Text overflow in tabularx

tablestabularx

I recently joined this wonderful world and I am trying to solve this problem. I have created a table with tabularx, but the text inside it overflows below. How can I solve this problem? I searched for a similar post but I couldn't find any working solution. Is it possible to resize the height of each (multi)row to fit the text in, while still keeping the text vertically centered? Thanks in advance.

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{ltablex}

\renewcommand\tabularxcolumn[1]{m{#1}}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth} { 
    | >{\raggedright\footnotesize\arraybackslash}X 
    | >{\raggedright\footnotesize\arraybackslash}X 
    | >{\raggedright\footnotesize\arraybackslash}X 
    | >{\raggedright\footnotesize\arraybackslash}X 
    | >{\raggedright\footnotesize\arraybackslash}X 
    | >{\raggedright\footnotesize\arraybackslash}X 
    | >{\raggedright\footnotesize\arraybackslash}X 
    |}
    \hline
    \textbf{Associazione} &
    \textbf{Descrizione} &
    \textbf{Entità coinvolte} &
    \textbf{Cardinalità Min/Max} &
    \textbf{Molteplicità} &
    \textbf{Attributi/ tipo} &
    \textbf{Descrizione attributi} \\ \hline
    \endhead
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{Apertura} &
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{Rappresenta quali Ticket il Cliente ha aperto} &
    Cliente &
    (1, N) &
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{uno a molti} &
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{Data apertura: data} &
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{Data in cui il Ticket è stato aperto} \\ \cline{3-4}
      &   & Ticket & (1, 1) &   &   &   \\ \hline
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{Riparazione} &
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{Rappresenta quale Dispositivo è coinvolto nella riparazione} &
    Dispositivo &
    (0, N) &
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{uno a molti} &
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{} &
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{} \\ \cline{3-4}
      &   & Ticket & (1, 1) &   &   &   \\ \hline
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{Accesso} &
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{Rappresenta Utenti possono accedere ad un Ticket} &
    Utente &
    (1, N) &
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{molti a molti} &
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{} &
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{} \\ \cline{3-4}
      &   & Ticket & (1, N) &   &   &   \\ \hline
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{Gestione} &
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{Rappresenta quali Ticket un Punto di Accettazione ha in gestione} &
    PDA &
    (0, N) &
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{uno a molti} &
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{} &
    \multirow{2}{\linewidth}{} \\ \cline{3-4}
      &   & Ticket & (1, 1) &   &   &   \\ \hline
\end{tabularx}

\end{document}

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With the help of the tabularray package:

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{tabularray}

\begin{document}
\noindent
{\footnotesize
\begin{tblr}{colspec={*{7}{X}}, row{1} = {font=\bfseries}, hlines, vlines, vspan=even, leftsep=3pt, rightsep=3pt} 
    Associazione &
    Descrizione &
    Entità coinvolte &
    Cardinalità Min/Max &
    Molteplicità &
    Attributi/ tipo &
    Descrizione attributi \\ 
    \SetCell[r=2]{}Apertura &
    \SetCell[r=2]{}Rappresenta quali Ticket il Cliente ha aperto &
    Cliente &
    (1, N) &
    \SetCell[r=2]{}uno a molti &
    \SetCell[r=2]{}Data apertura: data &
    \SetCell[r=2]{}Data in cui il Ticket è stato aperto \\ 
      &   & Ticket & (1, 1) &   &   &   \\ 
    \SetCell[r=2]{}Riparazione &
    \SetCell[r=2]{}Rappresenta quale Dispositivo è coinvolto nella riparazione &
    Dispositivo &
    (0, N) &
    \SetCell[r=2]{}uno a molti &
    \SetCell[r=2]{} &
    \SetCell[r=2]{} \\
      &   & Ticket & (1, 1) &   &   &   \\
    \SetCell[r=2]{}Accesso &
    \SetCell[r=2]{}Rappresenta Utenti possono accedere ad un Ticket &
    Utente &
    (1, N) &
    \SetCell[r=2]{}molti a molti &
    \SetCell[r=2]{} &
    \SetCell[r=2]{} \\
      &   & Ticket & (1, N) &   &   &   \\
    \SetCell[r=2]{}Gestione &
    \SetCell[r=2]{}Rappresenta quali Ticket un Punto di Accettazione ha in gestione &
    PDA &
    (0, N) &
    \SetCell[r=2]{}uno a molti &
    \SetCell[r=2]{} &
    \SetCell[r=2]{} \\
      &   & Ticket & (1, 1) &   &   &   \\
\end{tblr}}
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] How to put tabularx inside tabularx

The nested tabularx should be surrounded by { and }

\documentclass[10pt,notitlepage]{article}%
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{array}
\newcolumntype{Y}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}
\begin{document}

\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{}Y@{}}\hline
 {\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{}|Y|Y|Y|@{}}\hline
    \href{foo/index.htm}{A}
    \begin{enumerate}
      \item item 1
      \item item 2
    \end{enumerate}& 
    \href{foo/index.htm}{B}& 
    \href{foo/index.htm}{C}\\\hline
 \end{tabularx}}

\end{tabularx}
\end{document}

This is per the documentation. I found it by doing a search on nest in the documentation.

