docxTable merged cells

[mettjus]

Hi,

is it possible to have merged cells in docxTable (using handlebars engine and docx recipe)?

[bjrmatos]

hi! how are you defining the docxTable? are you trying to create the table from the scratch using the {{docxTable rows=rowsItems columns=columnsItems}}? if yes, then this is not supported at the moment, however for the classic usage of docxTable it should be already supported if you have some merged cell already on the row.

[mettjus]

Thanks @bjrmatos, I am defining it in the standard method, I guess (see image):

What I am trying to achieve is this...

(note that "date" and "quantity" columns can have a variable number of rows)

...but I don't understand how I should define the table and/or the data to do it. Is it even possible?

[mettjus]

ps: just to be clear, the data set behind the above example would be

[
  {
    "datalogger": "PLV_CEM01",
    "data": [
      {"date": "15/10/2019", "qty": 117.6},
      {"date": "14/11/2019", "qty": 192.8},
      {"date": "20/12/2019", "qty": 93.2},
      {"date": "02/03/2020", "qty": 69.4}
    ],
    "aggregated_qty": 625.2
  },
  {
    "datalogger": "PLV_PAR01",
    "data": [
      {"date": "15/10/2019", "qty": 122.4},
      {"date": "14/11/2019", "qty": 205.8}
    ],
    "aggregated_qty": 669.6
  },
  {
    "datalogger": "PLV_PAR02",
    "data": [
      {"date": "15/10/2019", "qty": 120.2},
      {"date": "14/11/2019", "qty": 172.2},
      {"date": "20/12/2019", "qty": 81.6}
    ],
    "aggregated_qty": 587.6
  }
]