Render to multiple PDFs

Question

Hi,

I've created a workflow, with the use of a Macro, which generates hundreds of individual statements, each a single page. This is what it looks like:

The output of the macro is the Visual Tool which arranges the various data inputs into what I want the statement to look like.

When I run this workflow, I can see the Macro tool generating temporary pdfs for each statement, however, the Render tool combines them all into one PDF. I want them to stay as individual PDFs.

I've read several posts (such as this) and experimented with the "Group Data Into Separate Reports" option in the Render tool but I can't get it to work. My best guess is the output of the macro being a "Visual Layout" tool means I don't have a "Field to Group On" (which actually says "[No Valid Fields]" - although I could easily be completely wrong.

Can any one please help? Any suggestions/solutions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

iCFO · Answer

If the customer reports need to be processed differently based on criteria, then you can place the render tool within an iterative macro and use the group reports setting to append the customer name to each PDF output. That way it will do an iterative process of creating each customer's report through the macro and save each PDF separately with the customer name. I have to do this on iterative accounting report macros to add back missing parent accounts and apply various subtotal / narrative / presentation methodologies by criteria.

binay2448 · Answer

Attached example may help you for same..

Render to multiple PDFs.yxmd

mst3k · Answer

you should be able to use that "group into reports" without a macro - it does what you're trying to do on its own as far as i know? so if i have 10 locations in my data, i can just connect a render tool and use the "group into separate reports" to make 10 files, instead of passing it through a batch macro 10 times or something