Pulling SQL fields in Word Letters

Hi All,
We have a customised real estate application which maintains all our customer information and sql server is used as the database. There is a feature in the app to send bulk letters to all the customers. The customer name and other unique details are pulled
from the sql database. The letters are created using a software called report writer from softvelocity. Problem is that it take a lot of time to create the reports using reportwriter and the formating is always a mess.
Question1: Can we create these letters in Microsoft Word and get word to pull the respective details from the SQL database. If we are sending the letters to 300 customers, Word should create 300 letters as we have to attach the letters to the customer record.
Question2: If not word what other tools are available that allows the creation of letters linking with sql database
Regards,
Jaggy

Hi jaggy99,
As per my understanding, you have a customized application which maintains all customers’ information and database is SQL Server. You can use the application to send letters to all customers, but it takes a long time to write the letters and the content
is a mess, so you want to solve the problem by other methods.
SQL Server Reporting Services includes a complete set of tools for you to create, manage, and deliver reports, and APIs that enable developers to integrate or extend data and report processing in custom applications. We can achieve your goal by creating
a report and configure data-driven subscription for it. For more information, please refer to the following steps:
Create and deploy a table
1. Open SSDT(SQL Server Data Tools), on the File menu, point to New to create a new project.
2. In Solution Explorer, add a new report.
3. Open the project, in Report Data pane, add a dataset used to retrieve data.
4. Click and drag the field from dataset into the appropriate box in the tablix.
5. In Solution Explorer, right-click the project name and click Properties, configure the properties, then click OK.
6. Right-click the project name and click Deploy.
Create data-driven subscription
1. Open Report Manager, and locate the report for which you want to create a data-driven subscription.
2. Hover over the report, and click the drop-down arrow.
3. In the drop-down menu, click Manage. This opens the General properties page for the report.
4. Select the Subscriptions tab, and then click New Data-driven Subscription.
5. Select the delivery extension and data source for the subscription.
6. Specify a query that retrieves subscriber data.
7. Specify delivery extension options.
8. Specify report parameters for the subscription.
9. Specify when the subscription is processed, then click Finish to save the configuration.
Reference:
Create a Report (Reporting Services)
Deploying Reports
How to create Data Driven Subscription in SSRS
If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know.
Thanks,
Wendy Fu

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