Indesign Data Merge – Save Settingss

It’s very frustrating that you cannot save the Create Merged Document Dialog settings in Indesign. I frequently use Indesign to create tags or labels for school teams where I use the same design, but the names, year and some other information change each year. Having to set the column or row spacing each time as well as setting for single or multiple is a huge drag. If I forget it or forget the measurements, then I can waste labels. This also doesn’t allow me to share the template with anyone else on the fly that might have the design such as the printer. It makes it a very manual or not intuitive process. We should be able to save it like a Paragraphs Style, etc. so we can save various settings for different layout designs and / or templates that we use very, very often.
Thank you!