Virtual Columns - Calculate Server Side Only Toggle

[Grant_Stead]

It would be so cool to have a simple toggle for virtual columns “Used only server side.”
So that it only calculates server side, and isn’t shown to users…

I currently mostly get this accomplished for heavy virtual lists by dropping in the following
Show =FALSE
AppFormula:
IF(
CONTEXT(“Host”)<>“Server”,
LIST(""),
INSERT CRAZY LIST EXPRESSION HERE
)

[Marc_Dillon]

This sounds like it could be helpful. But when would the columns calculate?

[Grant_Stead]

Certain workflows and reports. We have a lot of issues creating exactly what we want as output, and we’ve started loading custom HTML out to various image/reporting services. BUT there are lots of issues templating HTML through Appsheet.