PDF Formatter

Overview

This Snap reads a document stream and writes it to a new PDF binary output.



Prerequisites

None.

Known issues

  • The PDF Snaps perform validation of the files before processing them. In this process, if the Snap finds a PDF file that is not well-formed, it displays an error Only PDF files are supported, even when it is a PDF file.

    Workaround: Fix the PDF file using an online or in-house tool and retry.

  • Some special unicode characters or symbols might not be parsed correctly.

Snap views

Type Description Examples of upstream and downstream Snaps
Input This Snap has exactly one document input view.
Output This Snap has exactly one binary output view.
Learn more about Error handling.

Snap settings

Legend:
  • Expression icon (): Allows using JavaScript syntax to access SnapLogic Expressions to set field values dynamically (if enabled). If disabled, you can provide a static value. Learn more.
  • SnapGPT (): Generates SnapLogic Expressions based on natural language using SnapGPT. Learn more.
  • Suggestion icon (): Populates a list of values dynamically based on your Snap configuration. You can select only one attribute at a time using the icon. Type into the field if it supports a comma-separated list of values.
  • Upload : Uploads files. Learn more.
Learn more about the icons in the Snap settings dialog.
Field/Field set Type Description
Label String Required. Specify a unique name for the Snap. Modify this to be more appropriate, especially if there are more than one of the same Snap in the pipeline.
Font size String/Expression

Required. Enter the font size you want in the PDF.

Default value: 12

Example: 10
Font Dropdown list

Required. Select the font of the PDF.

Default value: Times-Roman

Example: Helvetica-Oblique
Font Color Dropdown list

Required. Select the font color you want in the PDF.

Default value: BLACK

Example: GREEN
Page Size Dropdown list

Required. Select the font size you want in the PDF.

Default value: A4

Example: LETTER
Input data String/Expression

Select the specific data from the upstream Snaps that you want to be included in the PDF. If left empty, the entire upstream data source is selected.

Default value: N/A

Example: Errors list
Snap execution Dropdown list Choose one of the three modes in which the Snap executes.
Available options are:
  • Validate & Execute. Performs limited execution of the Snap and generates a data preview during pipeline validation. Subsequently, performs full execution of the Snap (unlimited records) during pipeline runtime.
  • Execute only. Performs full execution of the Snap during pipeline execution without generating preview data.
  • Disabled. Disables the Snap and all Snaps that are downstream from it.