Templater effect within subcomps
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How many comps deep can a Templater Effect be placed for the Data Set to still reference the proper layers?
I have a Master/Target Comp with text layers that are 3 subcomps deep. The Templater effect is applied to them (the text layers) and they’re appropriately named to match the Data Sheet, but I’m not seeing any results when previewing Templater. Target Comp is also set in preferences.
Thanks.
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The effect can be as deeply nested as you need it to be. You can see which layers Templater “recognizes” as dynamic via the log file. Click on “Show Log”, then click preview and then inspect the log to see if Templater picked up the layer. Don’t forget that with google sheets data sources you cannot use underscores in column names and the header name cannot start with a numeral. Does this help?
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Thanks Arie. That did the trick! I swapped the underscores with dashes.
Do you have a breakdown of all the available Data Sheet syntax? I didn’t see it listed in the install folder or online. Thanks!
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Google Sheets is really the data source type that always has these strange issues with what can and cannot be in the header. Other data source types (JSON and TSV) do not have this issue.
You can see all the “reserved names” that you use in your data source that are NOT related to actual composition layers. You can also checkout the “warning” in the “Mapped Data” page to see the documentation re: Google Sheets problems.
Glad you got it working, and I hope this helps!
Best,
Arie
