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PDF Report Distribution

Hi everybody,

Who can tell if PDF Report Distribution can lauch reports according to an external flag?

Let's say a external process generates a flag and according to the value some reports have to be sent to users.

Can we have Report Distriubtion without Publisher ? (I mean Publisher module not the scheduler)

best regards

Chris

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danielrozental
Master II
Master II

Chris,

Yes, the PDF is built using a QlikView Report from within the QVW Application. You can generate and distribute the PDF files by email using Publisher or you can have them saved to a folder.

BTW, Yes, you need a Publisher license, PDF Report Distribution is an Add On to Publisher.

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No, QlikView server don´t distribute documents, that is Publishers function.

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Hi Andreas

Thank you

i know this but precisely when you have QVS it holds a basic publisher (= scheduler).

If you buy Publisher (the full one which refreshes, distributes, reduces qvw) this is a separate module.

My question is : Does PDF Report Distribution can work with the basic version or do we have to buy it PLUS publisher to make it work which would be very expansive then ?

Chris

Anonymous
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Christian

There are 3rd party bolt ons for QlikView that can schedule & distribute pdf's and also MS Office & html documents.

I use NPrinting by Vizubi, they have a web site describing their products which do not sting the wallet too much.

There are other products as well but I have no experience of them .

Best Regards,     Bill

vikasmahajan

Hii

If your requirement is small you can use macro and send pdf reports.

Vikas

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Hi guys

thank you for your help.

I know it is possible to make it outside of PDF Report Distribution but the constraint is to use it.

So i just need to know if the publisher has to be bouught as well or if PDF Report Distribution can be used with the basic one.

Best regards

Chris

ngulliver
Partner - Specialist III
Partner - Specialist III

Hi, Chris.

Unfortunately, unless you schedule a job like Vikas' example above then you will find it very difficult to automatically send out PDFs to a range of users without purchasing any additional software.

Regards,

Neil

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Hi Neil,

yes I had confirmation the Publisher is definitively needed to distribute PDF.

I never worked with PDF Report, so my understanding is

- PDF are built from embedded QlikView Report tool

- Instead of saving a file manually for each user i need, I use Publisher to do so and distribute it

Am I right ?

best regards

Chris

danielrozental
Master II
Master II

Chris,

Yes, the PDF is built using a QlikView Report from within the QVW Application. You can generate and distribute the PDF files by email using Publisher or you can have them saved to a folder.

BTW, Yes, you need a Publisher license, PDF Report Distribution is an Add On to Publisher.

ngulliver
Partner - Specialist III
Partner - Specialist III

Hi, Chris.

QlikView Publisher with the PDF Distributor add-on can be used to distribute reports. It would be worth taking a look at other options in the market for distributing QlikView reports as you may be purchasing more than you need with Publisher - it depends on your requirements. If you go into Qlik Market, you will also see NPrinting and QVMail.


Regards,

Neil