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  • 2023-01-14 at 3:18 pm #18328
    Shawn Walsh
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    Good morning, I’m new to the MyDataMerge plug-in and had an interesting thing happen to me today. When I have a $0 record in my csv file, it will not merge. If I change that to $1 or any other $#, the merge is successful.

     

    Any ideas on how to solve for this?

    thanks

    shawn

    2023-01-14 at 3:25 pm #18329
    Pat
    Staff

    Hi Shawn

    And welcome aboard.

    This is interesting. Could you please send a Demo data csv file to support@toolboxcode.com? You can delete any other record that is not relevant and rename crucial/private data. Before sending please try if the behaviour is still the same with the reduced file.

    Regards

    Pat

    Official MyDataMerge Team

    2023-01-16 at 3:31 pm #18333
    Pat
    Staff

    Hi Shawn

    thank you for sending the files. We can reproduce it here and have an explanation but not the solution (yet). MyDataMerge partially uses InDesigns GREP functionality to inject data. In GREP, $0 is a special character with its own functionality so this breaks here.

    We will figure out a solution and get back to you.

    Regards,
    Pat

    Official MyDataMerge Team

    2023-01-16 at 10:27 pm #18343
    Pat
    Staff

    An update for you:

    We have implemented a fix to solve this which will be released with the next update.

    Until then you might  do the follwing: do a mass replace of $ to a generic string e.g. XYZ in your csv

    Setup the project as you’ve done before, then go to export > extras > grep text.

    Add a new rule, search for XYZ and replace it with $. This will be applied right after the merge.

    Regards

    Pat

    Official MyDataMerge Team

    2023-01-17 at 4:56 pm #18345
    Shawn Walsh
    Member

    Thanks for looking into this so quickly. I will keep my eye on the update. In the meantime, I tried the quick solve and unfortunately it’s still not working. I tried both XVZ0 and XYZ 0 in the data file. I first thought the no space was causing it. Any thoughts?

    2023-01-17 at 8:36 pm #18347
    Pat
    Staff

    Hi Shawn

    i apologize. I didn’t check it before. Grep replacements rely on the same technology and therefor are affected by the same issue. We already have fixed it in the new version and grep replacements then work again (although if you then don’t need them).

    Good News is that we will release it this week. I will let you know it here once it’s released.

    Regards, Pat

    Official MyDataMerge Team

    2023-01-18 at 8:24 pm #18358
    Pat
    Staff

    Hi Shawn,

    we just released 2.1.0 – go to the MyDataMerge Menu > Check for Updates

    Please let me know if it works for you.

    Regards,
    Pat

    Official MyDataMerge Team

    2023-01-18 at 9:26 pm #18367
    Shawn Walsh
    Member

    Pat,

    Just updated and ran a new export, WORKS PERFECT! Thank you so much for getting this updated so quickly.

    2023-01-18 at 9:50 pm #18368
    Pat
    Staff

    Glad we could help. Just let us know if there’s anything else you need to know.

    Official MyDataMerge Team

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