How do I generate a PDF report with data and results from my application?

A common requirement is for the output from a knowledge-base to be generated as a report document (e.g. PDF document) that contains the output of the runtime session data (Decisions, Calculations, etc) together with the input data on which this output is based.

This can be achieved in main two steps; Building a data String of all the session data and then passing (POST data) this to an external PDF Generator Web Service.

• Use the data generated during the runtime session to build the POST data String. The format of this POST data String will be determined by the PDF Generator Web Service generator used.
• Invoke an external Web Service to generate the PDF Report in the required format.