Encrypt PDF report output files

Question

I have created several PDF reports on Alteryx to send as attachments by email. I am trying to Encrypt these PDF files. Is there a way to do it?

I think there is no native function in Alteryx to encrypt the PDF file output, but it is possible to use external tools (on the command line for example) and package everything with a macro to make this new PDF encryption tool available to everyone. Do you know which command lines or tools I could use?

Or do you have any other solution for encryption of the PDF report files?

AnaSofiaPires · Answer

Hello, thank you for the answer!

Do you have any WF as an example?

I never used Python , and also I dont know how to connect it into the Alteryx wf

FrederikE · Answer

Hey @AnaSofiaPires,

You could certainly do this with Python/R code in Alteryx.

E.g. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43475295/encrypt-pdfs-in-python

You could make sure that the file is written and then afterward perform the Python code. Cmd should be possible as well.