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psankepalli
Partner - Creator III
Partner - Creator III

Download Template from Server with Nprinting

Hello Everyone,

I want to download PPT files, PDF from server with the help of nPrinting. could you please let me know the steps.

(I donot want to export any chart objects to ppt, I want to download a static template)

Thanks

KR

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Daniel_Jenkins
Specialist III
Specialist III

Hi KR,

Your requirement is unclear.

* How are these PPT & PDF files generated?

* Where are they stored?

* How is QlikView NPrinting involved?

* What do you mean by 'static template'?

QlikView NPrinting is primarily used to connect to one or more QlikView documents, generate and distribute appropriately filtered static reports to the right recipients at pre-defined intervals - do you want to do this or something else?

Best - Daniel.

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Prasanna

Is this issue the same issue as the one you posted when you get the error when you are trying this?

what is the business case for downloading a static template?

Are you trying to use Nprinting to send a static doucment by using NPrinting as the delivery method?  If that is the case you have the ability to attach a static document as part of a task as part of a message - you can click on the paper clicp to the right of Report Files, and browse to a file you would like to attach to the email distribution.  If that is not your requirement, please be a little more specific with examples if possible, as well as addressing Daniel's questions so he can help you with what you are trying to accomplish

psankepalli
Partner - Creator III
Partner - Creator III
Author

Hi Daniel,

My requirement is I have a template in the same server where I Published my QlikView Document. Users want to download that template form Access point. I tried to use with Button action URL and Launch option. its kind of security issue. so we decided to go with NPrinting. Now I want to download a file from

D:/NPrinting/Tempaltes/test.pptx

Connection: ConnTemplate.

Document: Test.qvw

How do I load load Test.pptx file from accesspoint with Nprinting?

Thanks

Kesav

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Trying to understand the user case

You have QlikView users on AccessPoint using a QlikView application.  While in the QlikView application they determine they need to build a PowerPoint presentation.  In order to do that, you want them to download a PowerPoint template from within the QlikView application to their workstation so they can manually build a presentation  which is unrelated to to the QlikView application?  In order for any user to 'download' or create a MS Office file using NPrinting from within a QlikView application, the on deman functionality is required

what happens if they are in another QlikView application?

Would it make more sense to post the pptx tempalte out on a sharepoint site and have the users download it from there when they need it?

psankepalli
Partner - Creator III
Partner - Creator III
Author

Hi Adam,

Thank you for understanding my requirement. this is what I want it exactly. What we committed to the customer is only QlikView with Nprinting application.I have only one application at access point. I want to download template from QV at access point.

I am not able to download template directly from Qlikview with NPrinting without exporting any chart.

Please help me.

Thanks

KR

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Ok - so now I understand

Is it also correct that you are licensed for on demand functionality?

have you tried to use the nprinting training environment application and modify the tempalte to remove all charts to see if it works or have you validated that a report is created when the template includes charts?

also, ahve you tried using a .ppt instead of .pptx?

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Prasanna

any new inforamtion regarding this?

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Prasanna

a couple of things to check and try (i did my troublshooting to just run a task per your requirement)

I crated a .pptx fix and just added test to the slides.  had 5 slides.  When I ran the task with taht report, it will not run because there is no connect - there is no connection becasue there are no objects on the left had side.  My solution was to create a formula '=today()' to establish the connection - I did not place the formula on my PowerPoint slides.

I reran the task and the report was created successfully - please check for a connection for your report and if there is not one, perform something similar to the above

Please let me know if it works

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Prasanna

any new info???