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Basic table tool formatting

AnandKumar1
8 - Asteroid

Hi,

 

I'm using Basic table tool to create a report of my extract table which has almost 200 columns.

I'm using basic table because i wanted to do some changes in font,color and background. 

But i'm getting repeated column headers for all my record. How to remove this and keep one single column header?

 

Second, is it possible to extract the same formatted output with color,background and fonts. And use it in excel format and then mail to someone?

 

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Emil_Kos
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @AnandKumar1,

 

What do you have on mind saying repeated column headers. Can you share an example?  

 

Regarding the second question you need to use render tool:

 

https://help.alteryx.com/current/designer/render-tool

 

You can check the examples in Alteryx to learn more about it:

 
 
 
 
 

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AnandKumar1
8 - Asteroid

I mean i'm getting many headers in browse tool. For each row there is a header. I want only one column header like we have in excel files.

 

My output looks like:

 

IDNameAgeRegion
1Abc22APAC
IDNameAgeRegion
2Der28APAC
IDNameAgeRegion
3Fe21EMEA
IDNameAgeRegion
4WE25APAC

 

But i want only columns header fro all my records.

When i unchecked the group by option, i did not get any output at all.

 

Second problem is that, i wanted to change the  font, color and background of my output and use it as excel file and then mail to someone. Is it possbile?

Qiu
21 - Polaris
21 - Polaris

Just to add to others reply.

1. For the repeated header, kindly check you have group anything when using the Table Tool.

2. You can customize the Table Style for the whole table or by Row Rules

3. You can output an Excel file with Render Tool.

If this meets your desire, kindly mark it as accepted. Thanks.1.PNG2.PNG

grazitti_sapna
17 - Castor

Hi @AnandKumar1 , can you share the configuration of your basic table tool?

I think you are grouping the records on the basis of RecordID maybe that is the reason why the column headers are being repeated.

And, yes you can extract this file using render tool and create a new workflow using email tool where you can use this file as an attachment and send it to the other person.

 

Thanks.

Sapna Gupta
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