We have internal business requirements where we need to view revenue and accounts receivable in different currencies for the purpose of collaborating and reporting to outside parties. We need to see our reporting in one currency and then flick a switch to immediately see those same figures in a diff…

I understand exactly what you mean about using a DB to store what is effectively a global single select (well, I hope I understood what you meant!) I don’t actually think there is a better way of doing it at the moment, and perhaps it’s just the psychological unease that’s the issue. I could imagi…

That’s good to know, thank you! Functionally, there’s no issue that needs solving. I just might need to see a therapist. :slight_smile:

[image] Chr1sG: perhaps it’s just the psychological unease that’s the issue. This is one of those things that will be a subtle but very real barrier to broader adoption IMO (emphasis mine, of course). This kind of thing needs a better solution IMO. What about the sort of ad-hoc fields we’ve …

@Oshyan it would be nice if next to “Add database” there could be “Add global variable” and that could be used in formula calculations and exposed in a view for the values to be changed. There I go again, talking solutions rather than problems and use cases! Oops. :upside_down_face:

To be fair, I am not aware of many no-code tools that have native support for global variables (Coda? others?) so I would hope that this is not a barrier to adoption for a lot of people. [image] webinit: There I go again, talking solutions rather than problems and use cases! Oops. :laughing: …

Related: [image] Global single and multi-select field options Ideas & Features Would like the ability to define the options of a Single-Select or Multi-Select field in one place, and have the definition instantiated/referenced/used in different Types? Example: Defining a …

[image] Chr1sG: To be fair, I am not aware of many no-code tools that have native support for global variables That is fair, but also a great place for Fibery to differentiate. :wink: But I’d agree it’s not a showstopper by any means. And clearly there is too much to do at the moment in any c…

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