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Please allow the same rich text features for the Show-text column type.
- This will allow us to construct custom info-display systems without having to actually store any of that data
What I’m specifically talking about here is a “summary field”, something I’ll typically create in order to summarize the data of a row (or a bunch of rows) into a single field that’s easy to digest. All of this data is essentially duplicated data, and there is very little reason why I would want to store it - if I do, I’ll create a LongText column.
Here’s an example of the summary field in app:
- A “Summary Field” is a great way to take a bunch of other data - that would otherwise take up much more space on the screen - and condense it.
Here’s what’s actually stored inside the cell:
"<Table>
<tr>
<td><b>Data Source Work</td></b>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Year</th>
<th>Month</td>
<th>Day</th>
<th>Start Time</th>
<th>End Time</th>
<th>Duration</th>
<th>Cost</th>
<tr>
<th>2021</th>
<th>Jul</th>
<th>24</th>
<th>9:09 AM</th>
<th>9:31 AM</th>
<th>00:22:09</th>
<th>$0</th>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Notes:</th>
<th>Construction Jobs:</th>
</tr>
</table>"
The total size of this code, as found from http://bytesizematters.com, is
538 bytes X 30,000 rows = 16,140,000 bytes, or 16.14 Mb
- This is data that the app will transmit back and forth that I don’t really need to happen.
- Removing this “bloat” from the app will help reduce not only the actual amount of transmitted data, but also the speed of the sync.
As always, thanks for considering!
