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Output forms as Excel files

You can output a form as an Excel file.

This section explains the settings required to output a form as an Excel file.

Common to all products

This is a required procedure for all products.

Create a form layout

You can create a form layout by using the form layout creation tool. See "Form output methods and form layout types" in "Create a form layout" and use the appropriate tool for the product that outputs forms.

Reference

When outputting forms in Universal Connect/X, form files on the Universal Connect/X server can also be used as form output.

SVF Cloud for Salesforce

Set SVF buttons

On the icon_menu_Button.png SVF Button Settings screen of the SVF Cloud Manager, set the following. For details on how to use the SVF Button Settings screen, see "2. Set SVF button in Sandbox environment".

Setting item

Setting

Form Layout

Select the form layout of the XML file or Excel file

Reference

The pages with no fields will be output differently depending on which tool you use to create a form layout. For details, see "Differences in outputting as an Excel file (SVF Cloud Designer, Microsoft Excel)" in "Create a form layout".

SVF Button Information - icon_setting.png - Action tab

In the list of actions, select icon_excel.png

Caution

When you have changed the existing SVF button settings, you need to create the print button again.

Reference

The above are the minimum settings required to output a form as an Excel file. See "2. Set SVF button in Sandbox environment" for common settings regardless of output method.

Optional settings

Configure the settings on SVF Cloud Manager. Go to the icon_menu_Button.png SVF Button Settings screen - SVF Button Information - icon_setting.png - Settings screen (Some settings need to be configured on screens other than the SVF Button Settings screen).

Output multiple records with separating sheets by record

When outputting multiple records, separate sheets by record and output them into one Excel file.

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Setting item

Setting

File tab - Switch Form Layout

On

Output multiple records with separating files by record

When outputting multiple records, separate Excel files by record, and compress them into one Zip file.

On the preview screen, click icon_zip.png to output forms.

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Setting item

Setting

Action tab

Select icon_zip.png

File tab - Switch Form Layout

On

Output multiple records without separating

Output multiple records into one Excel file without separating by record.

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Setting item

Setting

File tab - Switch Form Layout

Off

Adjust the output position of a form

You can adjust the output position of the form in a sheet.

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Configure the settings on the icon_menu_printSetting.png Print Settings screen or the icon_menu_printer.png Printer screen. For details on the setting method, see "Set a printer".

SVF Cloud for ServiceNow

Configure the settings in ServiceNow to output Excel files. For details on the settings, see "Output a form by UI action" or "Output a form in the service portal" in "SVF Cloud for ServiceNow Administration Guide".

SVF Cloud WebAPI

Configure the settings in the user program to output Excel files. For details on the WebAPI, see "2-2 Print" in "SVF Cloud WebAPI Reference".

Universal Connect/X

Configure the settings in the Universal Connect/X to output Excel files. For details on the settings, see "4.3.1. Operations and settings in Job" in "Universal Connect/X Administrator Guide".

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