Issue with SVG Image Code: "Unable to find table 'START:''

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"data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>

table { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; } table, th, td { border: 1px solid #000; padding: 6px; } th, td { vertical-align: middle; } .hdr-peach { background-color: #FFD9B3; font-weight: bold; color: #000; } .hdr-yellow { background-color: #FFFF99; font-weight: bold; color: #000; } .col-headers { background-color: cornflowerblue; color: #000; font-weight: bold; }

" & Start:[ChildList] & "

" & End & "
Category: " & [Field1] & " Date: " & [Field2] & "
No. Field A Field B Field C Field D Field E
" & [Field3] & " " & [Field4] & " " & [Field5] & " " & [Field6] & " " & [Field7] & " " & [Field8] & "
" I’m working with an AppSheet automation template where I embed an SVG string using a data:image/svg+xml format. The goal is to display values from a parent record (e.g., field1, field2) along with related child records (field3 to field8) from a child table (ChildList) using the Start: expression.

However, I’m getting the following error:

“Unable to find table ‘START:’”

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I even tried using concatenate function, but it didn’t work. Can anyone please help me with this?

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Hi @Teja1112 , even I have faced this issue. @Suvrutt_Gurjar @WillowMobileSys Could you please help me with this issue?

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@Nani @Teja1112

The issue complained about by the error is this part above. You are using the template START/END statement inside of an SVG definition inside of a template.

I have never heard of anyone generating an SVG based image of a table in this manner. It is an interesting idea but, as far as I know, is uncharted territory and I have no clue how this might work without individual testing.

Why are you using SVG to generate a table?
Why are you not using the typical way of creating a table in a template?
What is your desired end result?

First, SVG coding produces Images and typically they have been used, within AppSheet, in the App Formula of Image columns. I am completely uncertain of how this might work when embedded into a template. At the very least, I would suggest to REMOVE the START/END coding to see if you can even get a successful generation.

Second, the START/END statement would need to be wrapped in angle brackets OUTSIDE of quoted strings to even have a chance - e.g. <<…>>. The angle brackets are PRE-processing indicators - i.e. a signal to AppSheet to do some processing BEFORE the template generation takes place. NOTE: The field references would ALSO need angle brackets surrounding them.

Again, even if this was all syntactically correct, I have no idea of how the template generator would treat the resulting SVG encoding. Will it produce an image of your desired table in the generated document?