Image Resolution Management for PDF Output

Mattias_Malré — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 11:24:58 GMT

The quality of images in PDF output generated from Word, PowerPoint, and PixelPerfect reports can be regulated according with the JPEG compression parameter (refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG#Effects_of_JPEG_compression😞

PowerPoint: High = 100, Medium = 60, Low = 20
Word: High = 100, Medium = 66, Low = 33
Excel: option not available
PixelPerfect: High, Medium, Low

Create New PowerPoint Report and Open Template Editor

Create PowerPointReport on Top Countries Comprising 80% of Sales. See: How to Create PowerPoint Reports

Open "Save template as..." Dialog

Click on the Save As icon in the Actions group

Save Template

Make sure that PowerPoint Presentation (*.pptx) is selected in the Save as type: field
Enter a File name or accept the suggested one
Click on the Save button

Create Title Slide

Enter, position and format the presentation title.

Add QlikView Objects to Template as Images and Create Content Slide

Add CH304 and CH212 to the template as Images
Add a slide to the template
Drag and drop the CH304 - Countries Comprising 80% of Sales node token onto the slide and add a slide heading

Add Second Content Slide

Add content to the third slide

Save Template

Click on the Save and Close icon.

Enable Dynamic Naming and Add Time Element

Put a check mark in the Enable Dynamic Naming box by clicking on it
Add another Item to the file name by clicking on the green plus at the extreme right of the Item row
Select Time in the Item drop down list

Save Report Template

Click on the Save and Close icon

Create new Report Task

Create the Recipient Export task. See: How to Create Tasks

Add Report to Task

Click on the Add icon in the Reports group
Select the PowerPoint Report on Top Countries Comprising 80% of Sales report
Click on the OK button to add it to the Task

Change Output Format

Click on the Output Format cell for the report and select Pdf in the drop-down menu

Add Same Report to Task a Second Time

See sequence above.

Adjust Output Format Properties

Change the report Output Format to Pdf
Click on the additional options button at the extreme right of the row under Advanced to open the Format properties dialog
Set Quality Level to Medium

Add Same Report to Task One Last Time and Adjust Output Format Properties

Change the report Output Format to Pdf
Click on the additional options button at the extreme right of the row under Advanced to open the Format properties dialog
Set Quality Level to Low

Save Report Task

Click on the Save and Close icon

Run Task and Check Output

See the three separate PDF output files created due to the Time element in the output file name. The default high resolution one created at 16:23:56, the medium resolution one created at 16:24:38, and the low resolution one created at 16:25:03.

Zoom in a High Resolution Output

Zoom in a Low Resolution Output

A report with low resolution images saves disk space but the quality of the final result can be compromised.

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Image Resolution Management for PDF Output

Create New PowerPoint Report and Open Template Editor

Open "Save template as..." Dialog

Save Template

Create Title Slide

Add QlikView Objects to Template as Images and Create Content Slide

Add Second Content Slide

Save Template

Enable Dynamic Naming and Add Time Element

Save Report Template

Create new Report Task

Add Report to Task

Change Output Format

Add Same Report to Task a Second Time

Adjust Output Format Properties

Add Same Report to Task One Last Time and Adjust Output Format Properties

Save Report Task

Run Task and Check Output

Zoom in a High Resolution Output

Zoom in a Low Resolution Output