We’d find it really useful if values could be inserted into rich text.
For example, each of our projects has a ‘project update’ rich text field. We have a project portfolio feed that presents all of the project updates. It’s really useful! (Although we’ve had to build a workaround for ‘last modified’ because it sucks).
While we can include dates as a field for display, there is little context. It would be good to be able to insert things like:
This project is running a little later than anticipated, expected delivery on /Estimated Completion Date
Because the project is nearing completion and involving more departments, meetings structure has been changed to /Meetings Structure.
Quick reminder that this project is worth /Value, so please please be disciplined and keep it in focus.
As improvements are made to Rich Text capabilities which enable it to become a better “dashboard”, it will be very useful to be able to dynamically insert values into a Rich Text via references to Fields/Formulas/Queries.
I’m trying to work around the lack ability to structurally group fields on an entity together so it’s not just one big monotonous vertical or horizonal list.
I was thinking I could essentially create my own custom layout by creating a rich tech field with a table that could hold various values, but the only way I can do that is to “mention an entity” which is very limited and not scalable.
Examples of fields in red that are hard to parse and how I’d like to group them in a table:
The only way I can think of doing it is to have an automation that populates the rich text with the current field values (using markdown) and having that automation be triggered when any of the field values are updated.
But that requires being able to see them in order that they can be updated, so …
