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avierywan
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8 years ago
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Is it possible to create a column description, or a second name for a column?

I mean to create a column that has more than one name, or add a description for the column title itself. This is for large datasets with a huge number of columns; when column names are shortened, acr...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    avierywan,

    Right-click on your field and select Properties, you are able to add description for the field.



    Regards,
    Lydia

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Anonymous
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8 years ago

avierywan,

Right-click on your field and select Properties, you are able to add description for the field.



Regards,
Lydia

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    7 years ago

    Is there a way to automate adding the field descriptions either using an import or using M queries.?

    • rgsiiiya's avatar
      rgsiiiya
      New Member
      2 years ago

      Ditto this question.  We are setting up enterprise Fabric and need to provide rich descriptions to assist users, and also help the copilot feature.  We have HUNDREDS of tables, and THOUSANDS of columns!

      opening every column manually to enter a description is a showstopper!!!

      How can we import or script this information?

  • avierywan's avatar
    avierywan
    Frequent Visitor
    8 years ago

    Thank you, I hadn't seen that option because I was using an older version.

  • jmorseCOS's avatar
    jmorseCOS
    Regular Visitor
    2 years ago

    For anyone looking at this recently and curious as to how things currently stand in 2024..

    You must go into the Model view.

    You should have two panes on the right: Properties, Data.

    From there, select a table and column and notice that the Properties pane swaps views based on field/column selection.
    This is where you find the text entry for column description.

     

    Anonymous