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Canny - Create PDF, Word, Excel Documents
Canny can be connected with Documentero to turn product feedback into ready-to-share reports and files. When new posts, comments, or status changes happen in Canny, Documentero can automatically generate documents like PDFs or spreadsheets from your templates. This makes it easier to share structured updates with your team, managers, or clients without manual formatting.
Canny
Documentero
Triggers
Watch Status Changes — Watches status changes.
Watch Comments — Triggers when a new comment is created or deleted.
Watch Posts — Triggers when a new post is created, modified or deleted.
Watch Votes — Triggers when a new vote is created.
Actions
Create Document - Generate Word, Excel or PDF Document based on data from Canny using Document Template
Create Document and Send as Email Attachment - Generate Word, Excel or PDF Document based on data from Canny using Document Template and sends it to the specified email as an attachment.
Use Cases
Automatically generate PDF reports from new Canny posts
Create Excel sheets of Canny votes for product planning
Export Canny comments into a document for team reviews
Build weekly feedback summaries from Canny into Word documents
Generate client-ready reports when Canny feature statuses change
Create a historical archive of Canny discussions in PDF format
Export Canny post changes into structured Excel reports
Automatically generate stakeholder updates from Canny activity
Create formatted documents of Canny user suggestions
Export Canny feedback into a presentation-ready PDF file
How you can use Canny + Documentero
Product Feedback Reports
Generate a PDF report whenever a new Canny post is created, capturing all details in a professional format.
Weekly Feedback Summary
Automatically compile comments and votes from Canny into a weekly .docx summary generated by Documentero.
Status Change Notifications
Produce a formatted document each time a feature request changes status in Canny, ready to send to stakeholders.
Customer Feedback Archive
Export Canny posts and comments into an .xlsx file for long-term storage and analysis.
Vote Tracking Sheets
Create a spreadsheet from Canny vote data to share with product managers or decision makers.
Setup Guides
Zapier Tutorial: Integrate Canny with Documentero
- Create a new Zap in Zapier.
- Add Canny to the zap and choose one of the triggers (Watch Status Changes, Watch Comments, Watch Posts). Connect your account and configure the trigger.
- Sign up to Documentero (or sign in). In Account Settings, copy your API key and create your first document template.
- In Zapier: Add Documentero as the next step and connect it using your API key.
- In your zap, configure Documentero by selecting the Generate Document action, picking your template, and mapping fields from the Canny trigger.
- Test your zap and turn it on.
Make Tutorial: Integrate Canny with Documentero
- Create a new scenario in Make.
- Add Canny to the scenario and choose one of the triggers (Watch Status Changes, Watch Comments, Watch Posts). Connect your account and configure the trigger.
- Sign up to Documentero (or sign in). In Account Settings, copy your API key and create your first document template.
- In Make: Add Documentero as the next step and connect it using your API key.
- In your scenario, configure Documentero by selecting the Generate Document action, picking your template, and mapping fields from the Canny trigger.
- Run or schedule your scenario and verify the output.
