Ability to archive (not delete) custom fields
Kasper Dam
Companies evolve over time, and so do workspaces.
This means that custom fields can become less or more relevant over time.
Similar to how we can archive tasks, I'd love to see the option to archive (but not delete!) a custom field.
This would benefit companies with:
* A lot of historical information. Who wants to store their information in one place (but not delete!)
* A lot of experiments and want to store the results but avoid cluttering their fields simultaneously.
* A fast-moving nature that evolves over time, and as a result, would like to archive a custom fields to keep things neat and tight.
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Sarah Wyatt
Adding a comment in support of this request too - want to try and rationalise our custom fields, but not lose historical data
Lilly
This would be SO nice. I have a lot of fields I have held off on removing because I wanted to be able to preserve historical custom field data, but it creates clutter in the workspace.
Elizabeth Bazan
Yes, as our processes change, we have some fields that are no longer needed, but I don't want to have that information just missing from our completed or archived projects.
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Sarah Wise
This is so so needed! My custom field manager is clogged up by many "INACTIVE" fields. I wish there was an easy way to mark fields "Inactive" but still allow them to show up in any reporting.
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Sumkey Hoo
Sometimes we might just want to remove a custom field from view, rather than delete it. +1
Natalie Williams
Sumkey Hoo agreed. This could be a workaround (admittedly not ideal) for being able to downgrade a cf from a higher level in the hierarchy. I've got a CF that was added at the workspace level when creating a calendar view. No warning prompt so it was added to the whole workspace when it only belongs on a handful of lists. And there is no way to downgrade a cf from the workspace level without creating a new field, manually populating the info, and then deleting the incorrect field. That would take days, such a waste, that (a) could have been avoided with a warning prompt and (b) should be able to be corrected with the cf manager.
Caroline Ginty
Merged in a post:
Archive custom fields
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Sophia Kaminski
From support ticket: Sometimes we might just want to remove a custom field from view, rather than delete it.
Sherry Schreck
Would love to see this!
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Leo DiMedio
What exactly does archiving a custom field look like?
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Cissie Meehan
We truly need this function, this is something we have asked for in the past and would be greatly appreciated.
Christian Langlois
We would love this function as well
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