It often is convenient to have details of every document you created or email you sent logged in your database. The Log tab lets you specify what values to write to a choosen log table. You may first have to define such table in your database as it often is not present. Typically, log data concerns:
- person who ran the process
- organization he created the document for
- important data used in the mail merge
- name of resulting file etcetera
Logging is a primarily a supporting process but it can be used without a mail merge taking place
Note: [Field_bv:companyid] will return the bound value (the number identifying the record / key), instead of the display value (which is returned by default). This is used if a field is part of a relationship with referental integrity set. _bv stands for bound value.
Table into which records will be added (one for each record that has been processed)
Select a field in the table in which you want to have a value added.
Expression that determines the value to be given to the selected field.
Lists all expressions that determine the values given to fields when a log record is created.
Adds an expression to the Field Values list corresponding to the current Field and Value.
Opens a dialog with the selected expression from the Field Values list - to edit it.
Removes the selected expression from the Field Values list