Bug 154172

Summary: Adding a field in mail merge wizard
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: David <farfenoogan>
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: UNCONFIRMED ---    
Severity: enhancement CC: heiko.tietze, mikekaganski, sdc.blanco
Priority: medium Keywords: needsDevAdvice
Version: 3.3.0 release   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Bug Blocks: 102998    
Attachments: image of fields

Description David 2023-03-13 20:02:48 UTC 
Description:
Not a bug, but a request.  It would be useful to have a second address field when connecting mail merge fields to a data source.  I know I can use a user defined field, but it would be better to have a field named "address2" or something like that.

Actual Results:
None

Expected Results:
None


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 7.4.5.1 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 9c0871452b3918c1019dde9bfac75448afc4b57f
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 22621; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Heiko Tietze 2023-03-20 08:35:22 UTC 
Please add an image/example so we are on the same page. And outline the use case which makes a second address field necessary.
Comment 2 David 2023-03-20 16:03:18 UTC 
Created attachment 186095 [details]
image of fields

Image as requested
Comment 3 David 2023-03-20 16:04:08 UTC 
Use case:  I maintain a database with member addresses.  For some of those members their address includes a street address, a building name, and an apartment number.  One address line gets to be very long, so I break it apart by using a user-defined field.  It does work, but it's not intuitive.  
If there is no interest in making this change, I can work with what I have.

Thanks
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2023-03-21 03:25:41 UTC Comment hidden (noise, obsolete)
Comment 5 Heiko Tietze 2023-03-21 07:59:52 UTC 
Using Tools > Mail Merge Wizard... allows me to use "Address Line 1" and "Address Line 2", at least for the letter type. You are obviously looking at File > Wizards > Address Book Data Source. And here it depends on what type of connection you choose. In the end, the address book assignment can (also) be done via Tools > Address Book Source, and this dialog lacks on flexibility. But I'm not sure to what extend we can provide flexibility here. This needs some insights from development.

PS: Documentation is not really helpful.