Column Settings - Table Section [V1]

When there is a Table Section inserted within the document, this becomes available as one of the settings from the left panel in the template editor.

Column Field

Shows the name of the currently selected column field. Users have the option to view or change the assigned field by clicking the button on the rightmost part of the field.

Custom Column Label

Changing the label of the column can be done from this field.

Table Column Settings

This column shouldn’t be displayed - an option to hide or display the selected column after generation.
Sort Values - organize the order of the values in the selected column by choosing one of the following: None, Ascending, and Descending.
Set max character - specify the maximum number of characters for each value in the selected column.

Data Format

The following tools under Data Format will depend on the data type format of the field values.

String/Text Data Type

Data Format	Description
Display value as is	An option to display the Text/String value as is.
Preview	Displays the preview of the text values
Display as link	The selected field values will be displayed as a link. Ticking this checkbox enables another field below: 'Text on link' - allows users to enter a 'Text' value that will replace selected String/Text field values and be displayed as a link.
Format as HTML	An option to format the column values into HTML format
Alter Case	An option to set the column values’ case to either Uppercase, Lowercase, Proper format or Leave as is.
Start Numbering at	Option to modify where the numbering sequence starts.

Numeric Data Type

Data Format	Description
Display value as is	An option that allows the presentation of the format for chosen numeric field values. This can be determined based on the configuration under the data format panel, in accordance with the formatting options configured in the Strato admin tool (refer to the ‘Formatting Options’ discussion in this article: Regional Format) or based on the language parameter configuration (e.g., US: 12,345.67 or DE: 12.345,67). 💡 The formatting will be applied to the output value of the selected numeric column field. To know more information, read: Regional Format.
Preview	The preview of selected numeric values are being displayed here.
Grouping Separator	Configuring the separator for the number values in the field is possible. Here are the following separator: comma (,) period (.) apostrophe (‘) - enables the use of apostrophe as the grouping separator in which it is commonly used as Switzerland Number Format. space none
Decimal Separator	Contains the decimal separator punctuations. comma (,) period (.)
Decimal Places	Specifies the accepted decimal places by using the "Add" (+) and "Reduce" (-) buttons.
Rounding Options	An option to rounding up, down, or not rounding the number values of the selected fields.

Date Data Type

Data Format	Description
Display value as is	An option that allows the presentation of the format for chosen date column field values. This can be determined based on the configuration under data format panel, in accordance with the formatting options configured in the Strato admin tool (refer to the ‘Formatting Options’ discussion in this article: Regional Format), or based on the language parameter configuration (e.g., US: m/d/yyyy or DE: dd.mm.yyyy). 💡 The formatting will be applied to the output value of the inserted datasource field, including the template parameters in the Document templates. To know more information, read: Regional Format.
Preview	Displays sample value of the date form field, enabling users to easily observe the applied changes to the value format.
Date Format	An option to change the date format through the following options available: yyyy/mm/dd yyyy-mm-dd mm/dd/yyyy dd/mm/yyyy ddd, mmm d, yyyy ddd, d mmm yyyy HH:mm ddd, d mmm yyyy hh:mm TT mmm d, yyyy - default value mmmm d, yyyy dd mmmm yyyy d. mmmm yyyy dd. mmmm yyyy dd. mmm yyyy dd.mm.yyyy d# mmmm yyyy

Data Format

Description

Display value as is

An option that allows the presentation of the format for chosen date column field values. This can be determined based on the configuration under data format panel, in accordance with the formatting options configured in the Strato admin tool (refer to the ‘Formatting Options’ discussion in this article: Regional Format), or based on the language parameter configuration (e.g., US: m/d/yyyy or DE: dd.mm.yyyy).

💡

The formatting will be applied to the output value of the inserted datasource field, including the template parameters in the Document templates. To know more information, read: Regional Format.

Preview

Displays sample value of the date form field, enabling users to easily observe the applied changes to the value format.

Date Format

An option to change the date format through the following options available:

yyyy/mm/dd
yyyy-mm-dd
mm/dd/yyyy
dd/mm/yyyy
ddd, mmm d, yyyy
ddd, d mmm yyyy HH:mm
ddd, d mmm yyyy hh:mm TT
mmm d, yyyy - default value
mmmm d, yyyy
dd mmmm yyyy
d. mmmm yyyy
dd. mmmm yyyy
dd. mmm yyyy
dd.mm.yyyy
d# mmmm yyyy

Image Column Values

Data Format	Description
Display value as is	An option that allows the presentation of the image format exactly as it is selected.
Preview	The preview of the image column values are being displayed here.
Image Width	An option to adjust the image width by ‘pixel size’ or ‘percentage’. Selecting ‘auto’ will scale the image accordingly.
Image Height	An option to adjust the image height by ‘pixel size’ or ‘percentage’. Selecting ‘auto’ will scale the image accordingly.