topic PDF report / hidden objects in QlikView

PDF report / hidden objects

Fri, 11 Jul 2014 16:36:40 GMT

I am trying to create a pdf report with multiple charts. some of these chart are conditionally shown on clicking text objects. I realized that pdf report is not printing the objects which are hidden at the time of printing. Is there a work around to all all objects on pdf with out creating additional sheet specific to printing only.

thank you

Re: PDF report / hidden objects

Mon, 14 Jul 2014 14:15:28 GMT

any one ?

Re: PDF report / hidden objects

Mon, 14 Jul 2014 14:17:27 GMT

Create a tab which people wont use i.e. set it to be visible only to server , then create clones of the charts without the hide condition, this will let the server make the pdfs

Re: PDF report / hidden objects

Mon, 14 Jul 2014 14:40:16 GMT

Thanks Felim, but i really dont want to have overhead coz on the app because of printing. I will end up creating multiple sheets and objects just for pdf reports, there is not other way ?

Re: PDF report / hidden objects

jaimeaguilar — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 20:11:20 GMT

What Felim mentions is what you usually have to do in order to get object print correctly. But I've tested another option that may be useful for you.

You can have a variable that depending on its value show or hide any object you want. Then regardless of the changes that users made to layout, you can send variable parameters from QlikView Server, so you make sure that an object is shown when you send to print:

1. go to management console > documents > locate your server task > reload tab. There's an option that says Parameter Name and Parameter Value. With that option you can change the value of one or as many variables as you want. So the point is that with this option you can schedule your reload but sending specific values for your variables so you can assure that your objects are visible when sending to print them.

Just to make sure, do you have PDF report distribution enabled? otherwise this procedure won't work,

regards

Re: PDF report / hidden objects

Tue, 15 Jul 2014 08:10:18 GMT

You also need to remember container objects do not work particularly well for printing to PDF so if you are using them you will really need another tab