Mail Merge Templates are the specific feature in Archer designed to bridge the gap between Archer record data and Microsoft Office documents. According to the Archer Administration II curriculum, these templates allow administrators to upload a Word .docx file containing "mail merge tags" that correspond to Archer field aliases.
When a user triggers the mail merge (via the Export button on a record), Archer dynamically replaces those tags with the actual data from the record and generates a finished document. This is the standard method for producing formal reports, certificates, or letters that require specific corporate branding and formatting that cannot be achieved with a standard CSV or PDF export. On Demand Notification Templates (Option C) are for emails, and Scheduled Report Distributions (Option B) are for sending saved Archer reports on a timer, not for creating formatted Word documents based on a single record's context.
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