Data Merge Functionality

Hello all,
I want to use the Data Merge functionality from the plugins that is update the source file and flow the records through plugin itself and generate the Merged PDF.
But I was not able to find help through API Reference document. Where can I get help from? Is there some document available for this or some sample available?
Thanks everyone in advance for all the help.
Regards
Farzana.

Hi Farzana,
I know its tooooo late but let me try.
Have you find any solution/API/Commands for implementing the Data Merge functionality programmatically using your plugin?
I'm also looking for this and was not found any help from the SDK documentations.

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[CS5.5/6] - XML / Data Merge questions & Best practice.

Fellow Countrymen (and women),
I work as a graphic designer for a large outlet chain retailer which is constantly growing our base of centers. This growth has brought a workload that used to be manageable with but two people to a never ending sprint with five. Much of what we do is print, which is not my forte, but is also generally a disorganized, ad-hoc affair into which I am wading to try to help reduce overall strain.
Upon picking up InDesign I noted the power of the simple Data Merge function and have added it to our repetoire in mass merging data sources. There are some critical failures I see in this as a tool going forward for our purposes, however:
1) Data Merge cannot handle information stored and categorized in a singular column well. As an example we have centers in many cities, and each center has its own list of specific stores. Data merge cannot handle a single column, or even multiple column list of these stores very easily and has forced us into some manual operations to concatenate the data into one cell and then, using delimiter characters, find and replace hard returns to seperate them.
2) Data Merge offers no method of alternate alignment of data, or selection by ranges. That is to say: I cannot tell Data merge to start at Cell1 in one column, and in another column select say... Cell 42 as the starting point.
3) Data merge only accepts data organized in a very specific, and generally inflexible pattern.
These are just a few limitations.
ON TO MY ACTUAL DILEMMA aka Convert to XML or not?
Recently my coworker has suggested we move toward using XML as a repository / delivery system that helps us quickly get data from our SQL database into a usable form in InDesign.
I've watched some tutorials on Lynda.com and havent yet seen a clear answer to a very simple question:
"Can XML help to 'merge' large, dynamic, data sets like a list of 200 stores per center over 40 centers based off of a single template file?"
What I've seen is that I would need to manually duplicate pages, linking the correct XML entry as I go rather than the program generating a set of merged pages like that from Data Merge with very little effort on my part. Perhaps setting up a master page would allow for easy drag and drop fields for my XML data?
I'm not an idiot, I'm simply green with this -- and it's kind of scary because I genuinely want us to proceed forward with the most flexible, reliable, trainable and sustainable solution. A tall order, I know. Correct me if I'm wrong, but XML is that beast, no?
Formatting the XML
Currently I'm afraid our XML feed for our centers isnt formatted correctly with the current format looking as such:
<BRANDS>
     <BRAND>
          • BrandID = xxxx
          [Brand Name]
          [Description]
          [WebMoniker]
          <CATEGORIES>
               <CATEGORY>
                    • xmlns = URL
                    • WebMoniker = category_type
          <STORES>
               <STORE>
                    • StoreID = ID#
                    • CenterID = ID#
I dont think this is currently usable because if I wanted to create a list of stores from a particular center, that information is stored as an attribute of the <Store> tag, buried deep within the data, making it impossible to 'drag-n-drop'.
Not to mention much of the important data is held in attributes rather than text fields which are children of the tag.
Im thinking of proposing the following organizational layout:
<CENTERS>
     <CENTER>
     [Center_name]
     [Center_location]
          <CATEGORIES>
               <CATEGORY>
                    [Category_Type]
                    <BRANDS>
                         <BRAND>
                              [Brand_name]
My thought is that if I have the <CENTER> tag then I can simply drag that into a frame and it will auto populate all of the brands by Category (as organized in the XML) for that center into the frame.
Why is this important?
This is used on multiple documents in different layout styles, and since our store list is ever changes as leases end or begin, over 40 centers this becomes a big hairy monster. We want this to be as automated as possible, but I'd settle for a significant amount of dragging and dropping as long as it is simple and straightforward. I have a high tollerance for druding through code and creating work arounds but my co-workers do not. This needs to be a system that is repeatable and understandable and needs to be able to function whether I'm here or not -- Mainly because I would like to step away from the responsibility of setting it up every time
I'd love to hear your raw, unadulterated thoughts on the subject of Data merge and XML usage to accomplish these sorts of tasks. What are your best practices and how would you / do you accomplish these operations?
Regards-
Robert

