newlines from string output coming from datapill is lost when HTML used in a worknote field from a flow action - Known Error

newlines from string output coming from datapill is lost when HTML used in a worknote field from a flow action Description newlines from string output coming from datapill is lost when HTML used in a worknote field from a flow action

Steps to Reproduce

create action where SSH step is used run command; df - k on external server use the step's output on incident's worknote field using the following: >>>

Expected Behavior: the formatting of the command output should be intact (tabs, spaces, newlines) Unexpected Behavior: the datapill output shows all in one continuous single line

Workaround - use inline scripting, to add the HTML tag at the end of each line from the action's output:

var lines = fd_data._1__snc_custom_action_linux_ssh.termoutput.split('\n'); var htmlContent = lines.map(function(line){return line + ' '});

return ' ' + htmlContent + ' '; Related Problem: PRB1489740