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Automate and customize your document distribution.
Send and manage your outgoing documents easily.
Key features that add value to your workday
Personalize your emails
Customize your outgoing emails with time-limited email signatures for seasonal greetings or special promotions. You can also extract data from posted documents directly into your emails.
Send emails in the background
Efficiently send scheduled emails without interrupting your workflow. Your emails will be sent in the background, ensuring you don’t experience system interruptions while performing other tasks.
Flexible PDF customization
Easily create customized PDFs by adding background images to align with your brand. Protect them from document tampering with password protection or authenticate them with signatures and watermarks.
Extended customization options
Easily integrate key functionalities, such as email, template design, and distribution automation anywhere in your Business Central. With the AL Extension Builder, you can extend any standard or custom-made module with time-saving Document Output features.
Automate your email distribution
Automate your document output by setting up email jobs to auto-detect and queue new documents for distribution. With pre-configured email templates, Report Selection, and PDF features, you can minimize user intervention for a streamlined communication process.
Create targeted email templates
Easily set up email template variations based on recipient attributes and automatically apply the right version using dimensions such as customer type or language.
With AI-powered translations, you can quickly create templates in multiple languages—making it even easier to reach the right audience and grow your template library faster.
Automated document distribution in a few clicks
Manually sending and printing your documents is an error-prone and time-consuming process - you can lose an overview of your outgoing documents quickly. You could also accidentally send a document containing sensitive information to the wrong company!
Continia Document Output is a time-saving digital file output management software solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central users. It reduces your complicated manual processes – helping you manage all your outgoing files and keep an overview of all sent and drafted documents.
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Keep compliant with Continia Delivery Network
Continia Delivery Network seamlessly integrates with the Peppol eDelivery Network for secure document distribution of your invoices and credit memos from Document Output. With Continia Delivery Network, you can send your e-documents to other companies worldwide directly from Business Central, helping you stay compliant and secure your sensitive information.
Feature overview
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Essential
- Recipient setup
- Merge Fields
- Signatures
- Campaigns
- Header and line attachments
- Merge Tables
- PDF Merge
- PDF password-protect
- PDF sign
- PDF background
- Log
- Log preservation security
- Document Output Service
- Continia Delivery Network
- Embed PDFs and attachments in e-documents (XML)
- Email jobs
- Automation in background
- Email templates
- Copy email template lines
- AI Assistant
- Send remittance advice
- Extension App Builder
- Automated statement distribution calendar
- Continia Hub
Recipient setupConfigure where to automatically find recipient email addresses.
Merge FieldsAutomatically retrieve source field data from Business Central and insert it into the email body and signature.
SignaturesFlexibly generate signatures based on Merge Fields using data from the Business Central user setup. Signatures can be prepared, modified, and controlled with start and end dates.
CampaignsInsert personalized images or text into emails and schedule them with start and end dates for a limited time.
Header and line attachmentsAutomatically include all Business Central document line- and/or header attachments into emails.
Merge TablesEfficiently insert posted lines into emails from Business Central as a structured table of contents with dynamic scaling.
PDF MergeCombine multiple PDF files into one.
PDF password-protectProtect a PDF file with a fixed password.
PDF signDigitally sign a PDF with a third-party PDF Certificate.
PDF backgroundApply a background image or document to a PDF or collection of PDFs to be emailed using Document Output. Use up to three different backgrounds. One for the first page, one for the last page, and one for the content pages.
LogTransactions sent through Document Output are logged and linked to the recipient of the document. Full audit log can be stored in the Database, File System (On Premise), or Azure BLOB Storage.
Log preservation securitySecure your records—restrict log deletion to authorized users, ensuring compliance and a clear audit trail.
Document Output ServiceEnable file and print services for Business Central – even from a cloud solution.Continia Delivery NetworkCDN simplifies document exchange by integrating with Document Output, offering users seamless access to the Peppol eDelivery Network and NemHandel. With CDN, generate and send e-invoices and credit notes in XML formats, such as PeppolBis3 or OIOUBL, directly from Business Central, ensuring efficient validation and real-time status updates.Embed PDFs and attachments in e-documents (XML)Easily include any supporting PDFs or document attachments directly in your e-invoices. You can choose whether to embed a PDF from the report selection, a posted document attachment, both, or none.
Email jobsGet an overview of document status and recently posted documents ready to be sent.Automation in backgroundEmail distribution is managed in the background, which eliminates the need for user intervention when sending files, reducing system interruptions.Email templatesStandard solution includes 30+ ready-to-use email templates and 10+ email style examples for Merge Tables, enabling easy email customization to align with your company's branding.
Copy email template linesEasily configure multiple email template lines by copying an existing template, inheriting all data, including HTML Editor text, for quick adjustments across different customer types.
AI AssistantReach more people effortlessly with AI-powered translations—quickly create email templates in multiple languages and build your template library faster. The AI assistant helps translate email body content and suggests improvements to enhance clarity and tone.
Send remittance adviceAutomatically collect and send all remittance advice in one email per vendor.Extension App BuilderAdd Document Output functionality to custom-made solutions in Business Central or other standard modules.Automated statement distribution calendarManage and track your statement distribution with an automated calendar that shows when statements were sent and scheduled future distributions, based on customizable profiles.Continia HubAccess a central in-app assistance hub designed for convenience and user feedback.
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Hear from our customers
Within the TV industry that Hat Trick Productions operates, the number of remittance advice to send out monthly is huge, and handling them has been a hassle. With Document Output, we click a button: Document Output automatically distributes all payment notifications and other documents directly from Business Central. It is as simple as that, it’s a huge time-saver, and our people love it!
Tristan Nardini
Accountant@ Hat Trick Productions
Accountant
If a customer has a high volume of documents, we always include Continia products in the offering. It’s a no-brainer and has pure value: the customer gets to see the savings right away.
Laura Gilbank
Business Development Manager@ Columbus UK
Business Development Manager
Document Output is the one solution we don‘t debate with the customer about: we include this in the standard and implement it with every single customer installation. It is super easy to implement and get trained on, and yet it removes such a hassle and burden from customer site: you don‘t want to delay the benefits customer receives by using it
Ross Jones
Partner@ Avanade
Partner
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