
Export and email custom PDF documents from Jira periodically (scheduled exports) or on issue created/updated/etc. events
Export and email custom PDF documents from Jira periodically (scheduled exports) or on issue created/updated/etc. events
Automate your workflows with document generation: export custom PDF documents periodically (ex: "every weekday 06:00AM") or at issue events (ex: issue created, updated, commented, work logged, etc.).
Configure which PDF template to use, the PDF title, target email addresses, email subjects and body texts.
Use static values or template variables like "issue creator" or "issue assignee", for any parameter.
Store the PDF files in your filesystem at dynamically generated paths.
Publishing to a network drive? Backing up to a Dropbox-synced folder? We support them all.
Automate your workflows with document generation: export custom PDF documents periodically (ex: "every weekday 06:00AM") or at issue events (ex: issue created, updated, commented, work logged, etc.).
Configure which PDF template to use, the PDF title, target email addresses, email subjects and body texts.
Use static values or template variables like "issue creator" or "issue assignee", for any parameter.
Store the PDF files in your filesystem at dynamically generated paths.
Publishing to a network drive? Backing up to a Dropbox-synced folder? We support them all.
More details
Better PDF Automation allows generating, saving and emailing PDF documents from Jira issues, by integrating Better PDF Exporter with Automation Lite.
Note: both those apps must be installed before this can be enabled!
PRODUCT OVERVIEW | USER MANUAL
Send support ticket exports to your customers, invoices to your clients, Gantt charts for project stakeholders, or Release Notes to product owners.
Periodically export issues for your audit trail, create backups in the cloud or publish custom PDF documents to any directory.
- Periodic, scheduled execution (CRON)
- Execution on issue events (created, updated, commented, work logged, etc.)
Send PDF action's configuration:
- PDF template
- "To"/"Cc"/"Bcc" email addresses
- Email subject
- Email body (HTML/plain)
Save PDF action's configuration:
- PDF template
- Target file-system path
Attach PDF action's configuration:
- PDF template
- Target issue
☛ Also generating spreadsheet reports from Jira? Check out our Excel exporter app!
More details
Better PDF Automation allows generating, saving and emailing PDF documents from Jira issues, by integrating Better PDF Exporter with Automation Lite.
Note: both those apps must be installed before this can be enabled!
PRODUCT OVERVIEW | USER MANUAL
Send support ticket exports to your customers, invoices to your clients, Gantt charts for project stakeholders, or Release Notes to product owners.
Periodically export issues for your audit trail, create backups in the cloud or publish custom PDF documents to any directory.
- Periodic, scheduled execution (CRON)
- Execution on issue events (created, updated, commented, work logged, etc.)
Send PDF action's configuration:
- PDF template
- "To"/"Cc"/"Bcc" email addresses
- Email subject
- Email body (HTML/plain)
Save PDF action's configuration:
- PDF template
- Target file-system path
Attach PDF action's configuration:
- PDF template
- Target issue
☛ Also generating spreadsheet reports from Jira? Check out our Excel exporter app!
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Midori Global Consulting Kft. provides support for this app.
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Versions
Version 5.1.0 • Jira Server 7.1.0 - 8.15.1 • Released 2020-10-23
Summary
Cc/Bcc addresses, HTML emails, support for Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive
Details
This release implements the majority of the open feature requests. It also comes with streamlined dependency handling (that makes the installation procedure more bullet-proof) and a couple of smaller improvements and bugfixes.
New in this release
- "Send PDF" action supports "Cc" and "Bcc" addresses.
- "Send PDF" action supports HTML emails.
- Saving PDF files to Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive.
Improvements
- "Save PDF" action shows a configuration example for saving the PDF file to Windows network locations.
- The "#cfValue" and "#cfValueInline" macros have been extended to support more custom field types.
Bugfixes
- Fixed: The resulted PDF filenames contain certain characters in HTML-encoded format.
- Fixed: "Attach PDF" action does not accept blank "File name" (but it should).
Versions
Version 5.1.0 • Jira Data Center 7.1.0 - 8.15.1 • Released 2020-10-23
Summary
Cc/Bcc addresses, HTML emails, support for Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive
Details
This release implements the majority of the open feature requests. It also comes with streamlined dependency handling (that makes the installation procedure more bullet-proof) and a couple of smaller improvements and bugfixes.
New in this release
- "Send PDF" action supports "Cc" and "Bcc" addresses.
- "Send PDF" action supports HTML emails.
- Saving PDF files to Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive.
Improvements
- "Save PDF" action shows a configuration example for saving the PDF file to Windows network locations.
- The "#cfValue" and "#cfValueInline" macros have been extended to support more custom field types.
Bugfixes
- Fixed: The resulted PDF filenames contain certain characters in HTML-encoded format.
- Fixed: "Attach PDF" action does not accept blank "File name" (but it should).
Installation
- Log into your Jira instance as an admin.
- Click the admin dropdown and choose Add-ons. The Manage add-ons screen loads.
- Click Find new apps or Find new add-ons from the left-hand side of the page.
- Locate Better PDF Automation for Jira via search. Results include app versions compatible with your Jira instance.
- Click Install to download and install your app.
- You're all set! Click Close in the Installed and ready to go dialog.
To find older Better PDF Automation for Jira versions compatible with your instance, you can look through our version history page.
- Log into your Jira instance as an admin.
- Click the admin dropdown and choose Add-ons. The Manage add-ons screen loads.
- Click Find new apps or Find new add-ons from the left-hand side of the page.
- Locate Better PDF Automation for Jira via search. Results include app versions compatible with your Jira instance.
- Click Install to download and install your app.
- You're all set! Click Close in the Installed and ready to go dialog.
To find older Better PDF Automation for Jira versions compatible with your instance, you can look through our version history page.