# Generating a PDF from a dashboard v7.9

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/generating-a-pdf-from-a-dashboard-v7-9/338094
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** elastic-stack-reporting, dashboard
**Created:** [July 11, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/generating-a-pdf-from-a-dashboard-v7-9/338094 "2023-07-11T10:54:26Z")
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### Author: ![mepec20921](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mepec20921](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mepec20921)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/generating-a-pdf-from-a-dashboard-v7-9/338094/1 "2023-07-11T10:54:27Z")

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Using Elastic v7.9, we have some dashboards set up which we would like to generate a report from every day, and save it to a shared area in Windows.

I can see when I am on my dashboard, if I click share and then wither under PDF Reports, or PNG Reports, there is an option that says Copy POST URL, but I am not sure how to use this POST URL.

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### Author: ![carly.richmond](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carly.richmond/32/104935_2.png) [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/generating-a-pdf-from-a-dashboard-v7-9/338094/2 "2023-07-11T13:40:30Z")

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Hi @mepec20921,

Welcome to the community! There is a bit in the [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.9/automating-report-generation.html), but this URL can either be used outside of Kibana via a POST request, or using a watcher to run on a schedule. As it sounds like you want to trigger on a schedule I would recommend having a look at the [watcher example in the documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.9/automating-report-generation.html#_use_watcher).

Just a heads up that you are using a version of Elasticsearch that is EOL, and we would recommend upgrading.

Hope that helps!

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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: [August 8, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/generating-a-pdf-from-a-dashboard-v7-9/338094/3 "2023-08-08T13:41:25Z")

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