I tried creating a table to display the payload received from a serial port. The content of which are not displayed (A1). On the other hand a test node (A2) having similar contents displays the contents correctly. Relevant portion of the flow is as shown.
Contents of template node is as under:-
Contents and output with A1 node in action
With A2
overall flow
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