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Make a use of Field Description (Data Management)

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  • June 7, 2023
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mbond
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I was working on a report and was requested to show a small description of what the field means (see the screenshot)

As far as I know it’s not possible to use the “Description” field anywhere except Data Management. 

I think it makes sense to make a use of it and have the possibility of adding this description to the field. 

For example, it will be very useful (especially for end-users) when I’m hovering on a segment and can see what that term mean. 

Also, would be very nice to have this small description in C360 when hovering on a drop-down itself instead of repeating twice the name of the field

 

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romihache
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  • June 7, 2023

Upvoted! 
Leaving here another discussion along the same topic:
 

 

Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection
alizee
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  • June 7, 2023

And generally: helper text EVERYWHERE there is a field. 

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TMaier
romihache
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TMaier
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  • June 7, 2023

Mouseover help text is the BEST because it prevents us from having to create/maintain knowledge articles outside of the platform (ie: Confluence, etc) and allows me to update/create new knowledge while I am in the process of making config changes which is super convenient and keeps me from forgetting to go back and do it later.

romihache
alizee
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mbond
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  • June 7, 2023

Mouseover help text is the BEST because it prevents us from having to create/maintain knowledge articles outside of the platform (ie: Confluence, etc) and allows me to update/create new knowledge while I am in the process of making config changes which is super convenient and keeps me from forgetting to go back and do it later.

100000%!  it will be such a relief if it will be implemented 

alizee
romihache
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  • June 7, 2023

Mouseover help text is the BEST because it prevents us from having to create/maintain knowledge articles outside of the platform (ie: Confluence, etc) and allows me to update/create new knowledge while I am in the process of making config changes which is super convenient and keeps me from forgetting to go back and do it later.

Haha I said the same thing as @TMaier  in the other thread but with different words 🤣

Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection
alizee
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TMaier
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  • June 28, 2023

I was just tinkering with something here and noticed that field descriptions are not accessible in Horizon rules (possibly Bionic too) - it would be awesome to see a mouseover text containing field descriptions here because it’s arguably where you need that context THE MOST.

 

The mouseover behavior is present in Report Builder which is awesome.

romihache
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