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Include the Description Field Property in the Field Search and Q&A output

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Luke McCarthy on 20 Dec 2017 11:33:52

The Description Field Property should be included Field Search and for Q & A output. Users could then add valuable meta data to the Fields which would help reduce search times of large field sets.

Comments (5)

Comments (5)

Hugo Pascal on 06 Jul 2020 00:06:40

RE: Include the Description Field Property in the Field Search and Q&A output

This would be a very useful feature for us.

Adam M on 06 Jul 2020 00:04:11

RE: Include the Description Field Property in the Field Search and Q&A output

Making data easier to find/understand encourages more people to use it, no downside. If it could read this metadata directly from the data sources where possible that would be even better, save copy/pasting from source

Ozlem Turner on 06 Jul 2020 00:03:12

RE: Include the Description Field Property in the Field Search and Q&A output

yes please, there are so many metrics to choose from in the datasets we work with!

Chris Read on 06 Jul 2020 00:03:06

RE: Include the Description Field Property in the Field Search and Q&A output

Also could include Synonyms in field search when designing a report.

Ryan Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:03:05

RE: Include the Description Field Property in the Field Search and Q&A output

I see this as important when teams share their datasets with others to enable them to self-serve. Often the field names don't give people enough information and may cause people not to use the dataset correctly. It will also speed up development times not having to search large datasets.