Pdf download of a view

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I have a view that I navigate to by threading data into the view, but the URL doesn't change. The flow is:

View 1 --> select a row on a visual table on perspective --> Select a button that renders a new page --> View 2: Go to a dynamic page that visually represents that previously selected row of Data

I'm tasked with being able to save view 2 as a pdf from view 1. Similar to how to render view 2, the idea is to select a row and then be able to download it as a pdf.

The problem is I can't reference a actual URL as the url doesn't change, only the view does. Is there a way to accomplish my functionality currently, or should I add a url parameter to reference, or some other answer?

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You will have to use page navigation with URL parameters to get a new URL. That new page will have to request a print operation. (There's no way to unconditionally print, nor to pull a PDF of a print back to the gateway. Browsers do not permit such malware-like behavior.)

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