Ability to "strike out" lines of a query to make them inactive without fully deleting them
This helps users test their query logic without fully deleting rows of logic. You can then re-activate the line you created with a click of a button. This is especially helpful when your row of logic has text fields you had to type in, a "one of" series you had to select multiple items for, or grouped parentheses you want to toggle on and off.
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- Jul 14 2016
- Will not implement
| Organization Name (Please enter full organization name) | World Wildlife Fund |
| Reported Version | 4.0 |
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Thanks for your feedback Nicola, but this is pretty inefficient when you are trying to test query logic, or want to swap out one line for another when validating results. This issue is compounded by not having any sort of "undo" function when deleting logic lines, as you sometimes cannot remember what the line was, and then must go to a completely different query to rediscover the logic (or close without saving and re-open).
It would be much simpler, easier, and more efficient to be able to "comment out" or "strike out" lines, and add them back, with the click of a button.
We expect this to be achieved by using the "Save as" function in query to create your test queries based on an original query "template". This allows users to add and remove filters and outputs on copies without losing the original query data.