Insert table from clipboard into comment

Question

It seems to be impossible to insert a well-formatted table into a Jira comment without Excel or other spreadsheet software, or cell values have to be manually filled. One can neither insert delimited/markdown/textile text from clipboard, nor can format inserted text as a table afterwards. It looks like, that there is no easy and intuitive way to create a table. Please advise!

Andor Tóth_2sellz · Answer

I forgot the instructions. Select and copy one of those samples above to your clipboard, and try to insert it into a Jira comment as a table. If you succeed please don't hesitate to share the method here!

Andor Tóth_2sellz · Answer

I did, but it does not make a difference. Have you tried? Here are some samples to try before further advices. Excel CSV "date_field","timestamp_field","text_field","integer_field","real_field" "1970-12-31","1900-01-01 23:59:59","multiline text","2147483647","4.656613e-10" "1900-12-31","0001-01-01 01:00:00","emoji here 😀","-2147483646","2.3283064370807974e-10" "2023-03-22","2023-03-22 16:48:50","text1","123","567.89" TAB delimited "date_field" "timestamp_field" "text_field" "integer_field" "real_field" "1970-12-31" "1900-01-01 23:59:59" "multiline text" "2147483647" "4.656613e-10" "1900-12-31" "0001-01-01 01:00:00" "emoji here 😀" "-2147483646" "2.3283064370807974e-10" "2023-03-22" "2023-03-22 16:48:50" "text1" "123" "567.89" Jira Textile || date_field || timestamp_field || text_field || integer_field || real_field || | 1970-12-31 | 1900-01-01 23:59:59 | multiline text | 2147483647 | 4.656613e-10 | | 1900-12-31 | 0001-01-01 01:00:00 | emoji here 😀 | -2147483646 | 2.3283064370807974e-10 | | 2023-03-22 | 2023-03-22 16:48:50 | text1 | 123 | 567.89 | Markdown testdata --- | date_field | timestamp_field | text_field | integer_field | real_field | | --- | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | | 1970-12-31 | 1900-01-01 23:59:59 | multiline text | 2147483647 | 4.656613e-10 | | 1900-12-31 | 0001-01-01 01:00:00 | emoji here 😀 | -2147483646 | 2.3283064370807974e-10 | | 2023-03-22 | 2023-03-22 16:48:50 | text1 | 123 | 567.89 | HTML

date_field	timestamp_field	text_field	integer_field	real_field
1970-12-31	1900-01-01 23:59:59	multiline text	2147483647	4.656613e-10
1900-12-31	0001-01-01 01:00:00	emoji here 😀	-2147483646	2.3283064370807974e-10
2023-03-22	2023-03-22 16:48:50	text1	123	567.89

If any of those would work somehow out-of-the box, it would be a great.

Magdalena Zhisheva · Answer

Hi @Andor Tóth ,

Have you tried to click "Insert", i.e."+" -> View more -> Table?

Hope it helps!