Weekly PDF Report of Issues

Question

Hi, Atlassian Community!

I’m looking for a way to automate a weekly report generation in Jira, and I would appreciate some guidance. Here are my requirements:

* Every Monday, I need a list of issues in a specific status (specifically, those that are "Ready for Approval").
* This list should be formatted into a single PDF document that includes specific system fields and custom fields.
* Once generated, the PDF should be emailed to a predefined list of recipients.

Can anyone suggest a way to accomplish this, especially the part about creating the PDF? Thanks in advance for your help!

Humberto Gomes · Answer

PDF document with all issues (weekly base) is a Mandatory requirement.

Thanks

Alexey Pavlenko _App Developer_ · Answer

Hi @Humberto Gomes

* In the Issue Navigator (Advanced JQL Search) set up columns you want to be presented in your PDF file. 
* Export to Word.
* In the Word document, save as a PDF file.

All this can be automated if you know how to program but not natively in JIRA.

Best regards,
Alexey

Aron Gombas _Midori_ · Answer

@Humberto Gomes Your use case can be perfectly solved with the Better PDF Automation app!

(We are actually doing the same with an automation that runs daily.)

Links:

* Tutorial article and video: How to send PDF documents in email from a JQL query on a specified schedule?
* You can easily produce a single PDF document with a table that contains the system- and custom fields you want. Here are a few samples.

(Discl. it is an app developed and supported by our team.)