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OSAdmin
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6 years ago

How to suppress blank pages in a PDF book

Originally posted by Mark Williams

I have created a PDF book that loops over a large group of entities and has a page based on a cube view for each entity. Around 10%-15% of the pages are blank. 

Is there an easy way to have the book skip pages for entities with no data?

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    Originally posted by Jeff Jones

    Mark,

     

    Currently this would require a rule to be able to check if a report is going to have any intersections inside of it and if it did not return a value for an intersection that you define, you could skip it.

     

    There is an enhancement request in place for this functionality with development.

     

    Once the rule is imported you would call it in the book like this:
    If BRString(GetCellValue, GetCellValue, accountMember = YourAccountName, entityMember = YourEntityName) = “TRUE”
    The highlighted section is where you define the name value pairs. These could be parameters, sub vars, loop variables or hardcoded values.

     

    I have attached a rule example for you.  You would need to rename it to .xml and then import it into your application.

     

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  • OSAdmin's avatar
    OSAdmin
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    Originally posted by Mark Williams

    Thanks for the reply. Sounds easy enough, did you forget to attach the file?

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    Originally posted by Jeff Jones

    Mark,

     

    Looks like the community will not let me attach the XML File, even if I rename it to .txt, I will have to e-mail it to you.

     

    Jeff

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      JPierluissi
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      Hi Jeff,

      I realize this is an older post but can the solution for this be e-mailed to me: joseph.pierluissi@sonesta.com

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    Originally posted by Donald Hobbs

    Hi,


    Can I please also see this example rule?


    Thank you

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    Originally posted by Brett Atkinson

    Hi, @Jeffrey Jones may i get a copy of this xml emailed to me as well? batkinson@benchmarkglobal.com

     

    Thank you.

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    Originally posted by Sara Bioque

    Hi all.@Jeffrey Jones, thanks for the post. May I also get a copy of the xml?

    my email: marcos.concari@nova-praxis.com

    Thanks in advance.

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    Originally posted by Campbell Reddick

    Hi Jeff

    Will this also work for Excel based books?  If so may i get a copy of the BR and few more instructions on where to call this BR.

    Thanks

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      seangly
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      Hi,

      Where you able to get a working solution for your excel based book?

      Regards,

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    Originally posted by Campbell Reddick

    Hey Jeff

    Can you send me the code you tried to attach to this ticket?  Also, where do I call it in the book builder?

    Thanks

    Cam