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Status Future Consideration
Product Spotfire
Categories Visualization
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 19, 2021
Merged idea
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Add display text for column type "Link" Merged

The column type for 'Link' is handy to build a destination URL but in many cases, it is a GUID to a target system (Think SF id). This link to SF from this ID as a clunky ugly non-friendly, non-intuitive, non-descriptive result.

The column name can be set as 'Link to SF Case/Order' to help but the data in the column still shows as a linked id.

Imagine if on the column properties, we could define as 'Link' and enter link URL + parameter and ALSO set 'Display Name' as one of the following.
(Most basic option to most complex to implement I guess)

  1. 'Some text' or

  2. Select a column or

  3. Use the formula editor

Used to define the display link name based on column or document properties.