# Docs Automator issue

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/docs-automator-issue/80523>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [March 5, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/docs-automator-issue/80523 "2025-03-05T19:55:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Albert\_Puig](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/albert_puig/32/84707_2.png) [@Albert\_Puig](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Albert_Puig)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/docs-automator-issue/80523/1 "2025-03-05T19:55:08Z")

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Hello everybody,

I’m having trouble generating a pdf with Docs Automator integration. Cupple of things:

For some reason, even though I wrote the template as the video says, the picture doesn’t show up.

Second, when I import a date the format is awful. And the number on the third column is not rounded.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/a/e/ae36b6ead251c1e34ae124ca630f1f8b7414a833.png)

Is there any chance to set up some way so Docs Automator present the date in a certain format? Or what should I do in the data editor so it shows nicer?

Many thanks in advanced.

Albert Puig

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/docs-automator-issue/80523/2 "2025-03-06T00:43:36Z")

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> [@Albert\_Puig](#):
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> For some reason, even though I wrote the template as the video says, the picture doesn’t show up.

Can you reference which video you were watching?

> **[Dynamic Images | DocsAutomator](https://docs.docsautomator.co/features/dynamic-images)**
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> DocsAutomator allows for images to be added anywhere in documents

Did you pass it as {{image\_…}}?

> [@Albert\_Puig](#):
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> Second, when I import a date the format is awful.

That is the default underlying format of Glide, so not a DocsAutomator problem.

Use a template column to lock your datetime column’s format, and pass the template column to DocsAutomator instead.

Same for the numbers part, lock it in with a math column and a ROUND formula.

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**Author:** ![Albert\_Puig](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/albert_puig/32/84707_2.png) [@Albert\_Puig](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Albert_Puig)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/docs-automator-issue/80523/3 "2025-03-06T13:17:52Z")

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Hello ThomDinh,

Thanks for your answer, the picture worded but big size, we would like to reduce under 200. Is that possible trough DocsAutomator or I have to reduce the picture in the data editor instead.

Another thing is how to NOT show a line if there is no data (rows and column).

Here an exemple:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/6/a/6a68885220abe98054541bf82d5ffe5436c4dccc.png)  
Many thanks in advanced!

Albert Puig

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/docs-automator-issue/80523/4 "2025-03-06T23:57:06Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/f/9/f9da2205d9a3ad2ceada17612fbde7caaa849bd8.jpeg)

In @Rupert 's old docs, this was an option, I’m not sure if it is now, you can give it a try.

I believe you can also do it like this.

 ![CleanShot 2025-03-07 at 06.56.19](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/1/f/1f047bd1c1b728cc4681e188bfa90141e4dcca1e.png)

> [@Albert\_Puig](#):
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> Another thing is how to NOT show a line if there is no data (rows and column).

For this, wouldn’t you just not pass that line to DocsAutomator?

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**Author:** ![Rupert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rupert/32/44178_2.png) [@Rupert](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rupert)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 9:40am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/docs-automator-issue/80523/5 "2025-03-07T09:40:40Z")

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Thanks for tagging @ThinhDinh ! 🙏

@Albert_Puig please see options here for resizing images: [Dynamic Images | DocsAutomator](https://docs.docsautomator.co/features/dynamic-images)

using the suffix on placeholders is outdated.

Let me know if there’s anything else! Feel free to reach out in the chat in DocsAutomator!