Slide(s) Binding

About this article

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

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. 

How to set up a static binding for slide(s) insertion?

1. In the Admin Center, find the relevant presentation in the Slides Library, click the ellipsis, and press Copy asset ID
   
   

2. Open Templafy task pane in PowerPoint/start your document creation flow
3. Go to the ellipsis menu in the task pane and click on Dynamics Designer
4. Navigate to the Element tab
5. Select Slide(s) in the first dropdown
6. In Binding, paste the asset ID in the binding field
7. Add the Slide Title
8. 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?

1. 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. 
2. In PowerPoint, go into Dynamics Designer, navigate to the Form tab 
3. Create a Dropdown field linking to the data source containing the asset IDs
4. Navigate to the Element tab
5. Select Slide(s) in the first dropdown
6. In Binding, set the binding to {{Form.FormName.DatasourceColumn}}
   • FormName is the name given to the form during step 3
   • DatasourceColumn is the name of the column containing the asset IDs in your data source
7. Add the Slide Title
8. 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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