Naming your files: Static, dynamic, and sequenced

A filename pattern producing static, dynamic, and sequenced names

What your exported files are called depends on your merge mode – a comfortable node editor when you produce one document per record, and a simple static name otherwise.

Dynamic names (one document per record)

When you’re in Individual mode with Set Size 1 – exactly one document per record – DataMergeStudio gives you a node editor for the filename. You build the name from your data and other nodes, just like building merge content, so each file can be named from its own record: an order number, a person’s name, a SKU. It’s the comfortable way to get meaningful, per-record filenames.

Static names (all other modes)

In every other merge mode, files use a static name plus a sequential number. You set the base name and DataMergeStudio appends a running count:

  • datamergestudio_1
  • datamergestudio_2
  • datamergestudio_3

The default base name is datamergestudio, which you can change to whatever suits the job.

Variants add a suffix

When variants are active, each variant’s file suffix is added at the very end of the name – so the German variant of order_42 becomes order_42_de. That keeps every variant’s files distinct and grouped.

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