Action: Convert to PDF – skybow Portal

Convert to PDF action allows you to convert the specified file to PDF. We support converting a wide variety of files: Microsoft Word documents (DOC, DOCX), Excel spreadsheets (XLS, XLSX) and PowerPoint files (PPT, PPTX).

Example of Convert PDF action configuration on the current site

For more information about Action Builder read Action Builder introduction article.

To configure the action Convert to PDF additional properties should be specified:

Configuration

*Property*	*Required*	*Type*	*Description*
Source Library	yes	Choice	A library where source document is located. It is possible to select: from the current site, by selecting the 'On current site' option. The drop-down shows all available libraries on the site. from any site, by selecting 'On any site' option and specifying the list in 'Select Library' dialog or typing a server relative URL to a library. Dynamic path which allows to specify expression based path to file
Item Id	yes	Integer	ID of the document to be converted to pdf or expression to be evaluated as ID of a document.
Target	yes	Choice	There are two options where converted pdf document can be stored: - Open in browser. - Save to library.
Target library	yes	Choice	A library where converted pdf document will be stored. It is possible to select: from the current site, by selecting the 'On current site' option. The drop-down shows all available libraries on the site. from any site, by selecting 'On any site' option and specifying the list in 'Select Library' dialog or typing a server relative URL to a library. Dynamic path which allows to specify expression based path to file
Folder	no	String	Library relative URL. If you want to store converted pdf document to a new folder you can specify it in this property.
File name	no	String	Fixed file name for pdf document or dynamically calculated using an expression. Leave empty in order to use the original file name with the pdf extension.
If already exists	yes	Choice	If the file with the same name already exists you have several option to specify: - Overwrite. It will overwrite to exiting document in the target document library. - Rename and keep both. It will rename document you want to move and keep existing one. - Fail. Action will fail with an error: A file or folder with the name [[FileName]] already exists at the destination.

Availability

Modern Forms	List Actions	Scheduled/Triggered Actions
✓	✓	✓

Output

Output Parameter	Type	Description
ItemID*	Number	Returns the Id of the converted pdf document in a library
FileName	String	Returns the file name of the pdf document
Url*	String	Absolute Url to the converted pdf document in a library. Starts with 'https://'
ServerRelativeUrl*	String	Server relative path to the converted pdf document in a library. Starts with '/'
LibraryRelativeUrl*	String	Library relative path to the converted pdf document in a library. Starts with file name

*Output parameter value is available in a case of using option "Save to library"

Example of Convert PDF action configuration on the current site

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