Marty! we need to got back to 1955. Why's that Doc? We need to purchase Hybiscus when it launched on Appsumo! Well, have you checked their activity on the public Roadmap? Where we're going.... we dont need roadmaps!
Thanks for this question. Actually this isn't supported currently but it's a very good request. We'll add this to your feature requests to see how we could support this!
Hi Ismail, Thanks for the quick response. I think this is the most important decision factor for us - Landscape PDF. Do you guys plan to venture into PDF certificate section or is it out of Hybiscus role as a API PDF generator? As I think the current Cloud editor is still more geared towards structured content, i.e. reports. The reason being certificate design might require custom uploaded images, different font style, borders etc..
We do have support for including images from a URL, and the Text component supports using different sizes, fonts and colours, so it's possible the design you're after may be possible with Hybiscus. Landscape is something we would definitely consider, but we'll need to look into the work needed and see how it fits in with rest of the feature requests.
Q: I am not able to edit my previous questions, but some last question:
6.
We usually host about ~1,000 participants in our virtual event, can Hybiscus generate all PDF certificates for the participants in one go? How does it work.. Does it has rate limiting etc? 7. Do you have any FB or Discord Group? Thank you.
A: Hybiscus will need to receive the requests separately for each PDF, and so you will be bound by the rate limits (https://hybiscus.dev/docs/api/rate-limitting) and your quotas of course.
As for a Discord / FB group, we do not currently have one, but we'll look into setting one up!
Q: Hi Ismail,
Just noticed that this amazing deal is ending soon!
I have a few questions from a virtual event perspective: 1. I need something more basic than report PDF - Can we generate PDF certificate from Hybiscus? Can we customise the PDF content via a Drag-and-Drop PDF page builder or any other methods that you can advice - TailwindCSS or other FE libraries? 2. Can I generate PDF certificates from the eligible participants list from Google Sheets - With Name and Courses attended and the event date? 2B. If not, any idea how can we automatically generate and send the PDF to those who attended the virtual event via Zoom, MS Teams or Airmeet? 3. Where do you store the PDF after being generated? In Hybiscus? How many quota is allocated for storing PDFs? 4. After generating the PDF certificate, can I use Hybiscus to email the PDF to the participants automatically? 5. Do you plan to have a Python API as we built our functions on Lambda Python v3.7 functions. When will this be ready? Thank you.
A: Hi there, Thanks for all your questions, they're great questions indeed! We do not currently have a drag and drop builder, as Hybiscus is meant to be an API intended to be accessed programmatically. Although we do have a Cloud Editor (https://hybiscus.dev/cloud-editor) which make it very easy to prototype PDFs.
With regard to Google Sheets, etc. you can certainly get data from any source you like, and put this into the JSON schema you send to Hybiscus to generate your PDFs. The idea is you access the data from your sources yourself, and Hybiscus just receives this. This could be done in your Lambda functions or in an automation tool like Zapier, etc. As for certificates, unfortunately we do not have a landscape format for generating PDFs, but otherwise you are free to try out the various components to design the certificate you would like. We have sizing options for text, font styles, alignment options, colour themes, so I think you could achieve a lot.
The API endpoints are rate limited which is explained here https://hybiscus.dev/docs/api/rate-limitting, and other than you have your monthly quotas to be monitored. The reports are stored on the server for up to 48 hours, after which they are deleted. More preferable is that you use our Cloud Storage Upload feature, where we deposit them directly into your cloud storage, never storing them on the Hybiscus server (https://hybiscus.dev/docs/reports/cloud-storage). In this way, you could fully automate the process in your lambda function to query Google Sheets, send data to Hybiscus to generate a PDF, which automatically deposits into your cloud storage provider, and you can send that out to your users. We do not, however, have built in emailing options in Hybiscus, you would need to do this yourself. Lastly, with regard to the Python SDK, it is on our roadmap, but much further down as we have had other requests which we deemed more impactful. It would be fairly simple to construct the JSON schema using a Python dictionary and POST that to Hybiscus using a library such as httpx for Python.
