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    Adding Column Descriptions to Reports

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      Would love this feature as well. And frankly, I am surprised it has not been done yet.. it doesn't seem that complex from a programming perspective to pass that information along to a report.

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      I completely agree. One of the uses of reports is to make things easier for designated audiences by showing only a subset of the information. Why would we want to make it more difficult for them by not explaining what each column means? Please implement the requested feature.

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      I can see forum posts relating to this feature request since 2018. Is there any update on this? Any idea if it can move from the Wishlist to the backlog?

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      Particularly useful when a report has more than one user group / audience

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      Please prioritize this enhancement!!

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      This would be a game-changer!!! Please prioritize this enhancement.

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      Please prioritize this request! We don't let most of our users see the underlying source sheet so we need a way to let them know what the column is used for.

      Ideally, I'd like to have separate column descriptions per report so that I could customize the use case for those specific users but if nothing else, let me use the existing description from the base sheet.

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      Please prioritize this request! We don't let most of our users see the underlying source sheet so we need a way to let them know what the column is used for.

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      I am seeing the option for Column Descriptions in the Column Properties Drop Down on my Reports, but it is Grayed Out (not available), just kind-of teasing me…

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      Does this mean it is only available to select Accounts, or am I missing something?

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      Is it still not possible to see the "Column Description" in a Report View?

      I remember someone asking how to do this years ago and it not being available… but has this feature still not been added?

      I can see the "Add Description" option in the pop up menu when clicking on the three dots in a Report. However, these columns already have descriptions and the option to add one in the report is grey'd out.

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