SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3439397 - Table copied from excel to comment widget does not retain formatting in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

Symptom

Copy pasting a table from excel into comment widget in SAC story, does not retain the color shading (formatting) of the table in SAC.

Environment

SAP ANALYTICS CLOUD 2024.2.8

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Login to SAC.
  2. Open the story.
  3. Add comment widget into the story.
  4. Copy a table with formatting from the excel sheet.
  5. Paste the copied table in the 'Comment widget' of the story.

Notice that the formatting of the table (color) is not retained in the comment widget.

Cause

This is behavior by design.

Resolution

The text you copy from any external source or editor will not retain formatting and will be plain text. Refer to the help document: https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_ANALYTICS_CLOUD/00f68c2e08b941f081002fd3691d86a7/28fbd6a2eccc46f996778240aaef0a2e.html#procedure

You can create an enhancement request as per : 2424376 - How do you create an enhancement request and provide feedback for SAP Analytics Cloud?

See Also

Keywords

comment widget, design, table, excel, formatting, color, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAC, product behaviour , KBA , LOD-ANA-DES , Story Design & Visualizations , Product Enhancement

Product

SAP Analytics Cloud 1.0