- 29 Jun 2023
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Multiple Tables on one Template
- Updated on 29 Jun 2023
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You can create many different constraints for the same table using multiple data sources. This will allow you to use multiple data lists created by the simple table wizard in the template to display differently constrained data from the same table.
In the steps described, we will use a new beverage table and split its contents into two data lists using different data sources. We will look at a very simple example of restricting one of the two data sources using the Offset function, which will allow one of the data lists to continue where the other one left off.
Sample screen:
TUTORIAL STEPS:
A) Create a table on the Tables tab - see how to do this in the Create and manage your tables tutorial. | |
B) Create two unconstrained data sources for your new table on the Data sources tab - see how to do this in the Create DATA sources for tables tutorial. | |
C) Create a template on the Templates tab or use earlier created food menu template and insert your new table using the simple table wizard. | |
D) Simple table setup
Note: In our example we set we set the number of pages to 1 and the number of rows per page to 4, so we already know that the second data list will need to skip the first 4 rows of the table. | |
E) Click the Save button after you design the row template. | |
F) Copy the data list element using Ctrl+C command and paste it on canvas using Ctrl+V command if you wish to skip the designing phase of the row template for your second data list. Otherwise, you can create a new data list with simple table wizard again, select the second data source in the Setup your table window and design the row template from scratch. In this case skip to tutorial step J) | |
G) Click the button with the name of your table on the Canvas sidebar to open the Row templates window. | |
H) Row templates window
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I) Edit the cloned row template using three-dots menu. | |
J) Select and edit data source
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K) Set Offset
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L) Click on the Save button. | |
M) Select the earlier cloned row template in the Row template window. | |
N) Preview your template
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O) Click Save & publish button when you are finished with the template design. |