From what I've gleaned through watching Lynda tutorials on the subject is that what I'm hoping to do is indeed possible.
Peter, I dont disagree with you that there is a steep learning curve for me as the instigator / designer of this method for our team, but in terms of my teammates and end-users that will be softened considerably. Even so I'm used to steep learning curves and the associated frustrations -- but I cope well with new learning and am self taught in many tools and programs.
Flow based XML structures:
It seems as though as long as the initial page is set up correctly using imported XML, individual data records that cascade in a logical fashion can be flowed automatically into new pages. Basically what you do is to create an XML based layout with the dynamic portion you wish to flow in a single frame, apply paragraph styles to the different tags appropriately and then after deleting unused records, reimport the XML with some specific boxes checked (depending on how you wish to proceed).
From there simply dragging the data root into the frame will cause overset text as it imports all the XML information into the frame. Assuming that everything is cascaded correctly using auto-flow will cause new pages to be automatically generated with the tags correctly placed in a similar fashion to datamerge -- but far more powerful and flexible.
The issue then again comes down to data organization in the XML file. In order to use this method the data must be organized in the same order in which it will be displayed. For example if I had a Lastname field, and a Firstname field in that order, I could not call the Firstname first without faulting the document using the flow method. I could, however, still drag and drop content from each tag into the frame and it would populate correctly regardless of the order of appearance in the XML.
Honestly either method would be fantastic for our current set of projects, however the flow method may be particularly useful in jobs that would require more than 40 spreads or simple layouts with huge amounts of data to be merged.

Scripting a file name change as a data merge element.

My goal of the work being done with InDesign is to utilize the Data Merge functionality of InDesign and the, already available, ability to create a new document per record in your data source where the docuement name is changed based on data contained in the data source.
A very simple example of this would be the following:
EXAMPLE
======================
Given the following data source in excel:
First_Name
Last_Name
ResultingFileName
George
Smith
c:\A45.pdf
Mary
Lopez
c:\C99.pdf
Steve
Barns
c:\tmp\XM96TR.pdf
Along with a simple two text box InDesign documents, I would perform a standard data merge with First_Name linked to one text box and Last_Name linked to another. By setting the “Record Limits Per Document” to 1, I would end up with three different documents. By default, the documents would be named Untiltled-1, Untiltled-2 and Untitled-3.
Untitled-1 would contain George and Smith. Untitled-2 would contain Mary and Lopez and Untitled-3 would contain Steve and Barns.
At this point in time, I would run the new created script, which would do the following:
            Rename Untitled-1 to A45 and/or save Untitled-1 as C:\A45.pdf
            Rename Untitled-2 to C99 and/or save Untitled-2 as C:\C99.pdf
            Rename Untitled-3 to XM96TR and/or save Untitled-3 as c:\tmp\XM96TR.pdf
I am open to modifying the manner in which the data merge source is created. For example, separating the path and the file name into separate columns. In addition, I am flexible in putting preset information and/or file save types into the data merge document.
Please feel free to contact me directly at [email protected]
Thanks in advance for the help.
Matt

Hi Matt,
I think it’s better to use an XML-based approach for your task.
I’ve never scripted Data Merge process, but I don’t see a straightforward way of doing it. May be you can create the 3rd textbox on pasteboard or a non-printing layer, which will contain the file path from ‘ResultingFileName’ field, and the contents from which can be used for naming & saving the current file and exporting it to pdf-file. But this approach is so clumsy.
Instead, you’d better to keep your data in excel file, or even better Access or some other database program.
Export the data from it in XML-format.
Then import it to an InDesign file and process it by script. XML support is very powerful in InDesign: you can process your data by xml-rules. I once made a script for a newspaper, which processed data for classified ads. The script applied all formatting, changed colors for different headings and placed images.
Kasyan

Data Merge character set problem

Hi all,
i am trying to use data merge function. Whatever i do i cannot able to import my csv (or tab delim.) properly. I have Turkish characters in data file. When i open file from text editor i can see the chars. properly. I can also write in InDesign properly(my normal workflow).
After i import into InDesign(from data merge) some chars doesn't show properly. I changed text field language Turkish, or none. whatever i did, i failed. I will be glad if someone help me with this.
Thanks again.

