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Changing Displayed Field in Calendar View and/or Display Value of Field

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Sarah_Cliff
6 - Interface Innovator
6 - Interface Innovator

Continuing the discussion from Changing Displayed Field in Calendar View:

Just wanted to cross post this in the correct forum since itโ€™s not a feature I couldnโ€™t find but a feature that doesnโ€™t exist yet.

It would be nice if we could change the display field of a table to be something other than the primary key field.

Thanks!

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Ellen_Holloway
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

This feature would be really great! +1 vote from me

When I set up calendar I had a different field as the main field and it was a pain to reconfigure the entire table becuase I didnโ€™t know which one the calendar would show.

I would also say it would be really helpful to be able to change that easily with views that showed different fields. I have to check two things on the calendar view and itโ€™s a bit cumbersome to click into each record each time I have to check the other thing thatโ€™s not the main field.

AL1S
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

Iโ€™m in agreement with others here. Iโ€™d like to use the calendar view to schedule social media posts, where the various channels are the display value. As is, calendar view is a nice idea, but proving useless for me.

Joel_R_Putnam
6 - Interface Innovator
6 - Interface Innovator

This would be great - Iโ€™m running classes for people in jails. The teachers of the classes want to know when trials and sentencing hearings are, but only for the people in their classes. If I could make a combo field as described above and make that the displayed view in the calendar and ical feed, that would mean the teachers donโ€™t have to sort through dozens of names to find their own (and I wouldnโ€™t have to screw up the other functionality of the base by turning that combined field into the primary key).

Akhil_Kotian
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

I agree with the discussion! 1+ vote from me too. I would like to see a summary section below the display field for each calendar event, so that more information can be captured by the calendar view.

Mark_Olson
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

This is a much needed feature!

Heracles
6 - Interface Innovator
6 - Interface Innovator

On this one, really important when having to share a Base but different teams need different calendars.

Heracles
6 - Interface Innovator
6 - Interface Innovator

Returning on this one to avoid opening new threads.
It would be also very helpful to be able to set what each iCal fields display in general:

  1. Name of event (currently on the key column)
  2. Description (currently only displays the direct item URL)
  3. Location
  4. Reccurence / Automatic scheduling (thereโ€™s specific notation for that one)
Michael_Clive
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

This would be extraordinarily helpful to our business.

Shae_Redding_Ro
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

Iโ€™m with Heracles,

I need to see more then just a URL in iCal. I was thinking maybe i need a formula but reading thisโ€ฆ I know itโ€™s not just me. Even if everything comes up as Text that would help. Iโ€™m even hoping that in the attachment field (in iCal) would show the name of the attachment. Doesnโ€™t have to have the attachment just show me the name.

Mosaic_Wellness
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

I also want to voice support for this feature!

In our case, we may have the same โ€˜eventโ€™ (class type) many times. Yet, we would not want all instances of the same โ€˜classโ€™ to have the same Primary Key. Yet, in a calendar, you usually want the event name showing up in the calendar entries.

So, this is a very, very logical feature to be implemented in order to make the calendar into a more appropriate tool.