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Populate Word - Repeat tables

Daniel Stucki

13 January 2026 16:50

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Hi!
I'd like to populate a Word document that contains zero to more tables according to data provided in Word - Populate:

Data structure in Word-Populate looks as follows (currently hard coded for testing purposes, in production this data will be dynamic):

{

    "kursstart": "@{triggerOutputs()?['body/sit_startdatum']}",

    "kursende": "@{triggerOutputs()?['body/sit_enddatum']}",

    "kurse": [

        {

            "kursname": "Kurs1",

            "kurstitel": "@{triggerOutputs()?['body/sit_name']}",

            "inhalt": "inhalt 1"

        },

        {

            "kursname": "Kurs2",

            "kurstitel": "@{triggerOutputs()?['body/sit_name']}",

            "inhalt": "Inhalt 2"

        },

        {

            "kursname": "Kurs3",

            "kurstitel": "@{triggerOutputs()?['body/sit_name']}",

            "inhalt": "Inhalt 3"

        }

    ]

}

 

 

The Word Document looks as follows: 

The final result looks as follows:

 

What I'd like to have is the following structure:

 

- Kurs1

-- Table with

---Row 1 with Title

---Row 2 with Inhalt 1

---Row 3 empty

 

 

- Kurs2

-- Table with

---Row 1 with Title

---Row 2 with Inhalt 2

---Row 3 empty

 

- Kurs3

-- Table with

---Row 1 with Title

---Row 2 with Inhalt 3

---Row 3 empty

 

Why is the Table rendered below Kurs1 but contains data from the objects in Kurs1, Kurs2 and Kurs3 and why are Kurs2 and Kurs3 rendered without tables? 
What do I have to specify in the Word document that the tables are rendered correctly below every "kursname" (Kurs1, Kurs2, Kurs3)?

Thank you for your help and best regards
Daniel 

 

 

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2 comments

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  Kayleigh Botfield 13 January 2026 17:38

  Hi Daniel,
  
  I have popped an example together and have got the repeating tables working. This is my template:
  
  
  And this is the JSON data I am feeding into the action:

  {
    "itemvalues": [
      {
        "Date": "13/01/26",
        "StartTime": "12:34",
        "EndTime": "13:00",
        "Location": "UK"
      },
      {
        "Date": "15/01/26",
        "StartTime": "15:58",
        "EndTime": "17:00",
        "Location": "UK"
      }
    ]
  }

  This is the output I receive:
  
  I have reached out via email to assist you further on this.

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  Daniel Stucki 14 January 2026 07:31

  Hi Kayleigh

  Thank you very much for your support and for providing this example. I double-checked my JSON data, and it looks fine. So I recreated the Word document, added a new table within the foreach loop, and – voilà! – it worked perfectly! So obviously something had gone wrong in the Word file.

  Lesson learned: never use a "old" Word file with strange formatting etc., always start a new document, add the <<[]>> templates first and then add tables in the right place. 

  
  Thank you again and regards,
  Daniel