Generate PowerPoint from Template

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Hi I am trying to create a PowerPoint deck from template using SP List data using Flow. I am able to replace text into the placeholders pretty easily but, I am having issues with bulleted list items.

There's not really a lot of documentation from Plumsail on the powerpoint create.. but using the word document instructions I am trying to do that... but what is happening is a separate slide is being created for each bullet item rather than having them one after another in one slide.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks,
Terry

2

Hi @mattw112,
The documentation for the PowerPoint connector is on its way! )
However, you're right, most of the functionality and the syntax stays the same as for docx or xlsx templates.
Please make sure that you've placed a bullet-point mark in the required place.
Here's my example.
This is a template slide:

image
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Here's the JSON:

{
"Example": [
{"Name": "one"},
{"Name": "two"}
]
}

And this is what I get:
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If you get different results, please share your template and your JSON example with us.
Thanks!

3

Hi @v.uspenskii, any update on the documentation for the "Create PPTX document from template" function? I got two questions special questions: does it support pictures as well (docx template engine does) and is it possible to duplicate a while slide multiple times, based on the number of items in an array (not just a bullet-point item).

Thanks
Sebastian

4

Hi @SleevesUp,
The documentation on Create PPTX Document from Template Action should be out by the end of the week.
Regarding your questions:

  1. The action does not support inserting pictures, at least for now.
  2. Yes, you can duplicate a slide the same way you can duplicate a list entry DOCx template. Please see here for more details.
    Here's an example. This template will duplicate itself for the number of people in the array:
    image
    Here's the template: pres.pptx (42.8 KB)
    And here's the JSON object example:
 [{
		"Person": {
			"Name": "John Doe",
			"FirstName": "John",
			"LastName": "Doe",
			"JobTitle": "Sales Manager",
			"Hobbies": "Music, Sports",
			"Projects": [{
					"Name": "Plumsail Documents"
				},
				{
					"Name": "Plumsail Forms"
				}
			]
		}
	},
	{
		"Person": {
			"Name": "John Smith",
			"FirstName": "John",
			"LastName": "Smith",
			"JobTitle": "Accountant",
			"Hobbies": "Cooking",
			"Projects": [{
					"Name": "Plumsail Org Chart"
				},
				{
					"Name": "Plumsail HelpDesk"
				}
			]
		}
	}
]

This will generate two slides for John Doe and John Smith respectively.

5

Thanks for the quick update. Really looking forward to capability to insert pictures, hope it's not too complicated and high on your priority list :wink:

6

Is plumsail is working for the pictures on pptx file?.
I tried to export picture from power app along with few other text fields . Text fields worked fine but pictures not exported to ppt.

7

Hello,

Yes, the Plumsail Documents connector supports pictures in PPTX.

You can find the steps on how to prepare the PPTX template to insert a picture in the guide.

Best Regards,
Petr Bushuev
Plumsail team