Datamerge: Multiple Datasource in a document

Question

Hi All,
There is a question that bogs me now for days and after searching the forums and the net it bogs me even more, because as if it was a top secret question, no one even mentions it.
How can you have multiple data sources in data merge in one document?
In almost each document that I can think of as a part of an automated report generation, you need to put together multiple records feature and static, single record feature. Meaning there is usually an introduction where you just simply want some data to auto update as a program creates the source file, and in the same document you want to have automatic page generation for another set of records. I think it is obvious that you cannot merge the 2 input data files into one without high redundancy and rewriting the program modules that create these files, so you needed multiple data source files in InDesign.
Why is there no one mentioning it, protesting that simply you cannot select more data source in the data merge panel? How everyone copes with this weird limitation? Does everyone create only oversimplified textbook like example documents where you don't need more data sources? Did I miss something?
Regards,
FunFloater

Answer 1

FunFloater wrote:
Why is there no one mentioning it, protesting that simply you cannot select more data source in the data merge panel? How everyone copes with this weird limitation? Does everyone create only oversimplified textbook like example documents where you don't need more data sources? Did I miss something?
Like Peter said - you can look for plugin, use XML but you can also prepare TaggedText, play with IDML or use script
robin
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