I hope we've answered all your questions well, please do let us know otherwise!
A: Hi there, thanks for the question! Hybiscus does not connect directly to Google Sheets, but you can use automation platforms such as Zapier or your own server to pull data from Google Sheets, format it for Hybiscus, and then send it to Hybiscus. Hope that makes sense!
Just to confirm. Will you stay for another 3 days for appsumo plus members? Most select deals stay for another 3 days for appsumo plus members, and many members do pick up deals during the last minute.
The intention is to use the JSON schema to create PDF report. So using SVG and HTML is unfortunately not supported. What you can do is use images and small HTML snippets in the PDF reports to customise it with your content.
A: The benefits over browserless io are for using pre designed components defined with JSON. Browserless requires generating HTML with design manually setup. As for the quota limits, depending on the tier you choose you will have access to the respective number of reports per month. You also have the option to purchase add ons to increase your limits on quotas each month.
A: Glad to hear you like the tool! We've been on AppSumo for about two months, so alas all good things must come to an end. After the campaign, the standard pricing will apply which is currently on the website.
Q: 1) Where can I find the whole list of components ?
2) Are you guys planning to launch a visual builder like drag and drop ?
I tried out the product a major downside is for me is every time I make a change and want to see how my report will look. I have to make a request which is chargeable.
3) Are you guys planning to implement a live reload which do not charge credits ? Maybe instead of PDF show an html or something ?
Thanks for the questions. The full list of components is available here: https://hybiscus.dev/docs/creating-a-report
Unfortunately there is no plan to create a drag and drop builder as the aim of Hybiscus is to be an API that can be access programmatic, rather than a GUI. Having said that, we do have the Cloud Editor where you can write the JSON and see the preview right next to it. This option also provides a way to generate the report as JPG preview that is not chargeable and has no quota per month. The API endpoint used there is available to you as well without the Cloud Editor, and accepts exactly the same schema as the PDF building endpoint.
I hope this answers your questions! Let us know if there's anything else!
Q: Hi,
This is one of the coolest PDF related products I have seen and congratulations on rolling out such a product.
I would really appreciate if you can take a look at the CloudTables API page at https://cloudtables.com/docs/cloud/api/nodejs and tell me if tables can be styled and outputted into your PDF's
I am basically building a song lyrics directory with CloudTables and I want the tables to be outputted to a PDF for download. Would really appreciate your reply.
Thanks, I'm really glad to hear you're liking Hybiscus! I've had a look at the Cloud Tables API, and if I understand correctly you're using it to collect data via some website. In which case, your next step to generate a PDF will be very possible. Their SDKs including the NodeJS one provides a away to get data from a given table. You could thus retrieve this data and add it to the JSON schema for Hybiscus and generate reports that way. Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions!
Thanks for your question! If by "pcloud" you're referring to a private cloud, then yes, this option is available on both plans. Please keep in mind that we only support Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services' cloud storage solutions. Hope this helps, otherwise do let us know!
Unfortunately, we don't support Pcloud at the moment. Currently, we only support Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services' cloud storage solutions.
How much of the processing is completed at your servers vs the client side?
If the only processing is completed at the time of the event, no data or PDFs are stored (?), and it's a secure connection, wouldn't we be HIPAA compliant? Are we not able to go through the steps to ensure the validity of the security concerns to certify the product as compliant?
With regard to how data is processed, the JSON data you send is not stored on the server after the report has been processed. The PDF is stored on the server under normal circumstances, for up to 48 hours. However, you can enable the cloud upload feature where once the report is generated, it is uploaded directly to your cloud provider (AWS, GCS, Azure) without storing it on the Hybiscus server. You can then only access the report in your cloud storage provider.
These features may indeed meet many if not all the HIPAA requirements, but as it appears to be a legal definition, this is not something, at least, now that we could claim to be compliant with. We'd need to go through the proper channels and processes before we can confidently make these claims. However, we'll definitely be looking into this to see what it entails. Nevertheless, thanks for bringing this issue to our attention!
