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Dynamic Columns for Word Mail Merge Tables

Subject line really says it all, I'm curious if it's possible to have a table with dynamic columns based on number of entities inside of a mail merge. 

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MJ Mohanaselvam Jothi Syncfusion Team November 17, 2017 10:34 AM UTC

Hi Jacob,

Thank you for using Syncfusion product.

It's possible to have a table with dynamic columns based on number of entities inside of a mail merge.
No, it is not possible to have a table with dynamic columns based on number of entities inside of a mail merge using Essential DocIO.

Currently DocIO doesn’t have support for performing mail merge in column wise. We will include this feature in one of our upcoming release. We request you to visit our website periodically for feature updates.

If you are trying to perform mail merge in column wise manner using DocIO, kindly provide us the details of complete working scenario and along with the sample data values(dummy data source) which is used at your end. Thereby we will analyze the feasibility further on the mentioned requirement and update the details with the alternate possible solution at the earliest.

Please let us know if you have any other questions.


Regards,
Mohanaselvam J 


JR Jacob Rieger November 17, 2017 04:17 PM UTC

Thank you for the quick reply!

LB Levi Butler May 2, 2019 08:03 AM UTC

Hi, was this implemented? Thanks

VA Vijayasurya Anandhan Syncfusion Team May 2, 2019 12:43 PM UTC

Hi Levi,   
  
Thank you for using Syncfusion support.

Essential DocIO perform mail merge in row wise manner. As mentioned earlier, Essential DocIO doesn’t have support to perform mail merge in column wise manner. 
 
We kindly request you to share the below details, which will be helpful for us to analyze the feasibility to achieve your requirement and ensure whether the feature is valid or not. 
1.   Input Document 
2.   Expected Output 
3.   Data source structure used 
 
If you have any further questions on this, please do not hesitate to contact us, and we will be happy to provide further clarifications anytime. 

Regards,  
Vijayasurya A 


DM Dan Mattwig April 9, 2020 05:43 PM UTC

Hello, 

Was the column-wise manner for mail merge ever implemented?

I have a set of data that is a count summary. (ex. { "step1":"2", "step2":"4", "step3":"1" })

The format I am looking for would be for each step to be a new column in a table as opposed to a new row. 

ex.
step1step2step3
241


Using a template like

<<TableStart:Steps>><<StepName>>
<<Count>><<TableEnd:Steps>>

Thanks, 



MR Manikandan Ravichandran Syncfusion Team April 10, 2020 04:19 PM UTC

Hi Levi,

Thank you for your update.

Essential DocIO perform mail merge in row wise manner. As mentioned earlier, Essential DocIO doesn’t have support to perform mail merge in column wise manner. So, we suggest you to define the columns with merge field as per your requirment and also add StepName and StepCount in both cell. We have prepared the sample to achieve your requirement.
https://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/forum/134595/ze/GenerateWord_Windows-1590401736

Note: Th template document is in the “Data” folder of the above sample.

Please refer the screenshot of the template document.


Please let us know if you have any other questions.

Regards,
Manikandan Ravichandran

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