Before Fibery, I used Grist, which is a powerful spreadsheet app with unique features. One of my favorite features was creating dashboards with linked views. Here’s an example:
Let’s say you have 3 databases:
- Companies
- Projects
- Tasks
You created views for each database, but it would be more helpful if you could see all 3 on the same screen, so you create a dashboard. However, each view in the dashboard operates independently. It would be better if they were linked so that when you clicked a company, its projects were shown, and when you clicked a project, its tasks were shown.
In this example, the tasks view is linked to the projects view, and the projects view is linked to the companies view. This makes viewing data A LOT easier and faster.
Here are a couple of videos from Grist showing the feature:
I would love it if Fibery had a similar feature. I feel like all the pieces are in place to make it happen. Please consider this! Thank you.
I think you’d be interested in the "One-by-one" or "Layout" View - #10 by helloitse feature request as well. Which is only a fraction of this feature request.
On the backend, this feels a lot like Coda’s ability to set global variables and have views & calculations filter to match those controls. In practice, I often create reporting dashboards and use a select field to change the year. All views will recalculate once the variable changes.
In the present, you can use a smart folder to easily toggle through one entity type with identical layouts - this is how I see annual reports now.
When we get the ability to create dashboard views in entities, that will also get you closer to the desired experience.
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Thanks for showing me the one-by-one feature request. That would get me one step closer. Good to know other users are interested in similar features.
Yes, I am currently using smart folders as you mentioned. I have a tab view with a table for each entity, but the missing piece is the filtering.
Ideally, I would click a company in the smart folder, then be presented with my entity tables (projects, assets, tasks, subtasks) related to that company, all on one screen. When I click a project, it filters the assets entity table to only show assets related to that project. Then, if I click on an asset, the tasks table would filter to only tasks related to that asset. Click a task, and the subtask table is filtered to show only subtasks related to that task. Having all this on one screen makes it really fast and easy to navigate. I find this filtering also helps prevent information overload, which tends to happen with a view full of sublevels (company → project → asset → task → subtask).
Hopefully, others will find this helpful as well and upvote!
I’m confused how this is different from relation views. Fibery
Is it the ability to put them next to each other like a dashboard instead of under each other? I made a request for something similar here: What if entity view was treated as a dashboard?
Curious if it’s similar, or if I’m misunderstanding.
Exactly, it’s all about the ability to put them next to each other like a dashboard instead of under. BUT, the most important feature is the filtering that takes place. I recorded a video showing it in action: Fibery Feature Request Overview - TechSmith Screencast