Introduction to dynamic print layouts
Learn the basics of print customization in Ninox
Availability
Print customization is available for Public and Private Cloud starting 3.7.7.
Capacity
The pricing page (section on Essentials) offers info on how many renders per month are available in your subscription.
Any time a dynamic print layout is created (either with or without the use of a function), 1 render is dedicated from the monthly quota.
How print customization works in Ninox
Ninox uses a third-party integration, carbone.io, to find all markers {} in a document (.xlsx, .odt, .docx, ...) and replace these markers with Ninox data.
According to the syntax of your markers, the following operations can be performed:
replacing a field
formatting data
repeating a document portion (a table row or anything else)
looping on unlimited nested arrays
conditionally displaying a data based on a test expression
The syntax is similar to using a JSON Array or Object in JavaScript. Combined with features of, for example, Microsoft Word or LibreOffice, you can create documents with:
graphics
headers, footers
automatically repeated table header across pages
insert computed field
page count
etc.
Supported file formats
Import
.xhtml.odt.ods.odp.docx.xlsx.pptx.odg
Export/print
.pdf
Supported fonts
Google Fonts are pre-installed. If a font is not rendering into documents, verify that font is available on Google Fonts.
Supported functions
Functions for standard printing
These functions work with the Blank and Auto print layout options.
printRecord(nid, layoutName)
prints default report
printAndSaveRecord(nid, layoutName)
prints default report and returns the link
Functions for dynamic printing
These functions work only with the Dynamic print layout option.
printRecord(nid, templateLayoutName, data)
prints dynamic report with your custom layout
printAndSaveRecord(nid, templateLayoutName, data)
prints dynamic report with your custom layout and returns the link
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