Disabling locking of views
AnsweredCurrently views can be 'locked' by pressing on the lock. The result is that they then are hidden from everyone, except for the owner and the ones the view is shared with. Even if you have the link, you cannot view it.
This is also the case if you are admin in the system. You can find the view in the admin menu via the views option (if you know the name), but you cannot find it among the views an object is in, even if you are sure the object is on the view.
An unwanted side effect, at least for us, is that this can create a kind of black holes in the repository, especially if users leave the company. Views cannot easily be found anymore if you don't know the name or who owned it. Also when you delete the object, you get the message that it is used on private views, but no way to figure out what these views are.
I would like to propose that those views (if named and/or shared) will show up on the 'views' tab of objects if you are admin. If that is not possible, it would also be usable if the lock mechanism can be disabled per tennant.
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Thank you for your wish!
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I will discuss this in my monthly feedback meeting!
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When you go to admin - views you have an overview of all views, also the locked ones. Does this help?
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Hi Kim van Rooyen,
No, that does not help. I already mentioned that the views can be found that way, as long as you know the name.
Even if you get a link, it will not open even when you are an admin. A normal way of working in finding a view, is going to an object you know is on the view and then via the View tab finding the correct view. However, these locked views won't show there unless you are the owner or if it is shared by you. Not even admins can find them like that. That can create black holes when users leave the company. When you want to remove an object (because it is decomissioned for example), you get the message that the object is used in a (private) view but you have no way of finding the view.
So, a solution could be if admins would be able to see these views in the View tab of objects or if these views would show up (after deleting) in a kind of integrity check as the views are then in error due to the missing objects.
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Thanks Sander van der Linden! We have put this item on our short-term (<2years) wishlist. Please keep an eye on the roadmap and release channel!
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