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Save and Output PDF

This page covers saving the design you've been building and outputting it as a PDF. At the end you'll also see how to find past outputs in the output history.

Step 1: Save the design​

In Report Flow your edits auto-save as you work — there's no need to save explicitly. But at meaningful checkpoints, click the Save button to be sure.

  1. Click Save in the top toolbar.
  2. A "saving…" indicator appears, followed by something like "Saved" / "Up to date".

✅ Did it work?​

  • The area near the Save button shows "Saved" or "Up to date"

Step 2: Output as PDF​

Once saved, output a PDF.

  1. Click Output in the top toolbar.
  2. The output dialog opens.
  3. If your design uses variables, fill in the values here (e.g. customerName → John Doe). Leaving a field blank uses the parameter's default value.
  4. Click Output in the dialog.
  5. PDF generation starts. When it's done the file is downloaded or previewed.
Skipping the value entry

If you set a default (sample) value when you defined the parameter, leaving the field blank uses that value.

✅ Did it work?​

  • The output PDF opens or lands in your Downloads folder
  • The values you supplied for variables appear in the PDF (the real values, not placeholders)

Step 3: Check the output history​

Past outputs are available from the output history. You can re-download them, so you don't have to regenerate every time.

  1. Pick Output history from the left-hand menu (or open it from the design detail screen).
  2. From the list, pick the PDF you want to download.
  3. Click Download.
How long history is kept

Outputs are retained for the period defined by your plan. If you need long-term storage, also keep a local copy after each output.

✅ Did it work?​

  • Your most recent output appears in the history
  • You can re-download it from there

🎉 Congratulations​

If you got this far, you've walked through the golden path of Report Flow's core features.

What you achieved
✅ Created an account and signed in to Report Flow
✅ Created a workspace and a design
✅ Used the basic editor operations
✅ Placed every kind of object — text, images, tables, …
✅ Used variables to inject per-output values
✅ Output a PDF and re-downloaded it from history

Troubleshooting​

SymptomWhat to try
Clicking Output does nothingCheck your browser's pop-up blocker — you may need to allow the Report Flow domain.
Variable values don't show up in the PDFMake sure the variable name in the input matches the one in the design exactly (case-sensitive).
The output isn't in the historyIt can take a few seconds to a few minutes to appear. Wait briefly and reload the page.

Next step​

That's the end of the guide proper. For anything else, take a look at the FAQ.