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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just to add on: probably a way to
auto-translate any existing 'fixed set' of tags into a tag-collection
would help.either as approach to the fundamental issue;
or at least to 'save' all the prior work and structure put in 'fixed sets' already set up…
– coming from this convo, here:
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Tatiya Butsansee
Yes, please.
Steffen Bleher
Merged in a post:
Assign Collection to Link Type when editing object settings
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Darin Brown
Currently when one creates edits the object settings, they can add properties and assign those properties to another object type. I think it would be great if one could also assign to a collection within a given object type. Here's an example. I have several collections within my Tags objects. I want to be able to create a property within another object that's only connected to specific tags contained within a collection.
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Kire 12
I really need this. I have a Tags collection that is used across several object types for multi-select, fixed-set properties. I currently have to manually add new options to each type's property set to see the new tag as an option.
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Mary North
New to Capacities, set up my first multi-select fixed set, and definitely would appreciate being able to define a collection as the source of that fixed set. And "status" tag types are my exact immediate need. Glad to see this is planned, hope it's soon!
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Jani Laatunen
This seems like the only use for collections right now for me and I can't use them for this yet :D
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Alice Moore
I would also really appreciate the option to make fixed sets populateable from queries, to give more flexibility/automation than just collections. (Since queries are kinda like high-level programmatic collections.)
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Perceval Fayon
Yes! Highly Endorsed. I would say what is special about fixed sets is that it allows us to categorize things. Namely if I have a person, I want to categorize between different types of persons. E.g. student, teacher, leader, or perhaps by domain of expertise e.g. philosophy, engineering, design. Fixed sets allows me to create these groups of categories along different dimensions for different types of objects. Alternatively I could use a new object type which would be for example 'role' or 'personal category' or something of the type however this is more cumbersome and increases the complexity of my workspace instead of using calculated, defined, and editable sets of tags or tag groups which I can then use within my properties pannels within different object contexts to better define what I am working with and do so in a smooth user friendly way.
I hope I didn't rant too much but am very interested in your work and hope I can contribute to the best of my capcabilities.
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Marc Künzli
that would be awesome, especially the scaling aspect of it
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Rafael Segev
Another case which seems to me very related:
chain / link a multi select field to appear only based on a specific collection
Example:
I create a new object type named "Product management"
In this object type i want to catpture web articles, books, literature anything related to the field of Product management
The object has properties:
TITLE
Desc (Text Block)
Knowledge Area
Collections
below is a screenshot illustrating my explanation.
Now suppose I have created the following collections
Collection A : Product Discovery
Collection B: Product Strategy
Each of the listed above collections have various Knowledge Areas (Hence KA). for example
Product discovery collection has "User research" KA, and "Customer interviews" KA
Product Strategy collection has "Market Research" KA and "Competitive Analysis" KA
Now i would like to separate so that once i choose Collection A the values from a multi select will be selected only as KAs of Product discovery and if i choose Collection B multi select values will be selected as KAs only of Product Strategy.
the white screenshot is taken from an excel file illustrating the knowledge hierarchy
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