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laveenp0001
June 6, 2022
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Want to create PDF containing data from read-only interface.

  • June 6, 2022
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I have a requirement to create PDF after each approver's approval with request data and approver's decision/ comment.

Request Data containing simple text fields data and grids too means tables which will be dynamic in size based on different requests.

Can anyone please help me on this , how can I achieve this ask.

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gabriele.camilli
gabriele.camilli
June 6, 2022

Hi, you can create a template/ full text rule and then you can use the plugin PDF Tools

https://community.appian.com/b/appmarket/posts/pdf-tools

After every approval you fill the pdf/ create pdf content and you will have a document.

If you are good in html also HTML TO PDF Plugin is an option community.appian.com/.../html-to-pdf

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laveenp0001Author
June 8, 2022

Hi Gabriele, 

Thanks for your help. But I have one specific situation I have editable grid that means at runtime I will know how many rows should be added in table for that and this is where I am facing issue. Can you provide any suggestion on this how to resolve.

And one more ask I have can it be possible to generate PDF same as an interface like we do print of browser screen, something like that.

gabriele.camilli
gabriele.camilli
June 8, 2022

Hi, a PDF it's usually with a fixed format, so you could work only on a fixed template.

What you could do instead is to create a DOCX template with a table in it and then convert the docx to PDF, could it work?

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