Document templates
Document templates are Microsoft Excel or Word files in which you can use fields from Planfix tasks and data tags. When a document is created from a template, the corresponding values from the current task are automatically substituted in these fields. As a result, you get a completed document with the data you need, which you can easily attach to the task you're working on.
Creating document templates
- Document templates are created in external editors that support Microsoft Excel or Word files.
- Variables can contain data from tasks, data tags, or other Planfix entities. A list of variables that can be used in templates is available in Documents / Document templates:
- To start using document templates, upload a template to Planfix. You can do this in Documents / Document templates:
Using document templates
- You can use templates to create documents that contain data from a task and easily attach the documents to the task. Documents are created from templates in the interface for adding files to tasks:
or in the script interface:
When creating a document from a template, you can:
- select the format of the final file that will be attached to the task;
- change the document number (it automatically increases by 1 with each new document, but you may want to skip to a different number);
- change the document date (if necessary)
Naming documents created with templates
A variety of variables can be used in the name of a document created using a template. Click this icon to open a list of variables that can be used:
These variables can be used to give files names with any level of complexity:
When the document is created, the actual values of the specified variables will be substituted in place of the variables in the name of the file:
Specifying file type
A default file type can be set for files created from a template:
Once a default has been set, the documents created will be the specified type, as long as another type isn't manually specified:
Useful tricks when creating templates
- Variables in document templates
- Tables in document templates
- Seals and signatures in document templates