Creating Merge Data

Has anyone found a way to create merge data to be used in wp application by querying a table?

Depends on the document. ISSUU - 2015 Kayak Gear Guide by Wild Coast Publishing. This went live unpublished for client proofing requiring two separate sessions, so three reflows of the database. If it worked properly, the clients submit the revised spreadsheets that are dropped into a database. The revised database is then loaded into inDesign. If the update worked as it should, it wouldn't require a single extra piece of work in the inDesign document. It would be: import client spreadsheet into the database, export the database into csv file, update csv into inDesign and update the fields. Five minutes. Now look at that document and you have 60 of 604 records to change and it can't be automated. You're telling me it's no deal reflow that document and build it from scratch again? I don't think so. The problem is this would be SO easy to work properly. Some initial finessing of the headings and bam, done for the year. We could take client updates and reflow it live online in minutes of effort. It should work properly. I paid Adobe to have it work properly. It doesn't work properly. I lost days of productivity trying to overcome the shortfalls and apparently I'm hearing I can't resolve the issue without an expenditure of hundreds potentially thousands of dollars for another system. If that was the case I wouldn't have upgraded to CC. CS4 worked fine and it was paid for. (As an aside, there was an additional error that the links didn't work as they pointed to the spreadsheet rather than the URL. Plus the issuu.com publisher turned all links live, including the database links that pointed to the database, so there were suddenly 10 links or so per record, none of which worked. This version of the document was saved as a PDF without hyperlinks as we decided that no links temporarily was better than 10 that didn't work. So that part remains to be done, another problem to overcome, as the autodetect hyperlinks seems to have a flaw as well when dealing with merged data).

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Merge data creating duplicate listings

I have a csv database with about 580 records. I've created a template with the correct fields in inDesign, loaded the csv file using merge data, then created the merged document. I get 580 listings of one item like the image below. If there is an errant symbol in the csv database causing this, it doesn't reflect in an error in a preview. In fact, all 580 records can be previewed, copied and pasted into another document and displayed error-free. Any suggestions on how to fix this would be appreciated.

Depends on the document. ISSUU - 2015 Kayak Gear Guide by Wild Coast Publishing. This went live unpublished for client proofing requiring two separate sessions, so three reflows of the database. If it worked properly, the clients submit the revised spreadsheets that are dropped into a database. The revised database is then loaded into inDesign. If the update worked as it should, it wouldn't require a single extra piece of work in the inDesign document. It would be: import client spreadsheet into the database, export the database into csv file, update csv into inDesign and update the fields. Five minutes. Now look at that document and you have 60 of 604 records to change and it can't be automated. You're telling me it's no deal reflow that document and build it from scratch again? I don't think so. The problem is this would be SO easy to work properly. Some initial finessing of the headings and bam, done for the year. We could take client updates and reflow it live online in minutes of effort. It should work properly. I paid Adobe to have it work properly. It doesn't work properly. I lost days of productivity trying to overcome the shortfalls and apparently I'm hearing I can't resolve the issue without an expenditure of hundreds potentially thousands of dollars for another system. If that was the case I wouldn't have upgraded to CC. CS4 worked fine and it was paid for. (As an aside, there was an additional error that the links didn't work as they pointed to the spreadsheet rather than the URL. Plus the issuu.com publisher turned all links live, including the database links that pointed to the database, so there were suddenly 10 links or so per record, none of which worked. This version of the document was saved as a PDF without hyperlinks as we decided that no links temporarily was better than 10 that didn't work. So that part remains to be done, another problem to overcome, as the autodetect hyperlinks seems to have a flaw as well when dealing with merged data).

Merging data without set text framing - creating continuous, flowing/wrapping records

Hi.
Has anyone figured out a way to merge data without confining each record to set text frame size, hence creating a continuous flow or wrapping of records?
I need to put in an image, followed by a text description, so I can't merge all the text into one text box.
I can fit frame to text, then align with set gap, but this is way to time consuming and ineffective when creating a doc of several 100 pages.

OysterBoy84 wrote:
Hi.
Has anyone figured out a way to merge data without confining each record to set text frame size, hence creating a continuous flow or wrapping of records?
I need to put in an image, followed by a text description, so I can't merge all the text into one text box.
I can fit frame to text, then align with set gap, but this is way to time consuming and ineffective when creating a doc of several 100 pages.
Searching Google for "indesign script combine all stories" without quotes turns up a number of links. There's a link to InDesign Secrets that describes a free script that may solve your problem.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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For our family finances, how do I create a monthly report merging data (by category) from tables for checking, credit card, and savings?

