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How to regenerate the PDF

Regenerate the PDF for an existing response in just a few clicks

Every time a response is submitted, Team Forms automatically generates a PDF and stores it in SharePoint. This provides a document-controlled, paper equivalent of the response that you can download at any time.

When viewing a submission, selecting ⋯ > Download PDF downloads the PDF currently stored in SharePoint. This is the PDF generated the last time the response was submitted, including any subsequent re-submissions. It does notgenerate a new PDF.

In most cases, you won't need to regenerate a PDF. However, if the original PDF has an issue or you have an internal business requirement to generate a new copy, you can do so without asking the user to re-submit the response.

Regenerating the PDF

  1. Open the Submissions screen and locate the response you want to regenerate.

  2. Right-click the response and select Workflow Runs.

  3. Locate the PDF Generation workflow run.

  4. Hover over the workflow run and click the Re-run icon.

Team Forms will generate a fresh copy of the PDF and replace the existing PDF stored in SharePoint.

Note: The existing PDF is replaced, however SharePoint version history is preserved. You can view previous versions of the PDF by expanding the workflow run in the Workflow Runs dialog.

Regenerate Team Forms PDF

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