You should probably make a couple changes though. Using \textwidth within the inner tabularx is most likely going to result in columns being too wide. Instead use \linewidth. Here is a modified nested tabularx construction:

\documentclass[10pt,notitlepage]{article}%
\usepackage[margin=0.5in]{geometry}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{array}
\newcolumntype{Y}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\begin{document}

\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{}lY@{}}\hline
 Hello &
 {\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{@{}|Y|Y|Y|@{}}\hline
    \href{foo/index.htm}{A}
    \begin{enumerate}
      \item item 1 \lipsum[1]
      \item item 2
    \end{enumerate}
    & 
    \href{foo/index.htm}{B}

     \lipsum[2]
    & 
    \href{foo/index.htm}{C}

    3:\lipsum[3] \\\hline
 \end{tabularx}}
\end{tabularx}
\end{document}

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Here's another solution. It's quite similar to @Zarko's in the use of the S column type for the six numeric columns, to align all numbers on their respective decimal markers. It differs from @Zarko's solution in (a) the use of a tabular* environment, (b) the provision of more visual structure to the header material, and (c) no reliance on the threeparttable package and its eponymous environment.

For sure, your table isn't all that wide. No need to take any heroic measures to make the table fit inside the width of the textblock.

    \documentclass[%
      paper=A4,pagesize=auto,BCOR=1cm,               
      DIV=classic,fontsize=12pt,headings=normal,      
      bibliography=totoc,titlepage=on,         
      captions=tableheading,captions=oneline,       
      numbers=noendperiod,toc=listof,draft=false               
      ]{scrartcl} 
    \usepackage{calc,pifont,ifthen,enumerate}                         
    \usepackage[round]{natbib}                     
    \usepackage[english,ngerman]{babel}            
    \usepackage[centertags,fleqn]{amsmath}         
    \usepackage{textcomp}                          
    \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
    \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}                  
    \usepackage[bitstream-charter]{mathdesign}     
    \usepackage{sourcesanspro,microtype,srcltx,fancyvrb}                          
    \usepackage[final]{graphicx}                   
    \usepackage{color,caption,siunitx,booktabs}                          
    \usepackage[right, official]{eurosym}          
    \usepackage{scrlayer-scrpage,graphicx,adjustbox,tabularx}
    \usepackage{hyperref}   % load this package last!

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[htbp]
\small
\caption{Effects My-Modell} \label{Tab3.4}
\sisetup{table-format=-1.6,group-digits=false}
\setlength\tabcolsep{0pt} % let LaTeX figure out intercolumn whitespace
\begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}{ @{\extracolsep{\fill}}
       S[table-format=2.1] *{6}{S} }
\toprule
    {$\eta$} & 
    \multicolumn{6}{c}{$\sigma$} \\
    \cmidrule{2-7}
& 0.0036 & 0.0072 & 0.0108 & 0.0144 & 0.0180 & 0.0216 \\
\midrule
    1.1& 0.001317& 0.005266& 0.011850& 0.021067& 0.032920& 0.047409\\
       & 0.003601& 0.014406& 0.032416& 0.057637& 0.090073& 0.129734\\
    2.0&-0.001071&-0.004285&-0.009640&-0.017137&-0.026774&-0.038549\\
       & 0.002354& 0.009416& 0.021188& 0.037674& 0.058878& 0.084807\\
    3.0&-0.002988&-0.011950&-0.026882&-0.047775&-0.074619&-0.107398\\
       & 0.002352& 0.009408& 0.021171& 0.037646& 0.058841& 0.084764\\
    4.0&-0.004882&-0.019524&-0.043908&-0.078005&-0.121777&-0.175171\\
       & 0.002790& 0.011162& 0.025121& 0.044676& 0.069842& 0.100635\\
    5.0&-0.006818&-0.027258&-0.061278&-0.108810&-0.169756&-0.243994\\
       & 0.003604& 0.014421& 0.032462& 0.057748& 0.090304& 0.130167\\
    6.0&-0.008789&-0.035126&-0.078931&-0.140064&-0.218335&-0.313502\\
       & 0.004802& 0.019217& 0.043270& 0.077002& 0.120473& 0.173758\\
    7.0&-0.010781&-0.043075&-0.096736&-0.171524&-0.267108&-0.383068\\
       & 0.006431& 0.025742& 0.057985& 0.103248& 0.161654& 0.233365\\
    8.0&-0.012780&-0.051042&-0.114552&-0.202928&-0.315641&-0.452031\\
       & 0.008524& 0.034132& 0.076929& 0.137092& 0.214872& 0.310596\\
    9.0&-0.014772&-0.058971&-0.132248&-0.234028&-0.315641&-0.519781\\
       & 0.011043& 0.044237& 0.099781& 0.178012& 0.279410& 0.404607\\
   10.0&-0.016747&-0.066821&-0.149723&-0.264610&-0.410474&-0.585862\\
       & 0.014061& 0.056362& 0.127264& 0.227377& 0.357582& 0.519048\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular*}

\smallskip
\footnotesize\textbf{Notes:} Effects in Percent. Here is an explanation 
    of the table, the parameters, the measurement etc. It's quite long
    and also has to fit inside the width of the textblock.
\end{table}

\end{document}

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