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title: "Hiding table columns"
slug: "hiding-table-columns"
tags: ["AddIn V5.0.4.2", "task"]
updated: 2026-11-03T11:40:40Z
published: 2026-11-03T11:40:40Z
canonical: "help.dox42.com/hiding-table-columns"
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# Hiding table columns

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Sometimes, you need to hide columns under certain conditions. For example, if you want to generate a table of participants and want to hide the feedback column if no participant has provided feedback.

Therefore, configure a dynamic column and specify whether it should be displayed in the generated document.

![Participants overview with empty feedback column](https://cdn.document360.io/3acc69da-1de2-431d-95a6-08ae83717b4a/Images/Documentation/Bildschirmfoto 2025-04-28 um 16.47.24.png)

Participants overview with empty feedback column

## Steps

1. In Microsoft Word, open your document template.
2. Create the desired table and [insert the desired data fields](/v1/docs/inserting) into the first row.
3. Select the header of the desired column.
4. Select **dox42 > Dynamic Column.**
5. Enter a condition to specify when the column should be displayed: In our example we want to show the column only if the feedback column is not empty.
  1. Choose the data field which is required for the condition. Example: `Participants.Feedback`
  2. Select an operator from the **Insert Operator** dropdown. Example: `<>`

If more than one condition is needed, it is possible to combine the condition with the operators from **Insert Logic Operator** dropdown.
  3. Enter the desired value for the condition. Example: An empty string `””` ![Dynamic table column condition settings for participant feedback column](https://cdn.document360.io/3acc69da-1de2-431d-95a6-08ae83717b4a/Images/Documentation/Bildschirmfoto 2025-04-28 um 16.38.12.png)
6. Select **Insert**. The column header contains the green icon for dynamic columns.

![Overview table with dynamic feedback column](https://cdn.document360.io/3acc69da-1de2-431d-95a6-08ae83717b4a/Images/Documentation/Bildschirmfoto 2025-04-28 um 16.43.58.png)

Table with a dynamic column
7. Save the document template.

## Result

You have created a dynamic column. When you [generate](/v1/docs/generating-a-document-for-testing) the document, the column will be hidden if no participant has provided feedback.

![Overview of participants, their training, and success levels in dox42 courses.](https://cdn.document360.io/3acc69da-1de2-431d-95a6-08ae83717b4a/Images/Documentation/Bildschirmfoto 2025-04-28 um 16.06.00.png)

Participants overview with hidden feedback column