Add Column Description to Update Request

Samuel Mueller

Include the column description when an update request goes out to provide some context to the column if it has a generic name.

Adrian Mandile CHESS

It would be useful in the Update Request Form for the system to make available to display the Column Descriptions that have been entered in the Sheet, as sometimes the users don't know what the field/column is about before they update it.

This could be achieved by providing a small grey (i) icon next to the Column Name, that users could hover over.

While we are at it, perhaps we could have/save Column (display) 'Labels' as well as Column Names - like we can edit in the new record Forms.

We could also have a similar option in the new record Form to display the column description also.

kjones3

I second this - update requests are fantastic except for the inability to give guidance for each of the fields. A column description would be a great first step. Changing the column name would be an added plus.

Matt Morrison

This is an ideal update to report functionality. My team uses reports to customize data sets for our leadership team and the ability to provide a brief description for each column would align perfectly with the concept or developing focused reports from larger sheets.

-Matt

jwilson970216

This is an obvious improvement. I'd like to know what the purpose of a column description was expected to be when you can't even see it on reports.

Jay York

Please add column descriptions that are available in reports so my team can see the expectations of the columns without having to refer back to the original sheet. Some sheets can have a lot of columns and it can be very time consuming for someone to search out a column in the original to see the description.

Randall Alberts CBRE

I like using the Request Updated so that a form is sent to the person where I am requesting an update. I would like to add some help test to the fields when it is sent. This is the same text that I might put in the column description. My update request is to include the Column Description under the name field. This way when the user gets the Update Request form, I can also provide a little bit of help as they fill out the auto-generated form.

ker9

I agree this would be a nice feature, but I want control over it. Sometimes I have column descriptions that should not necessarily be seen by the end user or would not be understood by the end user.

AWheatley

Much needed also. Could we have an update as to when this feature will be released?

LydiaBR

This feature could be the difference between adoption and rejection for a project I'm on.

Megan_ClavieParker

I agree this feature is really needed to make the update request forms functional. The 50-character limit on column names prevents adding those descriptors to the name. I also think it should be optional, so that we can select when to include column descriptions vs only the column name. In addition, the ability to add labels, help text, and even logic to update requests just like we can for a form would make this tool much, much more practical for our application.

Coryd

Agree, this feature is really needed. We have a database of ~100 columns. Our team needs to update ~20, we accomplish this using a 'report'. The column descriptions were added to the database, however the team cannot view these definitions when in the 'report'

Daniel_Gottlieb

Hi, I believe carrying over the column description from sheets to reports should be an implemented. The same information should be carried over without having to bounce back and forth between sheets and reports.

starbird

Agreed that this is something long overdue in need. Even if a short term solution is to allow us to get an export of all columns and column descriptions in a table. Would be a huge time saver for creating user documentation.

Ketan Thakkar

Do we know if this feature is in the product pipeline and / or coming available anytime soon?

lola.brooks113611

This is a great idea and would be helpful to our organization so we can ensure people are populating information correctly by having access to clear column descriptions within reports. Reports are necessary to force sorting.