Export PDF shows the formulas instead of the values

[2B1Kenobi]

The plugin works fine, except for when exporting to PDF using Obsidian's built-in function. Formulas are shown as-is without any results being shown.

My current workaround is using a third-party export plugin that does show the results.

[SanskritFritz]

Interesting, here Better Export PDF behaves the same as plain PDF export, the formulas are printed, not the results. Maybe it depends on the plugin loading order?

[2B1Kenobi]

Tried it again just now. It seems to function just as you have said. I don't know what changed.

[SanskritFritz]

At least it's consistent 😄
I wonder why this is not printed, since most dynamic contents (like search results, or even Sqlseal reports) make it to the exports.

[SanskritFritz]

I think the reason is, when you open the page fresh, calculations are not done, the table shows the raw tags, not the result. You have to bring the cursor into the table to trigger the calculations.

[SanskritFritz]

Maybe an idea would be a new functionality: flatten the table, meaning, replace the formulas with the result. That means it becomes static, just part of the note. Maybe leave the original formula there as a comment and this way it could be automatically reverted back.

[SanskritFritz]

I just tried it again with a test vault with a fairly empty note and only a few plugins and this way it works, the pdf contains the values, not the formulas. So the problem seems to be some race condition. If the dinamic content is evaluated slowly or too late, the export is already done.