Zoho Writer merge templates: understanding supported merge data sources and its limits
Overview
Supported Data Sources
- Zoho CRM & Bigin
- Zoho Creator
- Zoho Sheets
- Zoho Projects
- Zoho Books & Invoice
- Zoho Contacts
- Zoho Forms
- Uploaded CSV / JSON files
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Data Source / Limits |
CSV / JSON File
|
Zoho Contacts |
Zoho Sheet |
Zoho Forms |
Zoho Creator |
Zoho CRM |
Bigin |
Zoho Projects |
Zoho Books & |
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Maximum Records per Merge |
10,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
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Subform Support |
✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
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Number of Subforms per Template |
15 |
NA |
NA |
15 |
10 |
5 — Default 8 — Max |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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Sub form Table Column Limit |
20 |
NA |
NA |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
25 |
25 |
|
Sub form Table Row limit |
1000 |
NA |
NA |
1000 |
1000 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
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Supported Modules |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
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Supported Sub Forms / Related List |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
You can configure the modules you wish to use as a subform. Steps to configure |
You can configure the modules you wish to use as a subform. |
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Invoice → items |
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Image field Support |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
❌ |
✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
❌ |
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Upload Field Type Support |
NA |
NA |
NA |
✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
❌ |
❌ |
❌ |
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Rich text field support |
NA |
NA |
NA |
✅ |
✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
❌ |
❌ |
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