7 Replies Latest reply on Jan 14, 2019 5:50 AM by Abhinav Chauhan

Can we automate generation of PDFs without using third–party plugins?

Abhinav Chauhan Jan 11, 2019 5:03 AM

Hello everyone,

I wanted to know if there is a way to automate the
generation of PDFs from workbooks without using third party plugins.

We generate about 500 dashboards for our client and also
deliver the PDFs along with workbooks.

The generation of workbooks is automated but their
conversion into PDFs requires a lot of manual effort.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

1. Re: Can we automate generation of PDFs without using third–party plugins?

Ombir Rathee Jan 11, 2019 5:22 AM (in response to Abhinav Chauhan)

You've explore to explore the Tabcmd. Batch script can be created with help of tabcmd to export workbooks as Pdf.
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2. Re: Can we automate generation of PDFs without using third–party plugins?

Ciara Brennan Jan 11, 2019 6:12 AM (in response to Abhinav Chauhan)

FYI, link to article...

https://kb.tableau.com/articles/howto/automating-pdf-exports-with-filters-using-tabcmd
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3. Re: Can we automate generation of PDFs without using third–party plugins?

Sankarmagesh Rajan Jan 11, 2019 7:54 AM (in response to Abhinav Chauhan)

Hi Abinav,

Use tabcmd to automate pdf export.

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sankar
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4. Re: Can we automate generation of PDFs without using third–party plugins?

Abhinav Chauhan Jan 14, 2019 5:50 AM (in response to Ciara Brennan)

Hi,
Thanks for your response, but, Tabcmd is supported only till Tableau v9.2.
We tried doing it for v10.4 but it didn't work.

Thanks Anyway..
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5. Re: Can we automate generation of PDFs without using third–party plugins?

Abhinav Chauhan Jan 14, 2019 5:50 AM (in response to Ombir Rathee)

Hi,
Thanks for your response, but, Tabcmd is supported only till Tableau v9.2.
We tried doing it for v10.4 but it didn't work.

Thanks Anyway..
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6. Re: Can we automate generation of PDFs without using third–party plugins?

Abhinav Chauhan Jan 14, 2019 5:50 AM (in response to Sankarmagesh Rajan)

Hi,
Thanks for your response, but, Tabcmd is supported only till Tableau v9.2.
We tried doing it for v10.4 but it didn't work.

Thanks Anyway..
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7. Re: Can we automate generation of PDFs without using third–party plugins?

Abhinav Chauhan Jan 14, 2019 5:50 AM (in response to Sankarmagesh Rajan)

is there anything else I can try??
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