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Overview
As of Phixflow version 8.3, it's now possible to integrate PDF Creation into File Exporters, removing the need for an external process. The page will tell you how to configure your phixflow system to enable this.
Setting a File Exporter options Convert to PDF and PDF Target Path
Information on the console - see PDF Chore
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How to Configure Phixflow for PDF Conversion
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enable PhixFlow to convert Excel files to PDFs when exporting from analysis models.
Overview
When creating analysis models, data modellers can configure a file exporter to export data from PhixFlow in several different formats, such as CVS or Excel. For Excel files, there are options to convert the file to PDF format:
- Convert To PDF
- PDF Target Path
For information about these options, see File Exporter.
Configuration
PhixFlow uses LibreOffice libraries to convert an Excel file into a PDF.
To configure PDF conversion:
- Install LibreOffice Version 6.4 on the PhixFlow server. It is available from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/
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- Add the path for the LibreOffice
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- program folder
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- to the Tomcat classpath.
For example, you can add the add the path to the:- system's CLASSPATH environment variable
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- common class loader in catalina.properties
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- , which is part of the Tomcat configuration
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Monitoring
PhixFlow reports on the PDF convertion process in the system console PDF Chore tab.