Item Updates
Create tables with your item updates on your documents. Example use case: meeting notes and communication on item level.
Working with item update tables
Use the instructions from this article to create a Microsoft Word (docx) template from scratch or download an example template here: item_updates.docx
This is an example of how the structure looks like:
Result on the final PDF:
Create a table from scratch
Insert a table in Microsoft Word (or Google Docs). Usually, you only need two rows: one for the headings and one for the placeholders.
The second row (left column) needs to start with the placeholder {{TableStart:Updates}}
and ends (right column) with {{TableEnd:Updates}}
The second row will automatically replicate itself by the numbers of subitems in the exported PDF.
In between, insert the placeholders you want to use in your final document:
{{OnlyDate}}
-> 24/12/2024{{Date}}
-> 24/12/2024 13:30{{User}}
-> John Doe{{Body}}
-> Update Text (plain text){{Body_Html}}
-> Update Text (with HTML and images)
Subitem Updates
If you want to output the updates for all subitems as well, you can use the same logic, but wrap everything between {{TableStart:Subitems}}
and {{TableEnd:Subitems}}
DocExport will automatically generate a table for each subitem to make it clear and structured.
The table looks like this:
Result on the final PDF:
Item updates without table
You can also generate updates without a table using this structure:
{{TableStart:Updates}}
Update from {{Date}}
by {{User}}
{{Body}}
{{TableEnd:Updates}}
If you have two updates in your item, the result would look like this:
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