For our family finances, how do I create a monthly expenditure report that automatically merges data (by category) from checking, credit card, and savings accounts?

You can set up four tables:
1) a summary table
2) a table for pasting Checking transactions
3) a table for pasting Credit Card transactions
4) a table for pasting Savings transactions
You will have catagorize each transaction or using the ones from the bank/credit card
I used pop-up menus to make the categories (Type) and summed the two accounts in the summary table.

Merge data to create multiple personalized videos

In After Effects, is it possible to create layers that allow for merged data to be imported so as to export multiple personalized videos?

I envision one 'master' video with text layers that call for data inputs. Similar to a mail merge process, a unique 'personalized' instance of the video would be created from each name in the datalist. If I have 50 names I'd render 50 new videos, each one unique.
Is this possible?
Thank you!!

Can I use my Address Book to create a data base and then merge from it to create mailing labels?

Is it possible to use my Address Book to create a data base and then merge from it to create mailing labels?
Thanks,
CF

I know one way, it is not elegant but it does work.
1. Open Thunderbird. (download here: https://www.mozilla.org/EN/thunderbird/)
2. Click on Address Book.
3. On the left in the new window is a list of your Address books and groups. Select the one you want.
Your addresses will appear to the right.
4. In Thunderbird / Tools select Export, and Save as "Comma Separated".
You can open that list of addresses in Excel or in FileMaker Pro. Mail merge proceeds from there.

Can we merge data from multiple sources in Hyperion Interactive Reporting ?

Hi Experts,
Can we merge data from multiple sources in Hyperion Interactive Reporting ?Example can we have a report based on DB2
Oracle,
Informix and Multidiemnsional Databases like DB2,MSOLAP,ESSBASE?
Thanks,
V

Yes, Each have their own Query and have some common dimension for the Results Sections to be joined together in a final query.
look in help for Creating Local Joins

How to create a data load file from Excel !!!

Hi All,
I'm new to HFM and would like to load data into an HFM application. As I have an Excel file with all the data. When I'm directly loading the data it throws an error saying "No section has been specified to determine if this is data, description or line item detail". How can I convert this excel file into proper format (.dat) file understandable by HFM ?

There are several ways to get this data into HFM.
1) FDM - best option if you have it
2) Webforms/Data Grids
3) HsSetValue formulas in Excel
4) DAT file loads
5) JVs, etc
If you wish to use DAT files created via Excel, you will likely want to use Excel VBA macros to create your DAT file to load. We do this on occasion for special projects and it works quite well. What you can do is set up an Excel file with your data inputs to look however you want, then link your POV members and amounts to another tab (we commonly call this the Export tab and it is set up in an HFM-friendly format).
Create a macro to write a DAT file to a specified location using data from the Export tab. The DAT file will need to be formatted as below. For a specific sample, you can extract data from your HFM app and see the format.
!Data
Scenario;Year;Period;View;Entity;Value;Account;ICP;Custom1;Custom2;Custom3;Custom4;Amount
Scenario;Year;Period;View;Entity;Value;Account;ICP;Custom1;Custom2;Custom3;Custom4;Amount
Scenario;Year;Period;View;Entity;Value;Account;ICP;Custom1;Custom2;Custom3;Custom4;Amount
Scenario;Year;Period;View;Entity;Value;Account;ICP;Custom1;Custom2;Custom3;Custom4;Amount
Scenario;Year;Period;View;Entity;Value;Account;ICP;Custom1;Custom2;Custom3;Custom4;Amount
Brush up on Replace, Merge, or Accumulate load options in the HFM Admin and User Guides, then upload your new DAT file.

What does the Merge Data Stream processor do when there are multiple input streams to it from the same reader?

Hi,
I have a process with a reader of master data that outputs 5 records that feeds simultaneously into 3 different lookup and return processors.
Each lookup and return processor brings some data back from a detail table. There can be multiple details so I follow each lookup processor with a split records from array processor. Hence I end up with 3 'streams' of data. Stream 1 has 8 records, stream 2 has 5 records and stream 3 has 6 records.
I join all these streams to a Merge Data Streams processor.
I end up with 9 records so although the help for the Merge Data Streams processor says 'Merge Data Streams does not perform any transformation, matching, or merging of records' there is clearly some merging going on.
What is the behaviour of the merge data streams processor in this scenario?
I have added attributes and flags into each of the streams. How many records should I see and what values should the added attributes/flags have (some records show attributes/flags from all 3 streams whereas others show just those attributes/flags from one stream).
I have developed a test case simply to understand what the processor is doing but it's not obvious and furthermore it's probably unwise to develop EDQ processes where the processor behaviour is not documented and guaranteed to remain consistent. What I am trying to achieve is to bring all of a person's (the master data) various details (assignments, employers, etc.) together so we can check the data (some rules require data from multiple details).
Thanks, Nik

