diff --git a/api/application/controllers/PD_Controller.php b/api/application/controllers/PD_Controller.php
index ac9d6370..bb07ee62 100644
--- a/api/application/controllers/PD_Controller.php
+++ b/api/application/controllers/PD_Controller.php
@@ -8086,9 +8086,7 @@ public function getCompaniesListsFromGeneralFormRawJSON_post()
 	{
 		
 		
-		$this->load->helper('SYMLINKS');
-		SYMLINKS::createSymLinks();
-		die();
+		
 		$pdid = $this->uri->segment(3);
 		log_message('DEBUG',"getPDReportPDFpreview_post called ");//die();
 		$random_string = $this->uri->segment(2);
@@ -8150,12 +8148,14 @@ public function getCompaniesListsFromGeneralFormRawJSON_post()
 		$pdf_doc = $this->pdfgenerator->generate($report_data, $filename='version', $stream=false, $paper = 'A4', $orientation = "portrait");
 			//End of PDF Gen using DOM PDF
 		$output_file2 = $this->external_path ."/pd_reports/" . $pdid . "/sample.pdf";
-		$link = 'https://'. $this->config->item('full_server_name').'/ssa_external_data/'. ENVIRONMENT.'/pd_reports/'. $pdid . "/sample.pdf";
+		$link_to_send = 'https://'. $this->config->item('full_server_name').'/ssa_external_data/'. ENVIRONMENT.'/pd_reports/'. $pdid . "/sample.pdf";
+
+		//$link_to_be_create = '/var/www/html/ssa_external_data/'. ENVIRONMENT.'/pd_reports/'. $pdid . "/sample.pdf";
+
 		file_put_contents($output_file2, $pdf_doc);
-		//header("Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, OPTIONS");
-		header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *');
-		header("Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, POST, OPTIONS");
-		echo json_encode(array('link'=>$link));
+		$this->load->helper('SYMLINKS');
+		SYMLINKS::createSymLinks($pdid,$output_file2);
+		echo json_encode(array('link'=>$link_to_send));
 
 	}
 	
diff --git a/api/application/helpers/external_dir_check_helper.php b/api/application/helpers/external_dir_check_helper.php
index 3a96eaf1..1f12e39c 100644
--- a/api/application/helpers/external_dir_check_helper.php
+++ b/api/application/helpers/external_dir_check_helper.php
@@ -6,10 +6,17 @@ class EXTERNAL_DIR_CHECK
 
 	
 	// Create the logger
-	public static function checkExternalDirectory($pd_id = null) //$msg,$data,$log_type
+	public static function checkExternalDirectory($pd_id = null,$path_to_check = null)
 	{
 		//echo 'EXTERNAL_DIR_CHECK called';
-		$path =  XLPATH;
+		if($path_to_check == null)
+		{
+			$path =  XLPATH;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$path = $path_to_check;	
+		}
 		if(!file_exists($path))
 			{
 				mkdir($path,0777);
diff --git a/api/application/helpers/symlinks_helper.php b/api/application/helpers/symlinks_helper.php
index f2ed0c8b..d5a32f0f 100644
--- a/api/application/helpers/symlinks_helper.php
+++ b/api/application/helpers/symlinks_helper.php
@@ -6,13 +6,19 @@ class SYMLINKS
 
 	
 	
-	public static function createSymLinks($pd_id = null) 
+	public static function createSymLinks($pd_id = null,$output_file2 = null) 
 	{
 		//echo SELF::checkOS();
 		//check os
-		if(SELF::checkOS() == 'LINUX')
+		if(SELF::checkOS() === 'LINUX')
 		{
-			
+			$symbalic_path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/ssa_external_data/'.ENVIRONMENT;
+			$link_to_be_create = '/var/www/html/ssa_external_data/'. ENVIRONMENT.'/pd_reports/'. $pd_id . "/sample.pdf";
+			EXTERNAL_DIR_CHECK::checkExternalDirectory($pd_id,$symbalic_path);
+			if(!file_exists($link_to_be_create))
+			{
+				symlink($output_file2,$link_to_be_create);
+			}
 		}
 
 	}