I don't have any Turkish text handy, but I recently did data merges in Chinese, Croatian, and Russian, and they all went off without a hitch.
Do you know what encoding your Turkish CSV file is in? I'm guessing that it's not in Unicode. When you go to select your file for the data merge, make sure you click the "Import Options" button. This will allow you to select a delimiter character and encoding for your data file.
The only way I'm sure that it works is to save a Unicode Text file out of Excel (it's one of the options in the dropdown) and import that as a Unicode tab-delimited file in the "Import Options" menu. There may be other methods, but this is the way I've been doing non-ASCII data merges.
If my summary above doesn't work for you, let me know; I'd be happy to go dig up some random Turkish text and write up some step-by-step instructions for doing a problem-free data merge in Turkish.

Data Merge: Cannot get multiple records per page

I am working with a client who is trying to do a directory in Indesign. There are about 1,800 people with information like address, title, employer, phone, etc. This info is on an Excel spread sheet. I made a text, tab delimited and a CSV file from the spreadsheet. I set up a two column text box on each page and want these entries to fill the columns. I am only able to get one person's information per page. Multiple records per page yields no different result. I also had the multiple records option grayed out on a couple tries. I have tried this many times, even tried setting up a simple spread sheet with 9 items. No luck. HELP! I'm brand new to this feature.
Chris

the data merge function in indesign doesn't make "next record" merges like word does, but instead merges to fields within fixed text boxes, so one frame = one data merge result. when doing mailing labels in word, there is a field called "next record" which then calls in the next piece of information.
the "next record" field is a vital field which indesign doesn't have and i'd like… but that doesn't answer your question. i can see four ways of doing what you want to do:
1) do a mail merge in word and use the "catalog" feature and do the merge in word. format the word file appropriately using stylesheets, and once the merge is made, save the file and close it. THEN, place the file in indesign and then change the imported stylesheets into something which resembles more like what you want.
2) use indesign's data merge but make sure that multiple record layout is selected in the first dialog box when creating merged document; and that when previewing the records, the records appear to be in one column (even though they are still in separate text frames). merge the document, and in the new document, select all the text frames in the page and then run the MergeTextframes_ID.jsx script which can be found at http://ajarproductions.com/blo…..-indesign/ .this will have to be done page by page and then rethreaded each page, but it's a workaround
3) if the data in the datamerge is a csv, convert the csv to xml. if the csv is small (less than 100K) there is a converter online where the contents of the csv is copied into the converter. it is at http://www.creativyst.com/Prod/15/ . The next step is complicated and needs some knowledge of XML. my advice is to get hold of a book called "Designer's Guide to Adobe InDesign and XML" by James Maivald, and specifically read chapter seven and base your merge on this.
4) visit the third party providers link within the indesign page of the adobe site and have a look at products marketed there... i think teacup software and cacidi software sell products which do more advanced merges within indesign. they're not free though but are designed to handle big catalogues.
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colly

Speeding up Data Merge

My company has really embraced the variable data craze, with one problem. It takes far too long. I've been primarily using InDesign's Data Merge function, but I routinely get system lockups and InD crashes even when merged the simplest of documents. I often find myself having to split the file into several small (less than 1000, or sometimes, less than 500) pieces in order to get the merge to complete. This is a huge ordeal when dealing with lists over 10,000.
These haven't been very complex documents, for the most part; usually some text and a graphic or two, like a signature or a PDF form.
However, we've done one very complex merge, a very nice peice with lots of color, and it took - and this is no exaggeration - over 30 hours to complete the PDF export.
There's got to be a better way, doesn't there? Will throwing RAM and/or new processors at the problem help much? I'm running CS3 on a G5 with 1GB RAM (yeah, I know, but I don't control the purse strings).

