Flowable 6.8.0 - Create/Generate document

Flowable Engine
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Hi all,
I want to know if with this version of flowable (i had flowable on my structure in a docker-compose, i used the image flowable/flowable-ui from dockerhub) is possible to create a document (i need to create a pdf using some variables that i have in my flow). I haven’t found anything under the “Activities” branch.

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I’m pretty new to flowable (this is my first flow!) but i can’t find anything that i can use to create a pdf.
Any advice can be appreciated!

F.

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Hi @FabioF,

welcome to Flowable!

In the Flowable Open Source version you can generate a document by implementing a custom service task or an external REST service and call those. There are a few different libraries and services out there which can help you generate a PDF. There is no out-of-the-box functionality to generate a PDF.

Just as a side node in case you looked at the enterprise documentation and wondered why you can’t find the item on your palette, this is a feature which is available in the enterprise version.

Valentin

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Thanks for the reply Valentin!
I need to explore better this task to achieve this result, but you’ve been helpful.
Thank you very much! :smiley: