Unsure how to replace the pipe symbol to prevent table breakage

[Heidi Hendry]

Using Edit work item action on a multi-line text field.

The results of my smart value has a pipe | symbol in it. Unfortunately, because I'm putting this smart value into a table (with a lot of other data), it's creating a new cell.

This is what I'm trying in the multi-line text field:

|Field name: |{{issue.parent.customfield_11111.replace("|","-")}}|

Resulting in

Field name:

prefix

suffix

but the result that I want is

Field name:

prefix | suffix

or even

Field name:

prefix - suffix

How do I replace the pipe symbol?

[Marc - Devoteam]

HI @Heidi Hendry 

This should be doable, you should try to double the pipe.

Like; {{issue.parent.customfield_11111.replace("||","-")}}

[Heidi Hendry]

Thank you for responding so quickly. But that did not appear to work. I now get a blank entry:

Field name:

[Marc - Devoteam]

Hi @Heidi Hendry 

So it does work as it replaces the pipes.

So the solution is to not use pipes or other reserved keywords/symbols.

What is your custom field providing as input, so what are the values in that field.

Otherwise try to create a variable.

Within creating the variable, replace the pipe from the value and then use:

|Field name: |{{<variable_name>}}|