Table Excerpt with Multi Excerpt
Asked by cyl-macros:

Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to use table excerpt with multi excerpt macro?

I'm stumped as when I use Macro Excerpt Include on the other page, I get an error that says:

Oops, it seems that you need to place a table or a macro generating a table within the Chart from Table macro.

Is this not allowed? can the other page not see the table that is built from a Table Excerpt Include Macro?

My use case is that i'm trying to generate a source table once, use it for a stacked bar chart displaying all values on this page. Then reference the same data but filtered on another stacked bar in a separate page.


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Here are [the docs](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Excerpt+and+Table+Excerpt+Include+macros) on Table Excerpt and Table Excerpt Include macros.

How did you configure those macros?

comments: author: cyl-macros
body: Yeah i've read those already to no avail.

This is what I've done:

1. Created source table with Table Excerpt macro.

2. Created another table using Table Excerpt Include macro referencing source table in step 1 on the same page. This is within a MultiExcerpt macro as well as a Chart from Table macro and Table filter macro as it is a subset of data from source table.

2. MultiExcerpt Include on the other page. -- Preview window of the macro displays table and chart appropriately from step 2.

3. Error message displayed below.

![image (5).png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/92095i4B986EE67E95BFA4/image-dimensions/421x43?v=v2 "image (5).png")


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Could you try to replace Multiexcerpt and Multiexcerpt Include macros with Table Excerpt and Table Excerpt Include macros?


author: cyl-macros
body: I dont think Table Excerpt and Table Excerpt include works across pages at least as far as I can tell.....also I have multiple excerpts i need to reference on this page to other pages.


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: They do work across pages ([docs](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=42241623#HowtouseTableExcerptandTableExcerptIncludemacros-UsingtheTableExcerptIncludeMacro)). They can be used even for reporting: one Table Excerpt Include macro can include a number of Table Excerpt macros from different pages.


author: cyl-macros
body: oh i didnt read that properly...so how does it work if i have a chart from table macro around the table filter and table excerpt macro?

i want to actually display the chart on the other page....not sure how to do this successfully?


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Here is what I did:

![2020-04-24_23h52_30.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/92134iA8F84DBAF602FA28/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2020-04-24_23h52_30.png")![2020-04-24_23h52_57.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/92135i9C98E5A10BBF8902/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2020-04-24_23h52_57.png")


author: cyl-macros
body: thank you! for some reason i am missing Excerpt Source and Page Title options in my Table Excerpt Include macro. Do you know why that may be? do i not have a version that has these options?


author: cyl-macros
body: also just for reference my preview mode works in that i see the expected chart/table from the other page, but when i click update and see the page itself, the only thing that displays is an error message.


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Those options were added in [version 5.0.0](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TFAC/Table+Filter+and+Charts+5.0.0) of the [Table Filter and Charts](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) app. Are you able to update the app?

I checked: Multiexcerpt won't work as expected in this scenario.


author: cyl-macros
body: It looks like we have version 6.13.10 - is it a specific permissioning I need to see those options?


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: I suppose version 6.13.10 is your Confluence version, but not the Table Filter and Charts app version.