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joseph_siudzinski
Helper ⭐️
November 2, 2017
New Idea

Changing 'Name' Labels in Standard Objects

  • November 2, 2017
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It would be super helpful if we changed the default 'name' fields on all the standard objects to include something more descriptive. If you are searching through fields or a filter when building a report, it is extremely difficult to pin point certain fields because they are all called name. The Account Name, Relationship Name, Measure Name, etc all just say 'name'. Especially for beginners, this is extremely tough to use. If we could append the object name in front of the 'name' that feels like it would help a lot, especially as we will be coming out with more objects and standard joins.

A good example from a scorecard report:

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    dan_ahrens
    Expert ⭐️⭐️⭐️
    November 2, 2017
    +1 on this idea. 

    Activity Timeline object has the same challenge:

    VP of Customer Success at Forcepoint
    manmeet_dosanjh
    Helper ⭐️
    November 2, 2017
    +1 

    Similar issue in Rule Builder if you are trying to do a Merge task. Since various fields will just have "Name" or "ID" instead of saying "Task Name" or "Account Name", etc. This makes you have to change the output field even though they aren't the same "ID" or "Name" technically. Not a huge issue but just slows down the process. 
    keith_mattes
    Helper ⭐️⭐️
    January 23, 2020

    I’m going to +10 this if possible since it has huge UI impact for users and the functionality is inherent in report “Show me” fields. This will alleviate a lot of backend gymnastics and custom data spaces perhaps.

    Sr. Customer Success Operations Analyst/Gainsight Admin/Data Nerd
    keith_mattes
    Helper ⭐️⭐️
    July 13, 2020

    Any follow-up on this one? (please)

    Sr. Customer Success Operations Analyst/Gainsight Admin/Data Nerd
    bradley
    Expert ⭐️
    September 15, 2023

    @rakesh @anirbandutta I’m sure this isn’t the only post asking for this, but it’s 5 years old!

     

    Actual report I’m making right now. When can we get this to auto-default to Object + Name or something?

    gunjanm
    Expert ⭐️
    September 15, 2023

    When did this status move to under consideration?

    Gunjan