# Form component data to PDF or Excel

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/form-component-data-to-pdf-or-excel/112944>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [December 22, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/form-component-data-to-pdf-or-excel/112944 "2025-12-22T14:10:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![gholappratap923](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@gholappratap923](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gholappratap923)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/form-component-data-to-pdf-or-excel/112944/1 "2025-12-22T14:10:23Z")

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I am using the **Form component in Ignition Perspective**.  
When the user submits the form, is it possible to **save the form data as a PDF or Excel file on the system**?

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/form-component-data-to-pdf-or-excel/112944/2 "2025-12-22T14:14:53Z")

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Sure. Create a report that incorporates the form data (to get PDF output). Or use the Apache POI libraries that ship with Ignition to generate any arbitrary content you wish in an Excel file.

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/form-component-data-to-pdf-or-excel/112944/3 "2025-12-22T14:27:19Z")

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Pro tip: The topic title should be a short summary of your question, not the question itself. I fixed it for you.