Lock A Specific View (so users can't switch to another view)

We'd like the ability to restrict a view in a report or in a sheet so that a user can ONLY view a sheet or report in a specific view (like Card View, Grid View, etc.)

Example: Our team discovered Card View is the safest way to allow multiple users to have Edit access to a sheet or report while lowering the chances of them corrupting the data. We don't want users to be able to switch to Grid View.

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Ken Armstrong

Love love love this idea! Thanks for submitting this!

Mariann Carmen

Ditto! Would love this as a feature/functionality.

jfifield

This would be an awesome addition to functionality to help my team keep our work portfolio as accurate as possible!

Andrée Starå

Hi all,

I hope you're well and safe!

If I'm correct, it's possible in WorkApps.

I hope that helps!

Be safe, and have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Taren Porter

Should be able to lock sheets in different views. Sheets seem to always default to grid view but card view is more useful for my purposes. Annoying to have to manually change the view before presenting.

WhatsYourSign

I also vote for this feature ASAP!

Julie Becker

If the sheet(s) was created to be a grid view, then it should remain as a grid, not changed to one of the other view choices. When creating a new Sheet or Report, we should have the ability to lock the view layout so that it remains as the creators choice. This is necessary so that when our automation emails with attachments or links go out to executives / managers, they are exactly as I or the creator intended it to be (view style), not how it was last saved by the hundreds who access it to update.

If this option is only for the reports, then give us the option to choose from different report view styles when creating from scratch (Create a "Grid" View Report, "Gantt" View Report, "Calendar" View Report, "Timeline" View Report, etc... This insures that no one can alter the sheet or reports view in the future. 🤔

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