Create and manage your TABLES
  • 27 Sep 2023
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Create and manage your TABLES

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Article summary

In this first tutorial on tables we'll teach you how to create them from scratch in the Tables tab to later show them on your displays. Just like in a spreadsheet or database, you can add named columns and rows which can be easily dragged to change their order, renamed, cloned or removed. 

In our solution the table data are organized in the column types: Text, Image, Number, Date, Time, Date & Time.

Our tables consist of columns and rows as tables usually do but the table data is constrained by the following column types: 

  • Text
  • Image
  • Number
  • Date
  • Time
  • Date & Time

This means that the data assigned to individual table cells will depend on the type of column in which those cells are located.

Topics covered
  • Tables tab - Column types



TUTORIAL STEPS:

A) Create a new table

  1. Open the Tables tab.
  2. Click the New table button in the lower right-hand corner. New table details window opens.


B) Table detail - add columns

 

  1. Add a column by clicking the Add button in the upper right corner of the table and then select the column type from the drop-down menu.
  2. In a New column popup window enter the Input name of the column. The name needs to be unique.
  3. Click the Save button.

Repeat steps 1-3 to create the required amount of columns.


C) Table detail - add rows

  1. Add a row by clicking the Add  button at the bottom left of the table.
  2. In a New row popup window enter the Input name of the row. The name needs to be unique. 
  3. Click the Save button.



D) Text type table cells

Enter the text content in the cells of columns of type Text.

E) Image type table cells

Click the Upload icon, which opens the Media library sub-window where you can upload an image from your local machine. Select the uploaded image in the Media Library sub-window.


F) Date, Time, Date & Time type table cells


  1. Tick the checkboxes to enable the fields.
  2. Select or enter the date / time in provided fields.


Note: By default the checkboxes for Date, Time, and Date & Type types is disabled, resulting in an empty output on your displays.

G) Click the Save button in the lower right-hand corner when your table is ready. 

Now the table can be used in the data sources and its individual cells may be referenced in templates. 





H)  Add table information to a content template.



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