted have been between "old" and "stone-age".

    The Expression Guru