# Automating pdf reports creation from gateway script

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automating-pdf-reports-creation-from-gateway-script/8031>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 20, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automating-pdf-reports-creation-from-gateway-script/8031 "2014-02-20T15:53:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Javachon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@Javachon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Javachon)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automating-pdf-reports-creation-from-gateway-script/8031/1 "2014-02-20T15:53:00Z")

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We have a requirement, quite typical, to periodically create and save a bunch of predefined reports.

In our case, we have many reports that we need to create and save per many plants on a monthly or daily basis. We are currently forced to login and manually start report creation tasks.

It would be very useful for us to be able to define something like a ReportPanel component, with custom parameters, in the designer and access it from a gateway script. We could then automatically start report creation tasks.

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**Author:** ![jose.granero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jose.granero/32/11190_2.png) [@jose.granero](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jose.granero)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automating-pdf-reports-creation-from-gateway-script/8031/2 "2014-02-20T20:15:56Z")

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**Author:** ![diat150](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@diat150](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/diat150)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automating-pdf-reports-creation-from-gateway-script/8031/3 "2014-02-21T14:07:28Z")

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I dont know anything about dream reports but it seems like they would do what you want.

[viewtopic.php?f=50&t=11632](http://www.inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=11632)

Just in case you are in a bind.

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**Author:** ![jose.granero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jose.granero/32/11190_2.png) [@jose.granero](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jose.granero)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automating-pdf-reports-creation-from-gateway-script/8031/4 "2014-03-11T21:50:37Z")

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+1