January 1, 2000
Retool is a great platform to create nearly any kind of internal tools.
The fact that in Retool you can bring all your data from different sources, allowing to create actionable applications and tools, put it also in a good position to serve another type of needs in business in general:
PDF report generation
Indeed, Retool has a built-in way to print to PDF an in interface, preserving the current state of the moment you generate the PDF.
Technically, it's a completely client-side functionality, thus, no server is involved, with pros, and cons as well.
You can print the current state of the interface, with data, calculations, filters, everything you see in the app.
You can also conditionally exclude some components from the generated PDF, giving the possibility to fine-tune a bit the final PDF output.
What about multi-page?
What about custom components and ecternal components?
What about look & feed?
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