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Alteryx Designer Knowledge Base
Definitive answers from Designer experts.DE34021: First field Does Not Render in Report Text tool Using Expert Mode
Environment Details
- Alteryx Designer
- 2021.2
Cause
When using Expert Mode: Treat text as Raw PCXML in the Report Text tool, the first field used from a text input field only renders as the field name and not the value.
<htmlpassthrough> <![CDATA[ [id:A] [first_name:A] [last_name:A] <p>This is dummy data</p> ]]> </htmlpassthrough>
Result
Resolution
The current workaround is to add an arbitrary available field, then comment it out.
<htmlpassthrough> <![CDATA[ <!-- [id:A] --> [first_name:A] [last_name:A] <p>This is dummy data</p> ]]> </htmlpassthrough>
Result