I've found a neat method to avoid this kind of InDesign bulkiness. Basically, you can use the Watermark feature of Acrobat 8 to take a PDF of only the variable data, on otherwise blank pages, and add the PDF of the static text as a watermark background on every page.
You can even nudge the watermark image around until the variable and static areas match up precisely, then apply it to all pages (or a subset, or odd/even pages only, etc.)
I use InDesign's Data Merge and Text Variables for some complex labels that are driven by a spreadsheet, and it's been sometimes unreliable. The Acrobat watermark feature can go a long way to making it more reliable I think.
Darryl

IDCS3: Data Merge Problems

I have to admit, this is the first time I've tried the Data Merge function in InDesign. I have a pile of name badges that I need to get the names and departments on, but I've been running into some fun problems.
I have a tab-delimited and a comma-separated version of my data from Excel (just an FYI, both versions do the same thing). I have my three columns, "FirstName", "LastName" and "Department". The layout in my InDesign document should be set up correctly. I have just one instance of my badge on the page.
Where the problem is coming in is here. When I go to the "Create Merged Document..." option in the Data Merge palette, I have the "Records per Document Page" set to "Multiple Records." I then check the "Preview Multiple Record Layout" check box and the page populates with 8 of my name badges on the page. In the preview, all the names populate correctly on the preview page. Cool, that's what I need. But when I click "OK" and it begins the actual merge and creates the new document, what I get is the right number of name badges, but it's populated the text spaces with the information from line 16 of my data source on the entire document. It doesn't matter which version of the source I use or what information is on line 16. It always comes out with a complete document of just line 16's info on all the badges.
I have screen shots of the three steps and what I'm seeing:
http://www.insanityarts.com/tmp/01-Setup.jpg
http://www.insanityarts.com/tmp/02-Preview.jpg
http://www.insanityarts.com/tmp/03-MergeError.jpg
Is there something wrong that I'm missing? Any help here would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
--Tim--

Tim, you have taken all the proper steps for a Data Merge to work properly. You could try placing either of your tab-delimited or comma-separated files into another Indesign document, and then show hidden characters to reveal any unusual characters that might be lurking around line 16. If you do discover any abnormalities, you can clean it up, and then export a text file to be used as your data source.

QR Data Merge - colour change

I'm using the new QR data merge function but I need the QR codes to be blue not black.
I have contacted Adobe and their useless suggestion was to use the "edit QR code" menu option.
This isn't ideal for several thousand posters. It seems like a pretty obvious requirement, I hope they fix this oversight soon.
Does everyone have ideas about how I can change the colour change to the QR codes in bulk?

Create 1 QR code and recolour it.
Save it as an object style.
Then apply it to the data merge area for the QR code.
Hope that works - I've never tried it, just an idea off the top of my head.

Data merge & creating separate PDF docs

I am using the data merge functionality to create targeted registration announcements for training. For example, a letter that says dear (Name), you are confirmed for (Course Name) on (Date).
Within InDesign it works great, however when it exports to PDF it creates one big document with all of the names, albeit one per page. Is there any way to create a break so that if 5 names are added via data merge, then 5 separate PDF documents are created? It seems that otherwise the only other option is to manually create 1 page at a time which will sort of defeat the purpose.
Thanks,
FG

I don't know if this script works in CS4 or not:
http://indesignsecrets.com/page-exporter-utility-peu-5-script-updated-for-cs3.php

BP merge functionality in CRM 2007 Web UI - Buswu02 objects

hello champs,
Could any help me out to resolve the below issue:
I have a issue with BP Account merge functionality in crm 2007, I have made the config change to create the cleansing case, create task, triggered the bupa_realign to merge the duplicate customer to Master record.
In this case, Task is created and transferring the BP master data and marked the duplicate BP to to be archived but the issue is, we do want to transfer the service tickets from duplicate customer to master customer.
I have also check all the setting in buswu01 and buswu02 (clear and clear_rep variants), for me its looks every thing fine but service ticket are not transferred to master account.
It would be great help if any one help to resolve the issue! Thanks a lot in advance.
Regards
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This question has been resolved by me only, we have implemented the BP merge functionality with web ui crm 2007.
And
It was the issue with objects maintenance in tran buswu01 and transportation to testing client and other systems.
now BP merge fun. works fine:
to config:
User the BP merge funn. in web ui.
Assign the Task for merging the BP's
Maintain the all relevant object to transfer.
which will trigger a batch job and will transfer all the transact from duplicate account to master account and will mark the duplicate account to Archive.
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praveen

