Word plugin - Associations
Associations connect a template to columns in iSheets. When you associate a template with iSheet columns, the Doc Auto plugin generates the automation code, with which the user can automate their template.
Once you have created the template associations with the Doc Auto Word Plugin, you should only open the templates with Microsoft Word and not any other word processor.
If you open it with another word processor, it will overwrite document properties which is where your associations have been saved.
note
Important - if Doc Auto is enabled, any user may download and install the plugin, but
only a System or Site Administrator may configure and use the plugin
as the Doc Auto Plugin must be associated with a site and an iSheet to create automated content (i.e. only a System or Site Administrator may perform this step).Add Association
First, add an
Association
. Click the Associations
icon in the ribbon and then select Add
in the panel on the right-hand side. The Association
window opens and you can build the first association by selecting a site.Select a
Site
, the iSheet
dropdown will show iSheets available from that site.
Select an
iSheet
. All Views
available for that iSheet
are shown in the View
dropdown.
Select a
View
. All columns in the selected View
are shown in the Available
box.
Choose the columns you want to associate with the template.
- Use the double arrows to move all the columns into and out of theSelectedbox.
- Use the single arrows to move selected columns.
Select
Add
at the bottom of the window to save the column associations in the Associations
panel on the right.
Select
Add
in the Associations
panel again to add as many column associations from as many iSheets
and Views
as required.Once selected, you cannot change the
Site
in the Association
window.
Edit Association
Click the
More Actions
icon near the top of the Associations
panel. You can Edit
the information within the Association panel or you can Remove
all of it.
Select
Edit
to open the Association
window. Use the arrow functions to move columns in or out of the Selected
box.Select
Update
to add all items in the Selected
box in the Associations
panel.Remove Association
A
More Actions
icon next to each iSheet view allows you to Edit
or Remove
the template associations.
Select
Remove
. A message window asks you to confirm. Select Yes
, to remove the entire iSheet view and columns from the template associations.
Use the red
x
icon to remove a particular column(s) from an associated iSheet view.After setting associations, you can use the Variables panel to place variables in the template.
Unsupported column types
The following iSheet column types are
not supported
with the Doc Auto Word Plugin. This means that a user will not be able to associate the template with these columns or use them for automation.- User Lookup
- Hyperlink
- Image
- Attachment
- File link
- Folder link
- iSheet link
- Join
- Score