Publisher - Data Merge & Text Frame Sizes

[Halfling Caravan Games]

I'm looking at a data merge from a CSV where one of the elements will be a Inner Bevel Rectangle with text populated from the CSV in front. I've been looking at ways to implement that but can't seem to find something which will work. Its for a number of cards so I would like to be able to automate this as much as possible. The less "going through card by card to adjust" the better.

Consider the file attached as an example output I would like to get procedurally (the symbols across this card are already mostly done by font)

Edit: The two images below should help highlight what I'm trying to change automatically about the area where text appears. I can REGEX/GREP in the icons, and the bold text comparatively easily because it would remain the same across many cards. The only way to make much of that faster is if Affinity Publisher allowed for Find-Replace to be able to paste from clipboard as an option.

The things I am looking to be able to do are (any one):

• Create a Text Frame inside a rectangle shape, apply the bevel to the shape, have the new Text Shape adjust its height so that it doesn't overflow without manually adjusting the 'Text Shape'
• Create a Text Frame and as an Inline Graphic insert the bevel rectangle and define its height relative to the text frame

Edited December 24, 2021 by Halfling Caravan Games
Added clarity

[Old Bruce]

4 hours ago, Halfling Caravan Games said:

• Create a Text Frame inside a rectangle shape, apply the bevel to the shape, have the new Text Shape adjust its height so that it doesn't overflow without manually adjusting the 'Text Shape'

The bolded bit of the quote is impossible with the current options available.

Some of your other requests can be done with Paragraph and or Character styles being applied to the Fields for the CSV data merge. Not sure if the fx can be applied via data merge, I doubt it but I am frequently wrong.

[Halfling Caravan Games]

5 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

The bolded bit of the quote is impossible with the current options available.

Some of your other requests can be done with Paragraph and or Character styles being applied to the Fields for the CSV data merge. Not sure if the fx can be applied via data merge, I doubt it but I am frequently wrong.

Adjusting the height of that box (as you can see has been manually done in the second example) is the big headache I can't bypass with something like Copy-Paste and Find w/ REGEX.