Adding New Field in Omniscope adds it to every table

benjamin · November 4, 2010 9:17AM

Hi -When you add a new field into a omniscope report/project it adds the field to every table you have in the report.

I am aware that you can click hide field on Managed Fields to revert this problem.

But when you add a field it should by default NOT be added to any tabs you have already created in the report.

November 4, 2010 10:19AM

benjamin - I agree... and it appears as a filter in all tabs too - equally frustrating in large (many tab) models

steve · November 4, 2010 11:42AM

We've experimented in the past with both models - new fields appear automatically, and reports are frozen. Both had their set-backs. When Omniscope became fully "tab-ified", there's no clear distinction between a "report" and a tab. You're always in a tab, but might be using it just as a workspace. So we settled on new fields appearing automatically.

You can "freeze" a tab's visible fields quite easily: Settings > Advanced tab settings > Freeze visible fields. This will prevent changes *in other tabs* (or automatic, such as on refresh data) from causing fields to appear in the current tab.

(But if you explicitly choose to add a field, it will still appear by default in the current tab, regardless of this setting).

November 14, 2010 2:11PM

Steve - thanks for that, it's a neat feature... I will draw the attention of our team & our customers to it

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