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Compose HTML Table with 02 columns only. Column -1: Header list; Column -2: Value

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Posted on by sudhansu2050

Need help: the default Compose HTML table is creating a horizontal table of two rows with 'n' number of columns. This makes the user to scroll left to right when the data fields are more.

How can the HTML table be composed with 2 columns and 'n' number of rows.

May be the CSS used by me is not appropriate. Refer the screenshot for more illustration.

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SudeepGhatakNZ 14,396 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Can you send me the output of Get items?

Will the table always have a single row?

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sudhansu2050 24 on at

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The flow structure and HTML table:

Output of Create HTML table:
{
"body": "<table><thead><tr><th>Request Created By</th><th>Type of Work</th><th>Priority</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Sudhansu Choudhury</td><td>Building Painting</td><td>Low</td></tr></tbody></table>"
}

Output Compose HTML Table:
"<style>\n\ntable, td, th { \n\n border: 1px solid #ddd;\n\n text-align: left;\n\n}\n \ntable {\n\n border-collapse: collapse;\n\n width: 100%;\n\n}\n \nth, td {\n\n padding: 15px;\n\n}\n\n</style>\n\n\n\n\n<p><table><thead><tr><th>Request Created By</th><th>Type of Work</th><th>Priority</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Sudhansu Choudhury</td><td>Building Painting</td><td>Low</td></tr></tbody></table></p>"

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Chriddle 8,672 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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You have to restructure your data.

Since the output of a "Create HTML table" is also XML, you can use xpath with it:

Compose

<table> <thead> <tr> <th>Request Created By</th> <th>Type of Work</th> <th>Priority</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Sudhansu Choudhury</td> <td>Building Painting</td> <td>Low</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

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From

range( 0, length( xpath( xml(outputs('Compose')), '//thead/tr/th' ) ) )

Map Key

xpath( xml(outputs('Compose')), '//thead/tr/th/text()' )[item()]

Map Value

first( xpath( xml(outputs('Compose')), concat('//tbody/tr/td[', add(1, item()), ']/text()') ) )

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