With regard to how data is processed, the JSON data you send is not stored on the server after the report has been processed. The PDF is stored on the server under normal circumstances, for up to 48 hours. However, you can enable the cloud upload feature where once the report is generated, it is uploaded directly to your cloud provider (AWS, GCS, Azure) without storing it on the Hybiscus server. You can then only access the report in your cloud storage provider.
These features may indeed meet many if not all the HIPAA requirements, but as it appears to be a legal definition, this is not something, at least, now that we could claim to be compliant with. We'd need to go through the proper channels and processes before we can confidently make these claims. However, we'll definitely be looking into this to see what it entails. Nevertheless, thanks for bringing this issue to our attention!
If it helps, we would love to see hipaa compliance in our company as well. I'm sure this should not be difficult if there is no data being stored on your severs (and cloud solutions like Google Drive and S3 are hipaa compliant).
We're still reviewing the necessary steps and all that is needed for full HIPAA compliance, so we appreciate your input! As this was only recently brought forth for us to further analyze, we thank you for your patience while we look into this matter and see what we can or can't do regarding that.
We do have some add-ons already available for AppSumo users, however, they must be added directly on the Hybiscus dashboard after you already have activated your account.
Here is what we're offering: Optional add-on: additional 2,500 single-page reports for $10 monthly Optional add-on: additional 2,500 multi-page reports for $10 monthly
Although we don't currently have any templates for those specifically (as the templates are simply starting points for you to edit), you could simply create your own template using the various components on offer.
Thus, if you needed to make statements, for instance, you could make use of the Table component for example.
Sorry we don't currently support generating signed PDFs. Could you elaborate a bit on how you'd like to use this feature, so we could see how we could potentially support it?
Hey! E-sign creates an authentication for the file. Once the PDF is signed, if anyone tries to edit the file, they will lose their signature. For Data Reports, which seems to be their main focus, it is probably an over engineering, but it can be applied to any other type of document that we want to make sure it's legit.
Q: Planning an Appsumo Comeback??
Marty! we need to got back to 1955.
Why's that Doc?
We need to purchase Hybiscus when it launched on Appsumo!
Well, have you checked their activity on the public Roadmap?
Where we're going.... we dont need roadmaps!
Zoooooooommmmmm!
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Q: I think this is important for us as well: 8.
Can we generate PDF in landscape mode for standard A4 size certificate?
Ismail59059
May 14, 2024A: Hi there,
Thanks for this question. Actually this isn't supported currently but it's a very good request. We'll add this to your feature requests to see how we could support this!
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Hi Ismail,
Thanks for the quick response. I think this is the most important decision factor for us - Landscape PDF.
Do you guys plan to venture into PDF certificate section or is it out of Hybiscus role as a API PDF generator? As I think the current Cloud editor is still more geared towards structured content, i.e. reports. The reason being certificate design might require custom uploaded images, different font style, borders etc..
Thanks and good luck with your final sprint!
Hi there,
We do have support for including images from a URL, and the Text component supports using different sizes, fonts and colours, so it's possible the design you're after may be possible with Hybiscus. Landscape is something we would definitely consider, but we'll need to look into the work needed and see how it fits in with rest of the feature requests.
Q: I am not able to edit my previous questions, but some last question: 6.
We usually host about ~1,000 participants in our virtual event, can Hybiscus generate all PDF certificates for the participants in one go? How does it work.. Does it has rate limiting etc?
7. Do you have any FB or Discord Group?
Thank you.
Ismail59059
May 14, 2024A: Hybiscus will need to receive the requests separately for each PDF, and so you will be bound by the rate limits (https://hybiscus.dev/docs/api/rate-limitting) and your quotas of course.
As for a Discord / FB group, we do not currently have one, but we'll look into setting one up!
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Q: Hi Ismail, Just noticed that this amazing deal is ending soon!
I have a few questions from a virtual event perspective:
1. I need something more basic than report PDF - Can we generate PDF certificate from Hybiscus? Can we customise the PDF content via a Drag-and-Drop PDF page builder or any other methods that you can advice - TailwindCSS or other FE libraries?
