Author Topic: Dynamically created report from a member directory listing? (Read 1394 times)

annaleevk · February 02, 2011, 11:30:45 am

Not sure if this is the right place to post this but I'm looking for a way to create a pdf option to create a member directory report on the fly.

We have the online searchable member directory but some folks want a quick way to generate a pdf version of the entire directory that they can print and take with them.

Any ideas how this could be done?

Thanks,
Annalee

petednz · February 02, 2011, 11:43:04 am

Not sure if there is a direct route in civicrm - i would be looking at what can be done via Views on the Drupal side of things using one of the 'print to pdf' options there. Want to upgrade your profile so we know which CMS you are using.

minbori · February 18, 2011, 04:37:24 am

Wow timely! I have exactly the same question. If I understand Peterd correctly, the most direct way would be to use CiviCRM to create something like an online directory (like in the Creating+a+website+member+directory documentation entry -- sorry, I can't post the direct link $:-\$ ), then use a CMS "print to PDF" feature to output it?

I'm using Joomla 1.5, not Drupal. Would appreciate any suggestions.

minbori · February 24, 2011, 03:12:42 am

Still plugging away at this...not sure if I should start a new thread.

I've gotten the member directory set up in Joomla and can generate a table listing of the entire membership. Fiddling with the "print to" options I can force the table into a PDF. But what I really need is a way to output the data to a PDF that is in a traditional print-directory form, not a table. (For example, right now we format our print directory by exporting the CiviCRM data and doing an MSWord mail merge, then saving the MS Word file as a PDF. I'd love to make this a more direct process.)

Am I right in thinking that the only way to handle this is to custom code a Joomla PDF output view? Was that what Peterd meant with "Drupal views"? (I'm not a Drupal user, sorry!) If so, is there anybody out there who has done this and can share some wisdom?

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