Cheers Mike - and for the explanation of the terms.
I think I understand now how it's supposed to work.
What I'm finding however is that when I set a flag to Y at the beginning of a path (that includes a lookup and return and then split records from array processor) that flag is showing no (i.e. an empty) value in SOME of the records shown in the subsequent MDS processor (it's fine the very last split processor before we get to the MDS but then again there are fewer records in that split processor than the MDS).
In my case there are obviously more records in the MDS processor than there were in the original reader (because the lookup and returns are configured to have unlimited maximum matches). As mentioned, the different paths return different numbers of records before being combined in the MDS. Say a reader has 5 records and path 1 returns 8 records in total including a path-specific flag (flag1, set to Y) but path 2 (that again adds its own path-specific flag (flag2, set to Y) returns just 5 records (since nothing was added from the lookups) are you saying that flag2 would show as 'Y' for all 8 records shown in the MDS?
Hopefully you would be able to see what I mean if you try to create a process like the one I've described (or I can upload a package).
Re. the purpose of the separate paths approach it is simply to allow the visualisation ('showing the working' as Neil puts it) of the different checks being carried out by the process.
This is considered one of the benefits of the tool over writing SQL queries (with outer joins, query criteria, etc.).
Also, as mentioned I was following an example that Neil put together for us to ensure that we are doing things in a 'proper' and supported way.
If we put all the lookups, etc. for all the checks into one datastream then it no longer becomes so understandable and the value of joining processors in a process over simply writing SQL becomes questionable; arguably the EDQ process in fact becomes less easy to understand than simply writing SQL.
Also, to go down this route I will need to revise the (what was previously substantially working until I revised it) processes that I have already developed.
Thanks, Nik

How to create a data connection with dynamic XML file?

Thanks for all reply first!
I have formatted the submitted data into an XML file on the server side,this file can be import to PDF form correctly.
I try to send this XML file to the user to let him can review what he has submitted.
I guess that I should create a data connection to the XML file so that it can be reviewed by the user.
But the question is that the XML file is dynamic generated.
How can i do?
give me some clus or examples,please.
thanks,
Jasper.

Hi Jasper,
To show user back the result, you can use PDF instead of XML. You can store the PDF template in server and you can merge XML data with PDF template by Livecycle Form Data Integration service.
We, as KGC, can generate huge number of Adobe Livecycle forms in small periods. Also we give consultancy on Adobe Livecycle ES products and Adobe Livecyle Designer. In case of any need, do not hesitate to contact us.
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Merge data, dataflows from 2 BW systems into one to reduce cost and one way of working

Hello BW gurus,
I have a question here in my current project we are asked to merge data from 2 BW system to one.
This basis for this is there each BW system has their own R3 systems.
First they have now started to migrate data from ECC1 system to ECC2 system using DSM tooling and mapping tables to align to one way of working.
Only open items are migrated from ECC1 to ECC2.
BW1 system is connected to ECC1 and BW2 with ECC2.
Now they want to merge BW1 to BW2.
In BW2 historical data from BW1 is needed.Data for open items from BW1 will come from ECC2 as they are being migrated.
What should be the approach to migrate the historical data from BW1 to BW2.
There can be several scenarios :
1)BW Objects migration
2)Data migration
3)How to deal with common object names used in both systems for DSO and cubes where the data flows in both systems are same?
4)How to deal with common MD info objects (eg:0customer,0vendor) and also if the cutomer numbers in both system are same but with different description and vice versa.
5)How to deal with same kind of transaction data?
I went through many other discussions on the same topic but there it is mentioned to concatenate the 0logsys or sourcesytem in the dataflows where common master is used but creating z objects a copy of 0 objects like 0customer etc.
In these cases if I need to do this to existing 0customer object in that case it would mean deleting data from all flows where 0customer is used if I want to add sourcesytem the compounding which is not favourable.or in case of creating z objects of existing MD IO then add sourcesytem compounding in those cases also it would mean I have to use the new zobjects in all those DSO/Cubes/MP/Queries in place of original object which is also a lot of effort and also load data into it.
This can be done for DSO and cube flows but not MD IO.
Please suggest some good approaches /ways to the above criterias I have mentioned.
System speccification: Currently we are on BW 7.4 version but with the merge we cannot go on Hana due to cost control so we need to use the BW system only.

