How can i Generate a Pdf Dynamically via Template in IBM BPM 8.6 like Invoice?

Question

I have a Document Template with some fields and now want to generate a PDF by filling data in that fields Dynamically using Bussiness object data. for Example Invoice. In invoice the template is same but the first name, last name etc. changed accordingly to the BO values.

Answer 1

this can be done client side or server side, client side example is available here 

https://bpm.tips/2443/can-a-coach-view-of-client-side-pdf-generator-be-created-e-g-with-jspdf?show=2443#q2443

you can generate a preview Coach with the mail merge done and render the pdf from the preview by placing the content in the wrapper coach view

server side you can create a java connector using third party libraries e.g. Aspose, PDFKit, and Apache PDFBox., some of these will use a HTML template and css to create a pdf. A simple mail merge scheme can be build like ~name~ for replacement with actual name.

also a more robust approach is to use Content management Servers which provide this capability as a web service.