Can you set column widths for reports in the new dashboard pages?
I've been upgrading our existing dashboards using the new dashboard pages.
For some of the report widgets, it seems that the report displayed is not remembering the users' settings for report column widths.
My understanding is that I cannot set default report widths for other users. But if a user opens a report from a table, and adjusts the column widths, this is remembered by QB and the next time the user opens the report, the widths will be displayed based on widths set the last time the user opened the report.
In the report widget on the new dashboard, the display appears to be independent of the user-specific report preferences. If they go to the actual report on the report table from the widget, they will see the report with their column width preferences. Also, while a user can adjust column widths in a dashboard report widget, they don't "stick". If you refresh the page or navigate away and return, the QB default widths are re-applied.
I would think that is would be especially important for a designer to set column widths on a dashboard report widget to make things display well. For example, I have a report that has a column for Name (ASCII/Latin) and for Name (Arabic). The first column is much longer than the other and pushes other columns out of the viewable area (e.g., forcing horizontal scroll). The settings of both name columns are the same in terms of max characters, etc. Yet QB makes one much wider than the other.
I'm wondering whether I am missing something or if we just have to live with QuickBase's display algorithms for displaying reports in dashboard widgets.
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Paul Easton
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