Introduction
The Pdf export view of each Layout allows to configure the layout that will be rendered when exporting to PDF
How to edit the PDF view
Selecting the PDF view
Select the desired Layout, then use the view selector to select Pdf Export :
Using pagination
(updated in 2020 R2)
In the Pdf export, Widgets are laid out on multiple pages.
The view displays the layout one page at a time.
Browsing pages
To browse between pages, you can scroll with the mouse or click on the page number :
Moving a Widget across pages
To move a Widget to the next page, drag it to the bottom of the view and onto the Send to next page message that appears :
To move a Widget to the previous page, drag it to the top of the view and onto the Send to previous page message that appears :
Adding a new page
To add a new page, go to the last page and move a Widget to the next page.
Removing a page
To remove the last pages, remove all widgets from the desired pages.
Default behaviors
Automatic layout
When creating Widgets from another view (the Desktop view for example), the Pdf Export layout is generated automatically depending on available space and widget size.
Often, you may need to later tweak this automatic PDF layout manually in order to create a good-looking PDF export.
Overlapping pages
When a Widget is configured to overlap multiple pages, it will be resized automatically during the PDF export, to span a single page only.
Important : Widgets with hidden content
Some widgets have behaviors that allows them to hide some of their content :
- a Grid widget with pagination
- a Doughnut legend with pagination
- etc
Important : Incompatible Widget types
Some Widget types are incompatible with the PDF export functionality.
Those Widgets will simply be ignored during the PDF export, and are automatically made invisible on the Pdf export view.
The incompatible Widget types are :
Preview
When the selected view is the Pdf export, then the Preview button shows the actual PDF export.
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