First I got in trouble using my own class, but even if I copy  the code
from the livetable macro inline documentation :
#set($columns = [ "_avatar", "first_name", "last_name",
"email"])
#set($columnsProperties = {
                 "first_name" : { "type" : "text" ,
"size" : 10, "link"
: "view"},
                 "last_name" : { "type" : "text" ,
"size" : 10, "link" :
"view"},
                 "email" : { "type" : "text" ,
"size" : 20, "link" :
"editor"},
                 "_avatar" : { "type" : "none" ,
"size" : 20, "link" :
"none", "html" : "true", "sortable":false }
               })
#set($options = { "className":"XWiki.XWikiUsers",
                   "translationPrefix" : "xe.index.users.",
                   "tagCloud" : true,
                   "rowCount": 15 })
#livetable("userstable" $columns $columnsProperties $options)
I get a empty table.  It happens in both XE 2.0 M 4 and XE 2.0 RC 1
Am I doing something wrong or is it a bug?
-Rune