Select collections as the fixed set multi select
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Add the option to open a list of collections and use that as the multi-select options instead of having to input all multi-select options and then calculate. E.g a collection of tags for status can be easily used across many content types and more easily input than if you need to add everything manually.
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Beth
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Separating property fixed list values from general Tags
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Michael Jasper
Currently, the assignment of values to fixed property value lists is unintuitive and awkward. You can set up a property as fixed list, but you can't assign values to it from the setup. And you need to manually select each value you want to be in the collection in an actual object. Further, I find that this collection filtering doesn't always stick.
It would make more sense to be able to assign a tag collection when I create the property so the values are automatically filtered when you select one in a property.
Another problem with the current approach - values in the fixed lists clutter the lists of tags. I have several collections of tag values that are only meaningful in the property fixed sets. I don't really want them to be visible when I'm searching tags.
A better approach that would solve both the above problems - the values in the fixed lists should be configured as part of the object property settings and not be Tags at all.
That would solve both problems - remove clutter from tags, make it easier to create the property value lists in the first place, and make it easier to maintain the fixed lists within each property.
Even better would be if the properties along with their values were saved separately so they could be used in multiple object types but still kept separate from tags and tag collections. I feel like the current approach using tags and tag collections is more a programming convenience than a user convenience.
Steffen Bleher
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Ability to Link to a Collection
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Gillian Barron
It would be helpful to be able to be able to link to a collection in a single/multi-select field. Example:
In my meeting object, I have a field to select attendees from my list of People objects. When I'm meeting with an entire team, I would be nice to be able to select the People collection "Sales Team". We're already able to reference a collection as an object but not able to use this in a single/multi select field.
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Mark Gadoury
Will this plan include the ability to just have a multi-select property like notion where one can create different options locally only for the database being used? This seems like a basic idea. I don't want to have to create global tags or a whole new object just to have basic select options as a property. How soon, because this is a game changer if it's done, right now it make capacities unusuable for me.
Beth
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Object and Property tags can be restricted to certain collections in Object Settings
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Sam Sacks
I’d like to be able to contextualize which tags are available when tagging certain Objects or Properties.
For instance, maybe I have a Journal Object for which one of the Properties is “Mood”—a single-select for Tags. Rather than seeing all of my Tags, I’d rather be able to restrict the property to only show me my “Moods” Collection
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Amanda Antonio
Would love to see this!
Steffen Bleher
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Allow collection to be selected for object link type
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Talon Jones
When modifying an object property's link type, I'd like to be able to select a collection within that type. The extra steps of making the field a multi-select, selecting tags, and then generating a set seems unnecessary. Even more so for large lists (e.g. coworkers)
In other words, if I have a collection of tags named
Ratings
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, etc.Steffen Bleher
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Automatically move objects to a collection when a collection is linked in the object property
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Alyssa K
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Jan Hink
I recently began using Capacities Pro, and I quickly realized that I always need to connect a select to another object when setting up my items. I would prefer an option that allows me to use a select without requiring a connection, so I can simply provide a list of static values. I don't need most object-specific values to be globally available across my space. However, if that option isn't feasible, having the ability to connect a select or multi-select to a single collection is essential.
Obviously, adding a new item to the select should add it to that collection only.
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Matheus Bastani
I really need this! There are so many categories, and it’s a mess when assigning them to the property.
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Daniil Davidov
Literally a necessary thing for my work. I'm tired of selecting a fixed set of tags from the same collection in a new parameter each time. It seems to me that if the additional nesting of the collection/subcollection does not correspond to the values of this amazing program, then limiting the selection based on existing collections would greatly simplify the work and would contribute to a more organic scaling.
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Daniil Davidov
And I definitely don't want to create a separate type of objects in order to make a quick automatic parameter with a selection. This will increase the already cumbersome system even more.
In addition, the use of this function will help to use it in other objects. For example:
Object Type --- Places, Collections --- Countries, Cities, Locations, Institutions
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