# Automating report generation by PDF or PNG?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automating-report-generation-by-pdf-or-png/204826>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 23, 2019, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automating-report-generation-by-pdf-or-png/204826 "2019-10-23T09:18:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![YuWatanabe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yuwatanabe/32/13259_2.png) [@YuWatanabe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/YuWatanabe)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automating-report-generation-by-pdf-or-png/204826/1 "2019-10-23T09:18:36Z")

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Hello.

I believe [automatic report generation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/automating-report-generation.html#automating-report-generation) is available in [GOLD subscription](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions) .

> #### Share & collaborate
> 
> - Embeddable dashboards
> - Object export UI & APIs
> - CSV exports
> - PDF and PNG reports
> - Saved queries

However, would there be any way to implement automatic report generation by _PDF_ or _PNG image_ using other than _Report API_ ?

My goal is to export dashboard and back it up to S3.  
I appreciate if I could get some help.

Thanks,  
Yu Watanabe

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Gregory](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/larry_gregory/32/34969_2.png) [@Larry\_Gregory](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Larry_Gregory)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automating-report-generation-by-pdf-or-png/204826/2 "2019-10-23T12:36:46Z")

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Hey @YuWatanabe,

Is there something lacking in the APIs that make them unusable for you? For an S3 backup, you could write a [small script using curl](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/automating-report-generation.html#_use_a_script) to generate the report on-the-fly, and then subsequently publish to an S3 bucket.

Or, are you asking if there is a way to generate these reports without a paid subscription? There unfortunately isn't a way to do that, but you can run Kibana and Elasticsearch on [Elastic Cloud](https://www.elastic.co/products/elasticsearch/service), which gives you all of these features and more, for a [very reasonable starting price](https://www.elastic.co/products/elasticsearch/service/pricing).

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**Author:** ![YuWatanabe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yuwatanabe/32/13259_2.png) [@YuWatanabe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/YuWatanabe)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automating-report-generation-by-pdf-or-png/204826/3 "2019-10-24T05:43:26Z")

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@Larry_Gregory

Thank for the reply.

My intention refers to your second opinion.

> Or, are you asking if there is a way to generate these reports without a paid subscription? There unfortunately isn't a way to do that, but you can run Kibana and Elasticsearch on [Elastic Cloud](https://www.elastic.co/products/elasticsearch/service), which gives you all of these features and more, for a [very reasonable starting price](https://www.elastic.co/products/elasticsearch/service/pricing).

Thanks. Just spinned up the elastic cloud and confirmed the function.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/0/60986c5465135f810bdd165fc30f22ddb59d3153.png)

I will see if this will be an option for us.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/automating-report-generation-by-pdf-or-png/204826/4 "2019-11-21T05:43:27Z")

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