One page PDF report

2. Build a PDF report

This workflow generates a dedicated report page for the supplier vroxo in the dataset. A header is then added to the report page.

Step 1. Create the report template

1. Add a Report Template Creator node. Keep the default settings.

Step 2. Enable reporting

1. Go inside the vroxo Supplier Allocation by Department component and click Open layout editor.

2. Tick the Enable reporting checkbox in the bottom left corner to enable reporting.

3. Repeat the previous two steps for the Header component.

4. Connect the output port of the Report Template Creator node to the input ports of both components.

Step 3. Add a header to the report

1. Use a Report Concatenate node to add a header to the report.

2. Connect the output of the Header component to the top port, the output of the vroxo Supplier Allocation by Department component to the bottom port of the Report Concatenate node.

3. Leave the Insert page break between reports option in the configuration unchecked.

Step 5. Write the PDF report

1. Add a Report PDF Writer node.

2. Configure the path where the PDF file should be written to as URL: knime://knime.workflow/../report.pdf

Step 6. Upload and schedule

1. Upload the workflow to one of your KNIME Hub spaces.

2. Create a version of the workflow.

3. Create a schedule deployment of the workflow.