: Indesign. Trigger automatic .pdf-Export when change of linked Text-/Excel-File occurs. I am searching for a solution for a client who needs .pdf's from an Indesign file. The use-case is that there

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I am searching for a solution for a client who needs .pdf's from an Indesign file. The use-case is that there are daily changes in a Price-List that we have created in InDesign. The Data-set itself exists in an Excel-file. It takes a lot of repetitive tasks to keep it actualized, so i was thinking if there might be solution to automate the process.
My vision is that my client uploads an Excel with the correct Name into a Folder on a Server, which in turn triggers my Indesign to actualize the data in the .indd and automatically export the new Version as .pdf back to the Server, where it is available for download, or whatever they wanna do with it afterwards.
I realize that I probably have to do shell scripting for that, but do I have to use the Indesign-Sdk as well? Where do i start on such an endeavour ?
I hope my question is clear enough :)
Greetings ! Roxi

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