I have a table where the rows are repeated via
As pointed out in comments the template of a directive should have single root element. So I would suggest you to move the ng-repeat.
I am trying to create a template that generates columns for each row <
tr element to the template of the directive, like this: http://plnkr.co/edit/YjLEDSGVipuKTqC2i4Ng?p=preview