# Unable to open the automatic generated pdf in email attachment using watcher **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 29, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-the-automatic-generated-pdf-in-email-attachment-using-watcher/91293 "2017-06-29T13:50:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Raj\_Kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raj_kumar/32/25420_2.png) [@Raj\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raj_Kumar)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-the-automatic-generated-pdf-in-email-attachment-using-watcher/91293/1 "2017-06-29T13:50:27Z")
Hi All, Am using elastic stack and xpack Iam trying to schedule a automatic report using watcher and I got email with pdf attachment ,but when is open it says fail to load and the same visualization ,i created a manual report using generated pdf and after some time it loads in to saved objects and I downloaded pdf and able to view the pdf , I used PUT \_xpack/watcher/watch/cs\_test\_report { "trigger" : { "schedule": { "interval": "1d" } }, "actions" : { "email\_admin" : { "email": { "to": "xx@xx", "subject": "cs test report", "attachments" : { "cs\_report.pdf" : { "http" : { "content\_type" : "application/pdf", "request" : { "method": "POST", "scheme": "http", "headers": { "kbn-xsrf": "reporting" }, "auth": { "basic": { "username": "elastic", "password": "xxxx" } }, "read\_timeout": "300s", "url": "[http://localhost:5601/api/reporting/generate/dashboard/24dfe340-5742-11e7-ab3b-e7e9f2dfdcf8?\_g=(refreshInterval:(display:Off,pause:!f,section:0,value:0),time:(from:now%2Fd,mode:quick,to:now%2Fd)](http://localhost:5601/api/reporting/generate/dashboard/24dfe340-5742-11e7-ab3b-e7e9f2dfdcf8?_g=(refreshInterval:(display:Off,pause:!f,section:0,value:0),time:(from:now%2Fd,mode:quick,to:now%2Fd)))&" } } } } } } } } and I want to execute it so i used POST \_xpack/watcher/watch/cs\_test\_report/\_execute { "record\_execution": true } it will not even take time to load it comes immediately with { "\_id": "cs\_test\_report\_2f6a378f-a0ab-4de2-956c-131e6b4b6fbf-2017-06-29T13:38:04.278Z", "watch\_record": { "watch\_id": "cs\_test\_report", "state": "executed", "\_status": { "state": { "active": true, "timestamp": "2017-06-29T13:37:59.068Z" }, "last\_checked": "2017-06-29T13:38:04.278Z", "last\_met\_condition": "2017-06-29T13:38:04.278Z", "actions": { "email\_admin": { "ack": { "timestamp": "2017-06-29T13:38:04.278Z", "state": "ackable" }, "last\_execution": { "timestamp": "2017-06-29T13:38:04.278Z", "successful": true }, "last\_successful\_execution": { "timestamp": "2017-06-29T13:38:04.278Z", "successful": true } } } }, "trigger\_event": { "type": "manual", "triggered\_time": "2017-06-29T13:38:04.278Z", "manual": { "schedule": { "scheduled\_time": "2017-06-29T13:38:04.278Z" } } }, "input": { "none": {} }, "condition": { "always": {} }, "result": { "execution\_time": "2017-06-29T13:38:04.278Z", "execution\_duration": 254, "input": { "type": "none", "status": "success", "payload": {} }, "condition": { "type": "always", "status": "success", "met": true }, "actions": [ { "id": "email\_admin", "type": "email", "status": "success", "email": { "account": "standard\_account", "message": { "id": "cs\_test\_report\_2f6a378f-a0ab-4de2-956c-131e6b4b6fbf-2017-06-29T13:38:04.278Z", "from": "xx@xx", "sent\_date": "2017-06-29T13:38:04.383Z", "to": [ "xx@xx" ], "subject": "cs test report" } } } ] }, "messages": [] } } I will receive an email and if i try to open it will say fail to load it , but if i go to saved objects i have all the list of generated automatic reports but I dont want to download it from kibana I want it to view from email. Please any one help me to fix this issue. Thanks in advance, Raj ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-the-automatic-generated-pdf-in-email-attachment-using-watcher/91293/2 "2017-07-03T08:09:40Z")
please take the time to properly format your messages, this is hard to read. Do you see any further output in the log file of your master node? --Alex ---
**Author:** ![Raj\_Kumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raj_kumar/32/25420_2.png) [@Raj\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raj_Kumar)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-the-automatic-generated-pdf-in-email-attachment-using-watcher/91293/3 "2017-07-03T08:32:29Z")
Thank you for the reply actually it works PUT \_xpack/watcher/watch/error\_report { "trigger" : { "schedule": { "interval": "1h" } }, "actions" : { "email\_admin" : { "email": { "to": "'Recipient Name [recipient@example.com](mailto:recipient@example.com)'", "subject": "Error Monitoring Report", "attachments" : { "error\_report.pdf" : { "reporting" : { "url": "[http://0.0.0.0:5601/api/reporting/generate/dashboard/Error-Monitoring?\_g=(time:(from:now-1d%2Fd,mode:quick,to:now)](http://0.0.0.0:5601/api/reporting/generate/dashboard/Error-Monitoring?_g=(time:(from:now-1d%2Fd,mode:quick,to:now)))", "retries":6, "interval":"1s", "auth":{ "basic":{ "username":"elastic", "password":"changeme" } } } } } } } } } ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-the-automatic-generated-pdf-in-email-attachment-using-watcher/91293/4 "2017-07-31T08:42:38Z")
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