QR Code Type Always Shown as Plain Text within Data merge

Hm. Shouldn't it be:

URL:https://www.youtube.com/

Adding an s to http and perhaps doing a slash at the end of the address?

Template:

Resulting merge:

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

Your QR code appears to be working properly, as it goes to the correct URL if you scan it with a QR code reader. I think it's defaulting to Plain Text because the data is coming in as text from Data Merge. The "URL:" prefix ensures that InDesign interprets it as a URL address.

If you were creating a QR code manually, you would type the URL minus the "URL:" prefix (e.g. http://www.youtube.com) and choose Web Hyperlink as the Type.