# Form data save to pdf file

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/form-data-save-to-pdf-file/113589>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition81\
**Created:** [January 28, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/form-data-save-to-pdf-file/113589 "2026-01-28T06:35:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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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:** [January 28, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/form-data-save-to-pdf-file/113589/1 "2026-01-28T06:35:51Z")

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When the user submits the form, is it possible to **save the form data as a PDF file on the system**?

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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Spachinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Thomas\_Spachinger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Thomas_Spachinger)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/form-data-save-to-pdf-file/113589/2 "2026-01-28T07:44:34Z")

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Also looking for a solution to this topic… Only thing i have found so far would be to create a report with the form data. This is in our case nearly impossible. Hope there are some inputs here.

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**Author:** ![Jasmine\_Quick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jasmine_quick/32/80380_2.png) [@Jasmine\_Quick](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jasmine_Quick)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/form-data-save-to-pdf-file/113589/3 "2026-01-28T09:07:20Z")

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My response was going to be to make a report.

What makes it nearly impossible for your case?

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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Spachinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Thomas\_Spachinger](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Thomas_Spachinger)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/form-data-save-to-pdf-file/113589/4 "2026-01-28T09:26:23Z")

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The form is quite dynamic reaching from 8 to 50+ widgets and multiple checkboxes with more then 20 answers. Additional there are Signitures at the end of the view we also want to have in the final Document.  
Have not found a solid way yet, to make the report dynamic enough to have, depending on the length of the incoming final dataset multiple pages. Also the possibilities to display selected checkboxes, radios are kind of limited.

Target would be to only have the filled values in the final document and this in a formation that can be handed out to external personal visiting/working on our site.

Usecase is a permit to work with safety rules…

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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:** [January 28, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/form-data-save-to-pdf-file/113589/5 "2026-01-28T12:06:09Z")

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Make a report. A report is the only way to natively make PDFs in Ignition.

Use a table group to make your report dynamic. Arrange for inner elements' subkeys to be empty to skip elements as needed.