Building Table in DOCX with Dynamic Columns

Question

I have a task to create a Dynamic DOCX document with table in it. I have created one with number of rows increasing, but my requirement need me to make a table with dynamic column as well. Has anybody worked on such thing before. If yes please let me know how?

Mike Schmitt · Accepted Answer

FYI, I am attaching the system of rules I developed to handle word doc table generation, which includes a demo process model which you can run and try out the generation, and then hopefully use as a template for using this system with your other data. 
 One word of caution: presumably due to the custom nature of the wordML being used here, I've gotten feedback from elsewhere that if a Word doc is generated using this functionality but then converted to PDF via the Appian smart service, the tables won't work correctly in the resulting PDF. However they look fine in the Word doc itself. 
 Please let me know if you have any questions. 
 Document Table Generator Test (generic, 17.2, july 2017 - updated).zip

inder_arora · Answer

Hi, 
 You can use smart service "DOCX From Dynamic Template" to generate the DOCX with dynamic number of rows based on the XML you pass. For the Word Template you should see the attached image below to get an idea about how you can create a template. 
 
 Later if you want to create a PDF you can use smart service "PDF from DOCX".

venkannak · Answer

If you use ncolumntable and create the table that you required and convert it as an Image then set it on to DOCX document.

Building Table in DOCX with Dynamic Columns

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