How to get to the raw PDF of the RD (BI Publisher) job

choudharyc

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Am working on E1 9.0 and tools release 9.1.2.1. Please advise on how to get to the raw PDF from WSJ or any other place in E1. I only see the RD job (BI Publisher output) but not the raw pdf for that run.
 
Hi,

If the UBE or version is setup for BIP then it probably doesn't create any PDF.

Run the job then go to the PrintQueue folder on the Enterprise server and check the most recent files to see if there's a PDF there.
 
Run the job manually from Batch Versions on a development client. Click on the Advanced form exit, and then uncheck the "Submit with Report Definition" checkbox. This will force just the PDF output; otherwise, you'll only get an XML output file in the PrintQueue.
 
i've posted a similar thread to this the PDF is appearing in it's raw data format, ive made sure "submit with report definition" is ticked in the advanced version prompting (even though this is defaulted) - this problem only occurs occasionally but as we need to send the PDF to customers, we need a resolution. - any help appreciated

thanks
 
The BIP PDF output is stored in a blob in a table.

Check the BipSaveOutputOnFs and BipOutputDirectory INI settings, if you are on a release after they were added. (at 8.98.1.0 and later) -- maybe it will do what you are looking for.
 
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