Interactive table: remove the column type

Please remove the column type (variable type) in the column designations.
This information is (normally) useless for the users and wast a lot of space I need for the column designations

Chris

Hey @ChrisF ,

Thanks for the suggestion! I can understand that the presence of column types can occupy space and might not be beneficial to all users. We are currently not working on a solution to have the option of removing the column types, as we have other priorities for the interactive table widget. While we may not be working on this specific feature right now, we value your input and will certainly consider this for our future iterations.

Best,
Cana

Hi @canaalpaslan
maybe you collect inspiration on interactive tables from the community, before implementing bigger changes.
Relevant issues to me are e.g.:

  • smallest column width is to big

  • interactive sorting and filtering by user interaction is not provided

  • filtered columns are not highlighted as filtered (if wanted)

  • navigation to the last page is not possible

  • amount of displayed rows is not visible

  • csv export is not possible to choose if applies on all data or only the filtered result

  • no hiding of datatype possible

  • multi selection of rows is not possible

  • no rounding option for number values

  • no date format option for date values (often only the date without time is needed to display or only the time, when filtered on a special day…)

  • highlight options on special columns or individual values would be awesome (contains, lower, higher…)

  • …

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@canaalpaslan
why not providing us more often information about the priorities or feature plans? I guess that reduce frustration and makes the whole release process more transparent and understandable.

HTH
Chris

Most of them are indeed quite frustrating sometimes to work around…

We have a couple of custom widgets created for some of the topics you mentioned, but a cleaner option would indeed be to add these to the product.

I would also like a CSV import directly in the user interface, as this is a question that is popping up a lot.

May I add: trigger manual data refresh rather than having this running in the background all the time… I suspect this is causing this widget to become a massive performance killer if there are multiple on a page… If indeed that is the case a manual refresh with a last “updated on/at” indicator would be a great addition as well.

Hello @ChrisF, @thorsten.langner, @quintijn.steelant, @sebme,

I appreciate the time and thought you’ve both put into suggesting improvements for our table components. Truly, your insights are instructive and are helping us shape the course of our enhancement efforts.

We’re currently working on developing conditional formatting for table components (table widget as well as table analysis ), the last item in @thorsten.langner’s list.

Once we’ve implemented this feature, we’ll turn our focus to performance improvements to provide you with the best user experience. Every piece of your feedback you provided is truly valuable, and we’re committed to integrating these quality-of-life improvements where we can.

Your input enhances our understanding of our customers’ needs and creates opportunities for us to create better features, so thank you again for your continued contribution and engagement.

Best,
Cana

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Hey everyone,

Quick update on the “Rounding option for number values” from @thorsten.langner’s list. With Release 287 - September 2024 we introduced the number formatting feature in interactive table widgets, and you can now specify the desired precision for number values directly within the table. To use this feature, simply:

  1. Click on the “…” menu of the selected number field in the table.
  2. Open the context pane, where you’ll find the increase/decrease decimal precision options available.

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