2. Can I generate PDF certificates from the eligible participants list from Google Sheets - With Name and Courses attended and the event date?
2B. If not, any idea how can we automatically generate and send the PDF to those who attended the virtual event via Zoom, MS Teams or Airmeet?
3. Where do you store the PDF after being generated? In Hybiscus? How many quota is allocated for storing PDFs?
4. After generating the PDF certificate, can I use Hybiscus to email the PDF to the participants automatically?
5. Do you plan to have a Python API as we built our functions on Lambda Python v3.7 functions. When will this be ready?
Thank you.
Ismail59059
May 14, 2024A: Hi there,
Thanks for all your questions, they're great questions indeed!
We do not currently have a drag and drop builder, as Hybiscus is meant to be an API intended to be accessed programmatically. Although we do have a Cloud Editor (https://hybiscus.dev/cloud-editor) which make it very easy to prototype PDFs.
With regard to Google Sheets, etc. you can certainly get data from any source you like, and put this into the JSON schema you send to Hybiscus to generate your PDFs. The idea is you access the data from your sources yourself, and Hybiscus just receives this. This could be done in your Lambda functions or in an automation tool like Zapier, etc. As for certificates, unfortunately we do not have a landscape format for generating PDFs, but otherwise you are free to try out the various components to design the certificate you would like. We have sizing options for text, font styles, alignment options, colour themes, so I think you could achieve a lot.
The API endpoints are rate limited which is explained here https://hybiscus.dev/docs/api/rate-limitting, and other than you have your monthly quotas to be monitored. The reports are stored on the server for up to 48 hours, after which they are deleted. More preferable is that you use our Cloud Storage Upload feature, where we deposit them directly into your cloud storage, never storing them on the Hybiscus server (https://hybiscus.dev/docs/reports/cloud-storage). In this way, you could fully automate the process in your lambda function to query Google Sheets, send data to Hybiscus to generate a PDF, which automatically deposits into your cloud storage provider, and you can send that out to your users. We do not, however, have built in emailing options in Hybiscus, you would need to do this yourself.
Lastly, with regard to the Python SDK, it is on our roadmap, but much further down as we have had other requests which we deemed more impactful. It would be fairly simple to construct the JSON schema using a Python dictionary and POST that to Hybiscus using a library such as httpx for Python.
I hope we've answered all your questions well, please do let us know otherwise!
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Q: Can you pull data from google sheets after fixing a template on Hybiscus?
My plan is to gather all data in google sheets and generate reports for clients
Ismail59059
May 14, 2024A: Hi there, thanks for the question! Hybiscus does not connect directly to Google Sheets, but you can use automation platforms such as Zapier or your own server to pull data from Google Sheets, format it for Hybiscus, and then send it to Hybiscus. Hope that makes sense!
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Q: Thanks for your reply.
Just to confirm.
Will you stay for another 3 days for appsumo plus members?
Most select deals stay for another 3 days for appsumo plus members, and many members do pick up deals during the last minute.
Ismail59059
May 14, 2024A: Hi there,
Extended access for AppSumo Plus members will end on Monday July 18th 8 AM CDT, whereas ordinary access will end this Friday 8 AM.
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Q: Can it generate a pdf from SVG HTML content?
The use case is- I want to pass SVG HTML code to this plugin (which contains images, fonts, etc.). I want it to make a pdf from svg
Ismail59059
May 14, 2024A: Hi there,
The intention is to use the JSON schema to create PDF report. So using SVG and HTML is unfortunately not supported. What you can do is use images and small HTML snippets in the PDF reports to customise it with your content.
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Q: Hello, How does this compare to browserless.
io pdf generation?
We currently are using the price of pdf generation can get pretty costly.
Your pricing also seems to be a bit hard to calculate as we develop thousands of pages per week with multiple pages per document.
