Confluence / Jira Table Transformator Macro - SPLIT / SUBSTRUNG - lost format

Schmidl82

Hi,

I use the table transformer macro in confluence to display Jira tickets.

The jira tickets have bilingual content in the decription field.

I try to seperate via SQL query by the SPLIT or SUBSTRING function with a separation character (#)

 

Example: 

SUBSTRING(T1.'description',1, INSTR(T1.'description', "#")-1) AS 'description'

This gives me the String from the start to the #.

Here's my problem: all the format is lost, no line breaks, no hyperlinks, no bold/underline fonts. In fact, I get the pure STRING.

 

Is there a solution to keep the format?

 

Thanks in advance!

Christian

 

 

 

Stiltsoft support

Hi @Schmidl82 ,

Seems that you are talking about our Table Filter, Charts & Spreadsheets for Confluence app.

The described behavior seems to be an expected one: the cells' data is treated like a string, as a result you get a modified string. The format is not preserved as it is not a characteristic of a string.

The workaround may be to split your strings as a first step and then use the FORMATWIKI function or CSS styles to format the outcome.

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