# Has anyone used docs Automator?
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/has-anyone-used-docs-automator/79725
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [February 2, 2025, 6:20am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/has-anyone-used-docs-automator/79725 "2025-02-02T06:20:35Z")
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### Author:  [@alan\_singer](https://community.glideapps.com/u/alan_singer)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2025, 6:20am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/has-anyone-used-docs-automator/79725/1 "2025-02-02T06:20:35Z")
I can see how to use DocsAutomator to create a PDF from Glide using a single action manually initiated by a button click for a selected single row.
My use case however is to to cycle through a collection (list of rows from the start to the end of the collection) and applying a filter to each row so that for the rows that meet the condition, then Docsautomator can add row details of to the PDF.
I am not yet familiar with the new workflow capability - Could there be a way to achieve generating a PDf output of selected records from a filtered collection?
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2025, 7:52am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/has-anyone-used-docs-automator/79725/2 "2025-02-02T07:52:00Z")
Yes, that should be quite doable using a workflow.
How would you want it to be triggered?
ie. by a User clicking a button, on a schedule, or some other way?
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### Author:  [@alan\_singer](https://community.glideapps.com/u/alan_singer)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/has-anyone-used-docs-automator/79725/3 "2025-02-02T10:45:56Z")
Hi @Darren_Murphy I could set up a “utilities page” in the app where there could be a button to press to initiate the workflow…what do you think?
It really would be as simple as doing it on demand from the app.
I havent used the new workflows - can you give me a clue as to how to go about setting up that button pls?
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### Author:  [@alan\_singer](https://community.glideapps.com/u/alan_singer)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2025, 11:33am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/has-anyone-used-docs-automator/79725/4 "2025-02-02T11:33:06Z")
PS - The app I want to use to create this PDF is the Legacy starter edition - Can anyone tell me if this has the new workflows available?
Otherwise - Is it possible to move an app from one account to another glide account?
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### Author:  [@alan\_singer](https://community.glideapps.com/u/alan_singer)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/has-anyone-used-docs-automator/79725/5 "2025-02-02T12:14:17Z")
Hmm - I think to create a PDF report that cycles through all the records in a table, that will need to be triggered by a schedule or a webhook
It looks like Loops cant be triggered by a user in the app
I guess I will need to use a schedule
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/has-anyone-used-docs-automator/79725/6 "2025-02-02T13:18:53Z")
> [@alan\_singer](#):
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> PS - The app I want to use to create this PDF is the Legacy starter edition - Can anyone tell me if this has the new workflows available?
This could be a show stopper when it comes to using workflows, as I don’t believe (backend) workflows are available for Legacy Plans.
> [@alan\_singer](#):
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> It looks like Loops cant be triggered by a user in the app
They can, but only if you have the right plan. See above ☝
Assuming you don’t have access to backend workflows, then your options would be to either upgrade to a new plan, or turn to some external integration tool such as [Make.com](http://Make.com).
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/has-anyone-used-docs-automator/79725/7 "2025-02-23T01:33:25Z")
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