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This article is explaining dynamic slide(s) insertion with slide bindings. Slide bindings are used for inserting slides statically or dynamically using asset IDs inside a presentation. An Asset ID is a unique identifier that is assigned to assets in Templafy and is often used in a slide binding or for analytics.
Sections in this article:
- What is Slide(s) insertion?
- How to set up a static binding for slide(s) insertion?
- How to set up a dynamic binding for slide(s) insertion?
Prerequisites
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What is Slide(s) insertion?
It is possible to insert individual slides or several slides at once in a presentation. This insertion can be done in two different way, either by using a static or a dynamic binding:
- Static binding insertion: linking a specific presentation from the Slides Library to be inserted in the presentation.
- Dynamic binding insertion: linking a list of presentations from the Slides Library where the user can pick which one should be inserted in the presentation.
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How to set up a static binding for slide(s) insertion?
- In the Admin Center, find the relevant presentation in the Slides Library, click the ellipsis, and press
Copy asset ID
- Open Templafy task pane in PowerPoint/start your document creation flow
- Go to the ellipsis menu in the task pane and click on
Dynamics Designer
- Navigate to the
Element
tab - Select
Slide(s)
in the first dropdown - In
Binding
, paste the asset ID in the binding field - Add the
Slide Title
- Click
Create
A placeholder slide will be created in the presentation and will contain "Your slide(s)Slide Title
will be inserted here."
How to set up a dynamic binding for slide(s) insertion?
- If not already existing, create a data source in the Resource tab in the Admin Center containing the asset IDs required for your dynamic presentation.
- In PowerPoint, go into Dynamics Designer, navigate to the
Form
tab - Create a Dropdown field linking to the data source containing the asset IDs
- Navigate to the
Element
tab - Select
Slide(s)
in the first dropdown - In
Binding
, set the binding to{{Form.FormName.DatasourceColumn}}
FormName
is the name given to the form during step 3DatasourceColumn
is the name of the column containing the asset IDs in your data source
- Add the
Slide Title
- Click
Create
A placeholder slide will be created in the presentation and will contain "Your slide(s)Slide Title
will be inserted here."
Data source reference for the example above:
Error reporting for dynamic slide(s) insertion
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