Need the ability to set the default value of a user input control to something dynamic. In my case, I'm creating a date range filter. So I would like to have the ability to set the start date to default to 6 months ago or a year ago, and I would like the end date to default to the current date.
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We need the ability for the list to always be updated with the latest value in the range provided to the list. In our case we have the past 30 days in the list. The default should always be the latest date in the list. Users are complaining that the list still opens to the last selected value. It seems like we could have a parameter on the list that would set the behavior to be show the last selected or show the lasted (based on some sort) in the list.
Thanks,
Mike
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Thank you for adding your voice and support for this feature request.
A great use case. To-date, the focus has been to ensure users can get back to where they were when they last looked at their dashboard so they do not have to change all their input controls each time they come back into their dashboard.
The previous ask sounded specific to date-input controls, however your request sounds like it expands the ask to touch drop-down input controls as well.
It sounds like the requests are to allow some more optional properties for an input control
- set a default value that could be dynamic or relative (especially relevant for date inputs)
- allow one of those relative options to be set as 'last' based on an explicit sort order
- add an option to each input control to allow the Klip builder to specify if the input control should remember the last used OR always use the default value (I believe you are implying that for a Klip with multiple input controls, there may be a mix of behaviors desired, correct?)
Any additional context would be great to enhance the request and will help with clarifying the ask.
Thanks again for raising your voice here.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Scott,
Great clarification and description. The ability to optionally have an input control behave one way or another would be my preference since I like the current ability to always return to the prior settings but there are times when that is the opposite of what we need. A good use case for not returning to the prior setting are dashboards that are designed to show the latest status but allow the user to also look at the past. We do this on a daily bases for sales. Users get on their mobile device and open Klip. They see the dashboard but then remember they have to change the date so the latest date is presented (not the day before, their last view). A use case for the current way it works (returns to the prior setting) is for store visits. If the user has lookup up the needed information and want to show that view at the store I don't want them to have to reset all the input controls.
As for the comment regarding multiple input controls, I would think each should be independent. That is I should be able to set one to go back to the prior setting and another one to always use the 'last' (maybe 'first') from the control list.
Thanks,
Mike
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Hi Mike,
I really appreciate the additional context. Will add to the feature request.
Thank you!
Cheers,
Scott.
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Hi Scott,
will this feature ever be implemented? During the months I've been coming here looking for solutions - and most of the time finding other people with the same trouble or issues - I have found 3 years old entries which are still not implemented but never one single previously requested feature which is now available.
The software is stable and obviously there is evolution. But how do you at Klipfolio deal with the most requested user features?
Thomas
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has this been solved yet?
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Repeating the request. In many klips I have just set the time period to be dynamic. But it would be useful for users to be able to use the same klips so that they could change the period, if needed. For looking at history eg.
Most my data sources collect data dynamically from past 2 years, so a static default variable is out of the question.Similar wishes seemed to exist already
https://support.klipfolio.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360001828934-Can-I-dynamically-set-default-value-to-date-picker-
https://support.klipfolio.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115007518588-Dynamically-Set-Default-Value-for-User-Input-Dropdown-List-Control