Hello.
Beyond modifying one cell or an entire column, sometimes it is useful to be able to modify all filtered/visible rows together.
It is about applying new values to a query results.
Pasting multiple rows already works like a charm (even for choice lists and in filtered rows)
Grist already has an excellent filter design and a powerful transform column function.
So maybe you could add an “only to visible/filtered rows” option to “Apply Formula to data” in column Tab, or something
Or maybe there is a way to do it ?
Thank you !
We do have some wishes for improving the “Apply formula to data” functionality, and the idea to have an option to apply it only to visible rows is a nice one.
Meanwhile, the way I would accomplish it in practice is to start with a filtered view, then:
Create a new column.
Set a formula there to transform the original column (it doesn’t matter that it applies to all rows).
Select the new column, and copy-paste the values from there to the original column. Copy-pasting applies only to the visible values.
The Thing is, I love the filter design : simple features like items count and auto-update (to show only remaining items) are absent on online “no-code databases’” I tried (coda, notion).
But, because they enhance exploration, I found myself exporting all the time to apps like OpenRefine (nice python based transform too) and recently polymer (read only though) but then I can’t modify the original DB (not smoothly anyway).