Ritu,
There is no way you can create single model for 2 different R/3 systems (unless SAP decides to implement this in later versions).
If you still want to stick with a single model approach, I would suggest to use <b>Webservice</b> model where the R/3 interaction part would be taken care by WebService.
Ashutosh

Merging data from 2 schemas with same object structure into one schema

Hi
I want to merge data from 2 schemas in different environments ( say test1 and test 2) into 1 schema ( say Test_final) for testing. Both these schemas are having same structure, the data can be same or different.
What I did is that I took an export of schema on Test1 and then import it into Test_final. Now I need to merge/append data from Test2 into Test_final.
I can not merge the data with import due to primary key constraints and also import doesnt support this feature, so I tried SQL*Loader to "append" the data by using sequence to generate Primary key.
But my worries are that since new primary keys are generated so foreign keys will become invalidated and the data will not be consistent.
Is there any other way to do this task..
Regards
Raman

This approach might be better...
create table test_final
as
select *
from schema1.test1
insert into test_final
select t2.* from schema2.test1 , test_final tf
where t2.pk != tf.pk
/...assuming duplicate primary keys mean duplicate records. If that assumption is not the case then you have a more complex data migration exercise on your hands and you need to figure out some rules to determine which version of the data takes precedence.
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Merging data with LiveCycle questions

I have LiveCycle Designer 8.0 and I didn't find a forum for it so just point me in the right direction if this is not the place.
I have a couple of questions with merging data with Livecycle PDFS
1. XDP is the file format for merging data with LiveCycle created PDFs (FDF was with Acrobat)? if not, what is the format?
2. We want different colors of the same PDF without actually making the different PDFS, is there a way we can do this through the merging the data? For example: In the XDP file, we specify the color of the border of a rectangle. When the PDF merges with the data, will the PDF be able to change the border of the rectangle with the specified color?
3. Can a picture (a specific size) be merged in the PDF?
Thanks!

1. XDP is the file format for merging data with LiveCycle created PDFs (FDF was with Acrobat)? if not, what is the format?
An XDP file is simply an XML file that packages a PDF file in XML, along with XML form and template data. Data can be merged from generic .xml or the XML version of FDF called XFDF.
2. We want different colors of the same PDF without actually making the different PDFS, is there a way we can do this through the merging the data? For example: In the XDP file, we specify the color of the border of a rectangle. When the PDF merges with the data, will the PDF be able to change the border of the rectangle with the specified color?
Yes. Consider a field called 'firstName'. I can add a script to the form:ready event that checks the value of the data merged with the field and changes the border edge color to red if the data is not equal to 'Steve'.
// customer.page1.firstName::ready:form - (JavaScript, client)
if (this.rawValue != "Steve") {
this.border.edge.color.value = "255,0,0";
3. Can a picture (a specific size) be merged in the PDF?
Yes.
Steve

Merge data and a PDF file?

Hi,
I´m trying to render/merge data into a PDF file using FormServer (7.0) and .NET. I notice that if I use the xdp version of the pdf, FormServer will return a pdf with the merged data. However, I cannot acomplish this if instead of a xdp file document I use a pdf file (dynamic 7.0 created with livecycle designer 8).
This works:
String sFormPreference = "PDFForm";
String sFormQuery = "ExpenseClaim.xdp";
This doesn´t woks:
String sFormPreference = "PDFForm";
String sFormQuery = "ExpenseClaim.pdf";
Isn´t it possible to merge data directly into a PDF using FormServer. I rather use a pdf file instead of a xdp file, because, a xdp file will need to be converted to a PDF file. Thus it will spent more time accomplishing the merge.
Thank you

Try using PDFMerge as the transformation.
Chris
Adobe Enterprise Developer Support

How do I merge data from table1 on server 1 to final table on server 2 with a stored procedure to execute every 4 hours.

How do I merge data from table1 on server 1 to final table on server 2 with a stored procedure to execute every so many hours.

Hello,
If you had configure server2 as
linked server on the server1, you can run the following statement inside stored proceduce to copy table data. And then create a job to the run stored proceduce every 4 hours.
Insert Into Server2.Database2.dbo.Table2
(Cols)
Select Cols From Server1.Database1.dbo.Table1
Or you can use the SQL Server Import and Export Wizard to export the data from server1 to server2, save the SSIS package created by the wizard on the SQL Server, create a job to run the SSIS package.
Reference:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms141209.aspx
Regards,
Fanny Liu
Fanny Liu
TechNet Community Support

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