The main goal of this exercise is to give you an idea about how Xporter works with iterations.

You'll learn how to populate the Issue Comments on an Xporter-generated file. The mappings in use are documented here.

The section between #{for comments} and #{end} will grow dynamically according to the number of existing Comments on the Issue. In order to start iterating over Issue Comments, put the mapping #{for comments} at the beginning of the iteration section of your template, and at the end, put the mapping #{end} to close it.

Since you're iterating, put Comments[n]. at the beginning of the mapping of the Comment Field you're trying to populate. 

When using the #{for comments} statement, the variable name will always be n. If you want to use a different variable name, like a, you must start your iteration instead with the statement #{for a=CommentsCount} and must make sure to change it properly on the Comments[a]. at the beginning of the mapping of the Comment Field you're trying to populate. 

#{for comments}
   ${Comments[n].Author}
   ${Comments[n].AuthorFullName} 
   ${Comments[n].Body}
   ${Comments[n].Created}
   ${Comments[n].GroupLevel}
#{end}
 
#{for <VariableName>=CommentsCount}
   ${Comments[VariableName].Author}
   ${Comments[VariableName].AuthorFullName} 
   ${Comments[VariableName].Body}
   ${Comments[VariableName].Created}
   ${Comments[VariableName].GroupLevel}
#{end}

If you want to display your Comments Iteration as a Table with a Header, first create the Header using a table with 6 columns and 1 row:

Below it, put the #{for comments} or #{for <VariableName>=CommentsCount} statement, so the Header is printed only once.

Then, create another table where the Issue Comments will be populated:

Finally, close the statement using the mapping #{end}.

Below is a sample of how the mappings will be displayed in a Word template:

This Template has:

• a header with an image
• Headings
• Text styling
• Table

Below is a sample of how the generated file will be populated: