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Table’s column list is now grouped by type and sorted in alphabetic order.
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\nFrom the beginning, TeamDesk listed table columns<\/a> in order\u00a0of creation with an ability to reorder\u00a0them as needed. While it\u00a0worked well on a small number of columns such an approach had also some drawbacks. Here are some of them:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. In order to keep\u00a0it consistent you’ve need to carefully order newly created columns.<\/li>\n
  2. All columns are displayed in uniform way and there was no way to display information specific to some column type.<\/li>\n
  3. There was no way to see relations used to calculate summary columns or extract lookup.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We’ve address all these concerns by changing table columns from single ordered list to the several grouped by type alphabetic lists.<\/p>\n

    First, we are\u00a0displaying all updatable columns:<\/p>\n

    \"Column<\/a><\/p>\n

    Next, formula columns are displayed with formula preview:<\/p>\n

    \"Formula<\/a><\/p>\n

    Then we list all reference columns with all lookup columns under corresponding reference column:<\/p>\n

    \"References<\/a><\/p>\n

    Next go all selections\/details with all summary columns:<\/p>\n

    \"Selections<\/a><\/p>\n

    And at last we display all\u00a0system columns:<\/p>\n

    \"System<\/a><\/p>\n

    We’ve redesigned “Set the default view<\/a>” screen to allow you to change columns’ order in place. Custom buttons<\/a> with user input option set to “Edit Columns” have own columns’ order now.<\/p>\n

    As a bonus, columns in “Ask the User” feature from Labs<\/a> can be reordered as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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