Added tabular data and document template import to...
# share-your-work
j
Added tabular data and document template import to my notebook demo so now it can be used to fill/generate documents from csv/spreadsheet rows. Would any of you find something like this useful? I know there are a bunch of document generators, but the ones I've seen seem kinda crappy. Happy to hear about experiences using any of the existing solutions and why they suck though 😆.
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f
Keyword: Variable Data Printing. I like how you simply define placeholders with curly braces and that you cannot only fill them with a specific column from the spreadsheet but use expressions.
j
Interesting, didn't know about Variable Data Printing. These kind of things seem to be mostly marketed as Document Generation/Templating/Merging (with data).
g
VDP: 1 to 1 marketing, mail merge, junk mail, XMPie, Xerox VDP, HP VDP, https://www.heidelberg.com/global/media/en/global_media/company___publications/heidelberg_news/tips_tricks/278-Tips-and-tricks-de.pdf, https://www.reddit.com/r/CommercialPrinting/comments/1dyvvp6/the_right_vdp_software/, many others... One might consider using Unicode brackets instead of "{" and "}".