Our app was relying on the Names field of the Users table, which I’m fairly certain had been auto populated (along with the Role column). However, upon adding additional users, we noticed that field was no longer being automatically populated with the Name in the user.
Could we get some clarity in the documentation on which fields in the Users table are automatically managed?
Also curious, which release caused this. I read through a number of release notes and I’m going to guess the change was introduced here Platform Release 291 - October 2024 but in general, what is the best way for us to know when functionality or schema of built-in tables change, since this is not the first time I’ve encountered something along these lines.
When you say “names” and “role” fields, these are custom fields that must have been added to the User table. “User” is the only default field on this table.
Am I understanding that previously, these custom fields were updating automatically with name and role from the user info without you inputting this information manually or using trigger logic to update the table?
As for your question on how to understand and keep up with changes in the platform, right now the best way to do this is by reading our release notes, but we are exploring in-product messaging and notifications that can help make it clearer when things have changed because we recognize this would be easier to help you stay in the loop!
If you have any further suggestions for us here, we are open to hear them as well
