Now live: Colored Text Enums + Mode in Simple Tables for Confluence Cloud

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Disclosure, I’m Mia Tamm from Simpleasyty, the team behind Simple Tables for Confluence.

Two updates now live make category-heavy tables easier to read and summarize:

• Enum → Colored text: show the value in color without a pill or dot — cleaner for dense pages.

• Mode (most frequent value): use Mode in Grouping and in the table footer to summarize categorical fields like Status or Priority.
  Notes: blanks are ignored; ties return one of the most frequent values.

Three real-world use cases

PMO / Product – “What’s the predominant status?”

• Setup: Group by Project, set Status aggregation to Mode.
• Result: Each group shows the most common status (e.g., In progress) at a glance.
• Tip: Switch Enum appearance to Colored text for a lighter visual footprint.

Support / Ops – “What dominates the queue today?”

• Setup: In the footer, set Mode on Issue type or Status.
• Result: The footer highlights the most frequent label; pair with Count / Count distinct for volume and variety.
• Best for: Daily stand-ups and shift handovers.

Hiring / HR – “Where are most candidates right now?”

• Setup: Group by Recruiter, set Stage aggregation to Mode.
• Result: See the predominant pipeline stage per recruiter (e.g., Interviewing).
• Style: Use Colored text to keep large pipelines readable.

Try it quickly

1. Set data type: Choose Enum for your categorical column.

2. Grouping: Turn on Grouping and set the Enum column’s aggregation to Mode.

3. Footer summary: In Footer aggregation, choose Mode to show the most frequent value across the table.

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