Addovation Stream

Last Updated: 2025-03-12

Service Description

Addovation Stream is an automatic document creation solution that helps to streamline your business processes. With Stream, you can create professional-looking documents quick and easy, saving time and effort.

  • Stream is an ERP agnostic service to generate PDF or Word output.
  • All data is being sent to service and output is a document.
  • Stream is not dependent on any ERP or data source.
  • Stream can be combined with workflow tools such as Azure Logic Apps to control logic and / or fetch data.
  • Stream does support images.
  • Templates are controlled by HTML.professional-looking documents quick and easy, saving time and effort.

All the data is being sent to the API that will merge the information using an HTML template and output either a Word- or PDF file. A generic overview can be illustrated as following:

Example of possibilities in a produced output

*) Note! This represents a fairly complex layout with many data sources and logic.

Features

Any data source Automated Efficient
Create customized documents from complex and large information sources, ensuring that clients receive information tailored to their specific needs. Automating the creation of technical documents and presentations, Stream makes it easier for businesses to communicate complex information to their clients clearly and concisely. With Stream, businesses can improve efficiency and provide a more client-centric service, enhancing their professional image and helping them stay ahead of the competition.
ERP independent Security Pre-built templates
Stream is truly Cloud enabled using the latest web app technology to generate documents from any source. Stream uses Microsoft Azure to make sure that you always get latest security protection. You can get a quick start by modifying standard business templates or create them from scratch.

Standard Templates

The standard templates are a great starting point for tailoring to your specific business needs. Whether it comes to quotes or service contracts.

Use Case Template
Generate a quote from a business opportunity Release Q4 2024
Generate a summary of a service contract Release Q4 2024

Service Requirements

Customer Obligations

Access to Customer IFS Cloud Buildplace is required to deploy the custom projection to check in the generated document to IFS Cloud.

The ERP need to be open up for calling the Stream service and to receive the generated document.

Addovation Document Management (DocMan) is required

  • DocMan is required for checking in the document.

Applicable versions /dependencies to versions

The Stream service that receives the JSON data and HTML template is not dependent on the requesting ERP system. Customizations that gather the data in IFS may, however, be affected by new IFS Cloud releases and need to be verified by the customer when upgrading.

Delivery pre reqs

Monitoring

Monitoring is handled through Application Insights in Microsoft Azure.

Required Access

Access to buildplace is required to deliver the utility package for data gathering and a projection to check in the final document in IFS CLoud.

GDPR

Data processing to create PDF documents is handled within the Stream service. If the output file is a word document the data request is sent to an online service, maintined by Aspose, for conversion.

Required competencies

  • ERP specific integration knowledge.
    • How to gather data either internally or externally in the system.
    • How to send data directly to API or integration framework.
  • ERP functional knowledge.
    • What objects to use, when to trigger the flow e.g. a button or automatically.
    • What document classes, format size etc. to use
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  • Preferred integration framework
    • Such as Azure Logic apps.
    • This will handle logic and conditions.
    • Handle the file e.g. check in as new, connect to an object or create new revisions.
  • HTML and CSS knowledge
    • This controls how the end-result will look like.

Technical documentation

Internal documentation

Release Packages

Release notes

Release date Version Comment
2025-01-06 2.2 Improvements and fixes (performance, JS support, missing images, web fonts, page breaks, charts, Graph support, show last page without cover pages)
2024-04-10 1.1 Maintenance release
2023-10-15 1.0 First release to market