Description: I wanted to create mailing labels for ONE document from ONE unique spreadsheet without disturbing my existing address data source. LibreOffice File - Wizards - Address Data Source makes it look like you can embed an address book mapping in a Writer document, but it always silently overwrites your existing Addresses.odb in $HOME. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Delete or move away any existing $HOME/Address.odb file 2. File > New > Text Document 3. File > Wizards > Address Data Source * Address Book Type : Other external data source * Connection Settings > Settings 4. This brings up Create Address Data Source * Advanced Properties > Database type: Spreadsheet. * Point to the spreadsheet in Path to the spreadsheet document 5. Back to first wizard * make Field Assignments to spreadsheet columns * in Data Source Title - check "Embed this address book definition into the current document" - uncheck "Make this address book available to all modules in LibreOffice. 6. Click [Finish] Actual Results: There's a hint of the carnage to come at the bottom of one dialog, "The new settings you make will overwrite your existing settings" Sure enough, I now have a brand new separate $HOME/Addresses.odb ! The first time I did this it blew away Expected Results: The wizard(s) make it seem as if you can define the address book data source for a single document and embed that in it. You can't. I cannot figure out what the two checkboxes in that final wizard step actually do. There should be some prompt "About to overwrite your single system-wide Addresses.odb file. Is that OK?" I actually wanted to keep my regular address book, but LO silently overwrote it. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No OpenGL enabled: Yes Additional Info: The other screw-up is if I go on to try to use this new data source in the current document, I have to re-enter the field mapping that I already set up. I may file that separately.s
I'm not an expert of the Adress Data Source wizard, but I can't see a bug here. If you have a default path and a default file name, it is clear to me, that previous file is overwritten. But you can change path and name. If I use a different name, message doesn't pop up If you need assistance with a certain feature, please use ask.libreoffice.org. => NOTABUG Feel free to change it back to UNCONFIRMED with a short reasoning, if you disagree.