PDF- Filename automated from labelscript (after data merge)

Hello,
first of all I'm quite new in javascripting... but some simular scripts I have found on the internet could provide a solution for my problem.
What I've done is the following: I've used Data Merge and created a 200-paged file with 1 label on each page. Each label has a labelnumber.
What I could do is export the file - split it up in 200 different pages - rename each file to the specific labelname. Seems a lot of work and this job I need to repeat about once a month.
I looked for a solution and came to these discussion: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/289666http://      http://forums.adobe.com/message/3178412#3178412
What I want to create is a script that I can run every month after I have updated my 200 labels and overrides all the pdf-files of the old labels.
With the different scripts I have found I constructed the code below.
The script works, it prints to multiple pdf's which have the correct labelnames, export is according to the requested presets, but the CONTENT of each label is the content of the FIRST label (first page).
I have tried a lot of thing (trail&error) but as I said, I'm quite new to this matter...
So.... I can use some help or advice on this one.
Thanks in advance,
Dheart
function getLABEL_A(page) {
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                    return page.textFrames[currentTextFrameIndex].contents; // ..returns text frame contents
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Thx for the reply, indeed this is a solution for consecutive numbering, however, the numbering is following another 'system' and in this case the numbering is given randomly.
Anyway, trying a lot of things, gave me a working script!!!
The script exports a multipaged indesign file to single-paged pdf files. The namegiving of the pdf-files is automated and follows a labelscript (textlabel) on each page.
function getLABEL(page) {
          for (var currentTextFrameIndex=0;currentTextFrameIndex<page.textFrames.length; ++currentTextFrameIndex) { // Iterates over frames
               if (page.textFrames[currentTextFrameIndex].label=="LABEL") // if label is LABEL..
                    return page.textFrames[currentTextFrameIndex].contents; // ..returns text frame contents
          return null; // if not found, returns null
var LABEL;
     var currentPage;
     var pagesList=app.activeDocument.pages;
     for (var currentPageIndex=0;currentPageIndex<pagesList.length;++currentPageIndex) { // Iterates over pages list
          currentPage=pagesList[currentPageIndex];
          LABEL=getLABEL(currentPage);
          if (LABEL!=null) { // If we have a LABEL PDF -file name-
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                var export_preset = app.pdfExportPresets.item("[High Quality Print]");
                 app.activeDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.pdfType,"F:// fill in destination"+LABEL+".PDF",false,export_preset); //.. and save the file
          } else {
               alert("Page number "+currentPageIndex+" without LABEL box");
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Data Merge not picking up all data fields

Hi,
I've been having a problem, posted here: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1217090
Essentially, I have been using the script 'CSV2Tables' to prepopulate simple 2 column tables with information drawn from a CSV data source.
The tables consist of a title, and a block of information about that specific subject. Many of the blocks of information I am importing also contain data tags (<<DataTag>>)
The plan is to use CSV2Tables to populate the tables, then change data source and run a normal ID Data Merge to replace all of the <<tags>> within the tables with information from a second CSV data source.
The problem is, CSV2Tables is importing the data and prepopulating the tables just fine, but the data tags that are found within each body of text are being picked up as plain text (as Peter Spier has pointed out, they are being drawn from a plain text stream rather than being dragged from the Mail Merge panel) so when I try to run the ID Mail Merge, none of the fields are found within my document.
My question is - is there a method, or script available out there that can essentially do a Find/Change within a document, and replace plain text that appears like this <<PlainText>> with a Data Tag that is recognised by ID, which will allow me to run a Data Merge?
I have been told to check out some of the commercial plugins available out there, but registering and setting up demo's would require me to contact our IT provider for each, and that would be an exhaustive process.
Any help is much appreciated.