Ismail59059
May 14, 2024A: The benefits over browserless io are for using pre designed components defined with JSON. Browserless requires generating HTML with design manually setup. As for the quota limits, depending on the tier you choose you will have access to the respective number of reports per month. You also have the option to purchase add ons to increase your limits on quotas each month.
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Q: Tool looking nice.
was hoping you'd stick around for a little while, at least after sumoday.
Will you stay for another 3 days for appsumo plus members?
Are you increasing the price or actually leaving?
Ismail59059
May 14, 2024A: Glad to hear you like the tool! We've been on AppSumo for about two months, so alas all good things must come to an end. After the campaign, the standard pricing will apply which is currently on the website.
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Q: 1) Where can I find the whole list of components ?
2) Are you guys planning to launch a visual builder like drag and drop ?
I tried out the product a major downside is for me is every time I make a change and want to see how my report will look. I have to make a request which is chargeable.
3) Are you guys planning to implement a live reload which do not charge credits ? Maybe instead of PDF show an html or something ?
Ismail59059
May 14, 2024A: Hi,
Thanks for the questions. The full list of components is available here: https://hybiscus.dev/docs/creating-a-report
Unfortunately there is no plan to create a drag and drop builder as the aim of Hybiscus is to be an API that can be access programmatic, rather than a GUI. Having said that, we do have the Cloud Editor where you can write the JSON and see the preview right next to it. This option also provides a way to generate the report as JPG preview that is not chargeable and has no quota per month. The API endpoint used there is available to you as well without the Cloud Editor, and accepts exactly the same schema as the PDF building endpoint.
I hope this answers your questions! Let us know if there's anything else!
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Q: Hi, This is one of the coolest PDF related products I have seen and congratulations on rolling out such a product.
I would really appreciate if you can take a look at the CloudTables API page at https://cloudtables.com/docs/cloud/api/nodejs and tell me if tables can be styled and outputted into your PDF's
I am basically building a song lyrics directory with CloudTables and I want the tables to be outputted to a PDF for download. Would really appreciate your reply.
Ismail59059
May 14, 2024A: Hi Jimmy,
Thanks, I'm really glad to hear you're liking Hybiscus! I've had a look at the Cloud Tables API, and if I understand correctly you're using it to collect data via some website. In which case, your next step to generate a PDF will be very possible. Their SDKs including the NodeJS one provides a away to get data from a given table. You could thus retrieve this data and add it to the JSON schema for Hybiscus and generate reports that way. Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions!
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Q: upload to pcloud available to both plans?
Ismail59059
May 14, 2024A: Hi there,
Thanks for your question! If by "pcloud" you're referring to a private cloud, then yes, this option is available on both plans. Please keep in mind that we only support Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services' cloud storage solutions. Hope this helps, otherwise do let us know!
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What I mean is this private cloud called Pcloud: https://www.pcloud.com/
is this supported?
Hi @adamjonesdym! Thanks for your reply.
Unfortunately, we don't support Pcloud at the moment. Currently, we only support Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services' cloud storage solutions.
Hopefully this clarifies it!
+100 for pCloud - I'd buy otherwise!
Q: Are we able to ensure HIPAA compliance in the setting of building documents with Protected Health Information (PHI)?
Ismail59059
May 14, 2024A: Hi there,
Thanks for your message. Unfortunately Hybiscus doesn't have HIIPA compliance. Sorry about that! Let us know if there's any other way we could assist!
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How much of the processing is completed at your servers vs the client side?
If the only processing is completed at the time of the event, no data or PDFs are stored (?), and it's a secure connection, wouldn't we be HIPAA compliant? Are we not able to go through the steps to ensure the validity of the security concerns to certify the product as compliant?
Hi @shreemulay,
With regard to how data is processed, the JSON data you send is not stored on the server after the report has been processed. The PDF is stored on the server under normal circumstances, for up to 48 hours. However, you can enable the cloud upload feature where once the report is generated, it is uploaded directly to your cloud provider (AWS, GCS, Azure) without storing it on the Hybiscus server. You can then only access the report in your cloud storage provider.
