Data Merge: Cannot get multiple records per page

My problem (and fix) was that I was only getting one mail merge per page, no amount of adjusting margins etc would help.

Turns out, there was a white text frame in the background layer that was causing me grief. Merge was attempting to duplicate this per entry (I assume).  Removing the background text frame and the multi-merge worked close to expected.  

Thank you so much I have struggled with this and now I know! 

Wow. This is super helpful. Spent two days with colleagues and IT trying to figure this out - managed it on the first try after reading the post.

I was having this problem as well. None of the above solutions worked for me. It turns out my problem was that I had pasted a template (for mailing labels) into the document. The techs I ended up chatting with could only solve the problem by starting over from scratch without the template in there. Deleting it from the original did not help. I was able to use the template, just had to delete it BEFORE trying to create the merged document. Hope this saves someone some time and frustration!

I was having this same issue with InDesign CC 2017 and just figured it out. It's not like Word where you create all of the records and simply link them by using <<Next Record>>. I needed to create labels 8-up to an 8.5x11 sheet. Instead of creating multiple text boxes and placing them within the page, and adding the merge fields to each one, you just create ONE text box. Then in the Utilitities/Data Merge window select Multiple Records (instead of Single Record). Then go the the Multiple Records Layout tab within that window. Use the settings there to position multiple text boxes. Then when you merge, the records will move to the next one instead of adding the same information on one page multiple times.

I had the same issue, I'm doing a postcard (4up on a 19x13 canvas)  / all the postcard had to have a difference address (for a mailout).

I made it work. I had to make a 1up document (9.5"x6.5" / quarter page of 19x13) - make my mail merge and export as PDF.

Once I have this file made, I use a plugin in Acrobat called "Quite impositioning plus 3" (I'm sure there's other out there)

and make "n-up page" (2 collomn and 2 rows = 19x13) - same Idea of making a booklet, it's sorting the page for me and making the 4up.

Voilà, I got my file ready to go.

You know I've been have some great difficulty using the data merge feature as well. I currently have so many projects happening that I don't have any other choice but to start to implement the data merge feature. However I've only had it work the way I needed it to once a year ago.

Now I'm trying to set up coupons and have been roughing out how to work it into a very basic file.

So here I've set my variables to call the head of the column in my csv file. Also have selected it to see and use multiple records. When I run it is where I see there's an issue.

Here is the preview trigged, as you can see a lot of not what I want.

Here's a snap from the csv file

What am I doing wrong?

Any suggestions?

I also found this to be a frustration, however, as per usual when Adobe doesn't come through with an easy solution, I did my image layout in Photoshop, and utilized basic math in InDesign to figure out my settings. Turned out the spacing options relied on the margins, but I was able to utilize the gap tool to figure out the row and column spacing, once I duplicated my ideal text frames. Not ideal, but it worked.