Repeater fields in an email

  • Resolved mwokasch

    (@mwokasch)


    2 years, 2 months ago

    There doesn’t seem to be any way to format the way repeater fields come out of the system. For example, if I’m using them in an email (e.g., the confirmation email), it looks something like this:

    List:Name:Carl Smith|| Birthday:01/17/1989|| Age:22|| List:Name:Lynne Forsythe|| Birthday:01/01/2000|| Age:22

    Which is different than the way it’s output in the admin screen.

    Which is different than the way it’s output if I use the field summary.

    I haven’t been able to generate a CSV file, but I imagine it might look something like above. Now, I can (after the fact) make it pretty using a field delimiter, but that’s too late for most users.

    Can we get a “Formatter” or “Template” option or something in the editor that would be applied to the data before it is exported?

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  • Plugin Author EDGARROJAS

    (@edgarrojas)

    Sorry there is no way to format the way the repeater display the fields, i will add this in the to do list but it has a very low priority as there are a a bunch of other features and new add ons that have been requested.

    Regards!

    Thread Starter mwokasch

    (@mwokasch)

    I guess the question then is, how am I supposed to use those fields? Right now they’re not end user presentable and they look different depending on which part of the tool I’m using.

    For now, it’d be okay if the Email use of the tag presented it like it does in the fieldsummary template (i.e., a table format). That’s at least somewhat acceptable.

    Plugin Author EDGARROJAS

    (@edgarrojas)

    For now you are supposed to use it with the format that the plugin provides. If you are a repeater field within the subject of an email it will add those || as a way to display each item in a single line but if you add it in the body of the email it should show them correctly formatted (one item per row without those ||)

    Regards!

    Thread Starter mwokasch

    (@mwokasch)

    The example is from the BODY of the email. Not the subject.

    For example:

    Results in:

    Plugin Author EDGARROJAS

    (@edgarrojas)

    Oh got it, that should be shown there, it will be also fixed in the next release.

    Regards!

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