# Visual: Database Icons **URL:** \ **Category:** Ideas & Features\ **Created:** [September 7, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/visual-database-icons/5103 "2023-09-07T23:11:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pedro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/pedro/32/7615_2.png) [@pedro](https://community.fibery.io/u/pedro)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/visual-database-icons/5103/1 "2023-09-07T23:11:06Z")
When editing a database name, would be really great if we could also select the icon for it, not just the color. Exactly how we have when setting the space up. ![Captura de Tela 2023-09-07 às 20.10.01](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/4/48f00c792407c03f265e084853db473431aa3e3a.png) ---
**Author:** ![njyo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/njyo/32/923_2.png) [@njyo](https://community.fibery.io/u/njyo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/visual-database-icons/5103/2 "2023-09-08T03:44:55Z")
Agreed this would be neat. And with the option to choose the icon, it could then become an alternative to the “Database Abbreviation” field used in various views. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/visual-database-icons/5103/3 "2023-09-08T06:04:39Z")
Is this the same as [Set default emoji/icon for 1 database](https://community.fibery.io/t/set-default-emoji-icon-for-1-database/4895) ? ---
**Author:** ![carson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/carson/32/7503_2.png) [@carson](https://community.fibery.io/u/carson)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 7:29am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/visual-database-icons/5103/4 "2023-09-08T07:29:46Z")
I agree, I think being able to use a custom icon or emoji as the short tag for a database (the automatic first letter of each word tag) would be great, and much clearer to users. ---
**Author:** ![bear](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/bear/32/12872_2.png) [@bear](https://community.fibery.io/u/bear)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 8:40am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/visual-database-icons/5103/5 "2023-09-08T08:40:22Z")
Agreed and voted! Small detail that is nice to have ---
**Author:** ![Minh\_Tri\_Do\_Hang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/minh_tri_do_hang/32/6791_2.png) [@Minh\_Tri\_Do\_Hang](https://community.fibery.io/u/Minh_Tri_Do_Hang)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 9:31am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/visual-database-icons/5103/6 "2023-08-03T09:31:35Z")
can we set default icon (emoji) for an database. It’s much easier to view like this rather than the original, especially when using reference, i get so many details in 1 block level rich text ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/5/54203b3aa8a31ae41d5f528174156bacc45aaf98.png) Also I group entites by emoji to visual some several type of data in 1 database like Debt transactions, Payment… Can we add Emoji field in Set rule? ---
**Author:** ![Yuri\_BC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/yuri_bc/32/8803_2.png) [@Yuri\_BC](https://community.fibery.io/u/Yuri_BC)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/visual-database-icons/5103/7 "2023-09-08T10:55:45Z")
Related: > [@July 13, 2023 / Icons for Entities, search comments, better markdown import](https://community.fibery.io/t/july-13-2023-icons-for-entities-search-comments-better-markdown-import/4790/15): > > Great to see the new feature allowing emojis for individual entities! However, I think we can go further: Default Emoji for Databases: With more than a few databases, color-coding becomes less effective. A default emoji for each database would be more distinguishable and efficient. Formula-Based Icons: As @Matt_Blais suggested, let’s take it up a notch by allowing a formula to determine the icon. This adds dynamic customization. Inclusivity: This is also a win for colorblind users, making Fibe… ---
**Author:** ![Yuri\_BC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/yuri_bc/32/8803_2.png) [@Yuri\_BC](https://community.fibery.io/u/Yuri_BC)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/visual-database-icons/5103/8 "2024-04-26T20:52:46Z")
Here are a few more use cases that point so the need for emoji/icon per database: I use generic database names like Project, Milestone, Task, Event, Page, Note in different spaces in my workspace, plus also database names that include such words that include these terms as prefix like ~Type, ~Group, ~Design, ~Pattern etc… When having to select a database for a feature like a view, a search or entity mention, finding the right database of the current space is not intuitive, although databases in the dropdown are grouped by space, it still requires some scrolling. Easily identifying and selecting a database by its icon would be more user friendly. Other argument: When databases with the same name of different spaces are used in the same view, it is very hard to identify of which space they are part of: deriving it from the color only is a big problem, I received feedback about confusion. In order to accomodate that we experimented with adding a prefix to such generic database names, like ‘SpaceX Task’, ‘SpaceY Task’ but that obviously is a making database badges lengthy. Another argument in favor of database icons is that they take up less space in views or in mentions. Database icons will make the Fibery cleaner and less cluttered with repetitive space consuming database badges. ---
**Author:** ![helloitse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/helloitse/32/498_2.png) [@helloitse](https://community.fibery.io/u/helloitse)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/visual-database-icons/5103/9 "2025-01-31T15:44:08Z")
I would prefer a database icon to an emoji/icon per record for some uses. In the search window, calendar views, and list views, having an icon replace the “dot” or database abbreviation is a better visual indication of what entity type I’m looking at. However, the icon wouldn’t provide any value within the entity view and I don’t actually want it displayed to the left of the entity name.