Hi,
is modyfied
Array.prototype.find = function (string) {
    for (var s = 0; s < this.length; s++)
        if (this[s] == string) return s;
        return -1;
var mFrames, mFile, mDoc, mFields, mFieldsNames, mStory,
     mPlainTxt, mNameToCompare, mField_ID;
// edit this with proper .csv path
mFile = File(Folder.myDocuments + "/" + "Merge.csv");
mDoc = app.activeDocument;
mDoc.dataMergeProperties.selectDataSource(mFile);
mFields = mDoc.dataMergeProperties.dataMergeFields;
mFieldsNames = mFields.everyItem().fieldName;
mFrames = mDoc.textFrames.everyItem().getElements();
for (var i = 0; i < mFrames.length; i ++) {
    if (!mFrames[i].name.match(/TF\d*$/) ) continue;
    // script assumes a targered text boxes are named like: TF1, TF2...
     // (TF plus any integer) or just TF (no integer)
    // - they could have the same name
    // any other name exludes frame from this loop
    mStory = mFrames[i].parentStory;
    app.findGrepPreferences = null;
    app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "<<.+?>>";
    mPlainTxt = mStory.findGrep(true);
    for (var k = 0; k < mPlainTxt.length; k++) {
        mNameToCompare = mPlainTxt[k].contents.slice(2,-2);
        mField_ID = mFieldsNames.find(mNameToCompare);
        if (mField_ID > -1) {
              mField = mFields[mField_ID];
            mDoc.dataMergeTextPlaceholders.add (
                mStory,
                mPlainTxt[k].insertionPoints[0],
                mField
        mPlainTxt[k].remove();
script assumes a targered text boxes are named like:
TF1, TF2... (TF plus any integer) or just TF (no integer) -
- they could have the same name.
Jarek

Data Merging in InDesign 5.5

Hello,
I would like to use data merge in InDesign but unfortunately it seems to be missing some essential functions. One function I would like to be able use is creating single PDFs naming them using a column that is in the CSV file.
Does anyone know of a plug-in (free or not) that extends the ability of data merge in InDesign? We are on Windows 7.
Thanks,
Graham

Not offhand, but it's a pretty straightforward script.
Merge the filenames into a field on the pasteboard and then have a script that iterates over the pages of your document, reads the filename out of the textframe on the pasteboard, and exports the page to the filename.
It's like 4 lines of code...Search around and ask in the scripting forum if you can't find one or manage it yourself. I'm 25% sure I've written one of these for someone...

Multiple indesign files for product brochure one data merge file

I have multiple indesign files for product brochure and there are price changes for various products.
attached is a screen shot of the folder where all the indesign files are located as you can see each one has been laid out as a spread.
Rather than opening each individual indesign file to amend prices can i quickly? or is there a way of compliling all documents into one file and quickly updating the price with the data merge file.
thanks in advance.

Absolutely not.
(1)     PDF/VT-1 files must also be PDF/X-4 files. The “create PDF via distillation of PostScript” method precludes this since PostScript supports neither live transparency nor color management.
(2)     The efficiencies of PDF/VT-1 require use of Forms XOjects and Image XObjects in the PDF file. That requires direct PDF creation that you get from PDF export. This is not available via any route that uses stink'in PostScript as an intermediary.
(3)     Adobe most strongly endorses PDF creation from InDesign via the export function, not printing to PostScript and distilling. Such PostScript is optimized strictly for printing and not for PDF file creation.
          - Dov

Data Merge questions

We are using MS Mail Merge to populate existing forms. We have 250+ different MS Word .docx forms that have different information in different places. We are serving the mail merge data from a database throught a VB.Net program and it's working well. As most probably know, the process is to map mail merge fields onto the form using Word and then populate them through the application based on the form and information the end user needs.
We want to do the same thing with PDF documents. I've been poking around this site and the internet and am confused about what is available to do this. Data Merge seems to kind of do the same thing, but through files instead of a database. I see some functions in this and other Adobe SDK's, but I'm not clear on which would be the one I'd need. And it would need to be programmable with VB.net.
Or do I need an aftermarket SDK to do this (hope it's okay to ask that question here)?

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