How to group tables in DocumentsCorePack Templates

This blog article outlines how to group tables in DocumentsCorePack (.docx) templates. Grouping a table allows you to separate the line items within the table by a specific attribute, such as e.g. Product type.

Example: Our Product catalog consists of Product licenses as well as Services. When printing a quote, we want the items to be grouped in separate sections within a table.

Please note: If the grouping headers are displayed repeatedly or are mixed, you need to ensure that the line items are sorted by the grouping attribute. In short, you have to make sure that the grouping field is also the selected sorting field (See this article for details).

If you need more information on creating relationships using the DocumentsCorePack (DCP) TemplateDesigner, have a look at this article.

Step-by-step description

Step 1. After inserting the table into your document, you will have to ensure that ❶ the field you want to group-by has been inserted into the table row. Once done, select the field for grouping. In our example, we use the “Subject”-column of the Product table.

Select the field for grouping. — *Figure 1: Selecting the grouping field*

Step 2. Now put the ❶ cursor in the field you want to group and navigate to the Grouping drop-down and select ❷ Mark Grouping field.

Select in the Grouping drop-down the Mark Grouping field. — *Figure 2: Put the cursor in the field, that should be marked as Gouping-field*

More Grouping options:

❶ Mark Groupingfield: This function specifies the selected field as the grouping parameter. The system automatically inserts the header and footer to specify details.

❷ Mark as Sum-Field: This function specifies the selected field as the sum field. This allows e.g. create totals of a group in a table -footer.(See this article for details)
❸ Mark as Count-Field: This function counts, for example, the number of products in a table.
❹ Add Groupingheader: This function adds an additional header.
❺ Remove Groupingheader: This function removes a header you added before.
❻ Add Groupingfooter: This function adds an additional footer.
❼ Remove Groupingfooter: This function removes a footer you added before.
❽ Remove Grouping: This function allows you to remove the entire grouping for a selected table.