One embodiment in accordance with the invention relates to generating a completed unified data format template that includes data inserted from one or more data sources. Initially, an electronic template can be created using a template application (e.g., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and the like). The electronic template is embedded with electronic placeholder coding related to data of one or more data sources. The layout of the electronic template can be converted into a unified layout format, wherein the electronic template includes the electronic placeholder coding. The data from the one or more data sources can be applied to the electronic placeholder coding of the unified layout format in order to generate the completed unified data format template.