Hi, Bradley 

Unfortunately, repeater fields from any Forms plugin cannot be correctly added in wpDataTables, so you wouldn't be able to use them at this time.

Each repeater field would be saved as a new/separate Form when it gets passed to our tables.

Right now, this is a limitation we have - but our developers will do their best to make an improvement in the future.

Please feel free to search on our suggestions page, 

 to see if someone may be already suggested this feature. If you can't see it, feel free to add your suggestion there,  and as more people vote, the feature will move higher on the priority list.

You can certainly follow our changeLog page if you'd like ( it is also available in the plugin dashboard), where we state any changes/new features/bug fixes during updates;

and our newsletter, so you're informed about new features, bug fixes, freebies, etc.

Hi, Brad

You're welcome, i am happy to help in any way.

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Yes, i can see exactly what you mean regarding the repeater fields.

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And you are correct, for the time being, it is only possible to connect one Form to one table,

but this is a valid suggestion for improvement in my opinion, so i am hoping that our developers might work on that in the future.

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In regards to displaying CSV or PDF's,  i guess you mean when we use the Export Tools?

Yes, there are current limitations, i can elaborate a bit more on that.

The table tools functionalities are based on a 3rd party HTML5 library and they are not customizable. Unfortunately, the library allows very little “fine-tuning” of the generated files, so font, size, and other properties cannot be changed.

There are some limitations in this library we will emphasize for your awareness:

• For tables with server-side processing, only the visible rows will be exported to any format. If you want the entire table to be exported (or copied to a clipboard), you need to choose the “Show All” feature in the “show … entries” block, and then do the export:
• Generated PDF, XLS, CSV are not customizable. Unfortunately, the library allows very little “fine-tuning” of the generated files, so font, size, and other properties cannot be changed (but the title can – see below).
• Conditional formatting is not reflected in any of generated export files.
• Other front-end extensions cannot be combined with Table Tools. If you have row grouping enabled for the table, or there are some customizations you did yourself, they won’t be reflected in the generated Excel, CSV or PDF document, nor in the clipboard.
• When you export tables with the wpDataTables plugin, please note that you can export values, but not formulas. WpDataTables doesn’t support exporting formulas, so a Formula column will be exported only with values; and any calculations of Average, MIN, MAX, and Total will not be exported at all.
• Exporting images is not possible at the moment, but you are able to export them as HTML with the new “Include HTML” option.
• You can’t export columns that are hidden – they will not be visible in any exporting or printing tool.
• Export numbers with comma as decimal separators have issues in the Excel report. Please use the CSV export button or change column type to string for these columns.

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If you wish to get more functionality for exporting PDF at this time, my advice would be to acquire the WP Advanced PDF plugin, which offers a lot more options when creating PDF files from our tables, along with other content on your website.

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Thank you again for all the feedback and suggestions.

If you can be so kind to review if other users have already perhaps suggested some of these points already, then you can simply upvote them;

or if not, you can create the new suggestions for voting.

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Please don't hesitate to open new tickets, for any new question, or new topics,

and of course, you can additionally ask questions for what we covered here.

Thank you