Generate Document on K2

Unfortunately, there is not currently an out-of-the-box feature in Nintex Automation K2 to generate Word or PDF documents from templates.

Some options you may want to consider are:

1. Vote for the enhancement request if this is functionality you'd like to see in a future release:

   • https://ideas.nintex.com/ideas/K25-I-4

2. Evaluate the community-developed Word Document Generator Service Broker to see whether it is compatible with your version of K2, or modify it to meet your requirements:

   • https://community.nintex.com/archive-25/word-document-generator-service-broker-9570

3. Develop a custom Service Broker that generates documents from templates and exposes that functionality through SmartObjects:

   • https://help.nintex.com/en-US/nintexautomation/devref/current/Content/Extend/SmO/Custom-Service-Brokers.htm

4. Integrate with an external document generation solution using either a JavaScript Service Provider (JSSP) or a REST Service Instance. In this approach, K2 passes data to an external service, which generates the document and returns the result:

   • https://help.nintex.com/en-US/nintexautomation/devref/current/Content/Extend/JS-Broker/JSServiceBroker.htm
   • https://help.nintex.com/en-US/nintexautomation/userguide/current/Content/ServiceBrokers/EndPoints/REST_Endpoint.htm

5. If you have both Nintex Workflow Cloud (NWC) and Nintex Automation K2, another option is to have K2 initiate an NWC workflow and leverage NWC's document generation capabilities to create the document from a template.

6. If the output is a PDF file, you may be able to use the PDF Converter functionality to load data and generate pdf file.

   • How To: Create a PDF file using the PDF Converter in an Advanced SmartObject