These features may indeed meet many if not all the HIPAA requirements, but as it appears to be a legal definition, this is not something, at least, now that we could claim to be compliant with. We'd need to go through the proper channels and processes before we can confidently make these claims. However, we'll definitely be looking into this to see what it entails. Nevertheless, thanks for bringing this issue to our attention!
Hi @shreemulay,
With regard to how data is processed, the JSON data you send is not stored on the server after the report has been processed. The PDF is stored on the server under normal circumstances, for up to 48 hours. However, you can enable the cloud upload feature where once the report is generated, it is uploaded directly to your cloud provider (AWS, GCS, Azure) without storing it on the Hybiscus server. You can then only access the report in your cloud storage provider.
These features may indeed meet many if not all the HIPAA requirements, but as it appears to be a legal definition, this is not something, at least, now that we could claim to be compliant with. We'd need to go through the proper channels and processes before we can confidently make these claims. However, we'll definitely be looking into this to see what it entails. Nevertheless, thanks for bringing this issue to our attention!
Verified purchaser
If it helps, we would love to see hipaa compliance in our company as well. I'm sure this should not be difficult if there is no data being stored on your severs (and cloud solutions like Google Drive and S3 are hipaa compliant).
Thanks for your reply, @ilan22!
We're still reviewing the necessary steps and all that is needed for full HIPAA compliance, so we appreciate your input! As this was only recently brought forth for us to further analyze, we thank you for your patience while we look into this matter and see what we can or can't do regarding that.
Thanks for your interest in Hybiscus!
Q: What is the pricing if we extend the limits?
Are there any discounts included in this LTD?
Leo_PartnerSupport
May 14, 2024A: Hi @Mike_M! Thanks for the question.
We do have some add-ons already available for AppSumo users, however, they must be added directly on the Hybiscus dashboard after you already have activated your account.
Here is what we're offering:
Optional add-on: additional 2,500 single-page reports for $10 monthly
Optional add-on: additional 2,500 multi-page reports for $10 monthly
Hopefully this information helps!
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Q: What is the pricing if we extend the limits?
Are there any discounts included in this LTD?
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Q: Hi!
Are you GDPR compliant?
Leo_PartnerSupport
May 14, 2024A: Hi and thanks for reaching out!
Hybiscus is not GDPR-compliant at the moment, however, we have plans to be so in the near future.
Hopefully this information helps!
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Q: Are we able to ensure Hipaa compliance in the setting of building documents with Protected Health Information (PHI)?
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Q: Hi, once I send the json to your tool to generate a pdf, how does it let my website/app know that it’s right for downloading/viewing?
Do I need to download the pdf or can it be viewed just in the browser?
Leo_PartnerSupport
May 14, 2024A: Hi @devdynamic! Thanks for the questions.
You can either view the PDF on our Cloud Editor (and make real time changes to it there), download it or store it in a cloud provider of your choice.
Hopefully this answers your question!
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Q: Hi, can I use your tool to create pdfs that are not technically reports?
I’m thinking invoices, letters etc.
Leo_PartnerSupport
May 14, 2024A: Hi @devdynamic! Thanks for the question.
Although we don't currently have any templates for those specifically (as the templates are simply starting points for you to edit), you could simply create your own template using the various components on offer.
Thus, if you needed to make statements, for instance, you could make use of the Table component for example.
Hopefully this information helps!
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Q: Can it generate authenticated, or in other words digital signer, PDF files?
Thanks
Ismail59059
May 14, 2024A: Hi there,
Sorry we don't currently support generating signed PDFs. Could you elaborate a bit on how you'd like to use this feature, so we could see how we could potentially support it?
Thanks!
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Hey!
E-sign creates an authentication for the file. Once the PDF is signed, if anyone tries to edit the file, they will lose their signature. For Data Reports, which seems to be their main focus, it is probably an over engineering, but it can be applied to any other type of document that we want to make sure it's legit.
Thank you for elaborating on your use case with E-sign!
I'll pass this information for internal reviewing and see whether it is a possible fit for implementation or not (and how we can best support it).
We appreciate your interest in Hybiscus!