KNOWLEDGE BASE
Glossary
Login
Contents
x
Getting Started
Applications
Branding
Database Maintenance
Decisions
Deliver
Events & Interviews
Fields and Prompts
Forms
Giving
Importing & Exporting
Inbox
Liquid Markup
Payments
Portals
Queries
Reader and Workflows
Records
Reports & Analytics
Rules & Automation
Security & Privacy
Slate AI
Slate.org
Users & Permissions
News & Information
Powered by
Displaying Data
9 Articles
in this category
Share
Print
Share
Dark
Light
Contents
Displaying Data
9 Articles
in this category
Share
Dark
Light
Portals in Reader
Embedding portals in the Reader lets you use conditional logic, tables, and Liquid markup to improve the reader experience. Reader portals are best for displaying, as opposed to updating, data. If your readers need to update a record, use Reader R...
Updated : 07 Nov 2024
Data Containers
Data containers render records and related data for display in Workflows. Data containers can incorporate data, documents, or a combination for a given object type. What is a data container? Data containers dynamically display field data, like...
Updated : 12 Mar 2025
Auto PDF
Auto PDF is a data visualization tool in the Reader that generates PDFs from applicant data. That data can come from an application, reader evaluation forms, registration forms, and other sources. Why use Auto PDF? Time-Saving: ...
Updated : 30 May 2025
Custom PDF
Create a custom PDF that consolidates some of the most important applicant information onto a single page (a dashboard): Uploading a PDF to Slate Design the dashboard PDF outside of Slate. You might use a program like Word to design...
Updated : 03 Jun 2024
Display Cluster Reports in Reader
A cluster report can be configured to display on any Reader Tab Group configured with the type Materials . Cluster reports can share a tab with other items, and, like other types of materials, filters can be used to restrict its display. Order clu...
Updated : 18 Mar 2024
Displaying Custom Fields in Reader Dashboards (Merge Queries)
System fields, including custom and standard fields, are automatically available to map in the PDF Editor (located within the File Editor in Database) and through Merge Fields (located within Database). Any items that are not available in these area...
Updated : 08 Apr 2025
Adding Preset Filters to the Reader
If you find yourself setting the same filters in the Reader, consider creating Presets. Presets also allow you customize the data columns that appear: 🔔 Important! The procedures described in this article refer to bins created using the lega...
Updated : 18 Mar 2024
Displaying Reader Review Forms in the Reader
Once a reader review form has been completed, by default, it can be previewed from a few different areas in Slate. In addition to the default methods of displaying a completed reader review form, additional methods can be considered. For instance, ...
Updated : 18 Mar 2024
Reader Popup Dashboards (legacy)
⚠️ This article is about a legacy tool. The information in this article only applies to the legacy Reader . For information on Dashboards with the modern, Workflow -based Reader , see Dashboards . Reader Dashboard queries can be created vi...
Updated : 23 May 2025