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2026-10-12 - Data Dictionary: Set a Field Description Once for All Tiles
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AgileData.io - Describe It Once: Field Descriptions Applied Across Every Tile

The same field often appears in many tiles. A customer ID might show up in your history, event, detail and consume tiles. Keeping its description consistent meant editing each tile one at a time.

In the Preview Data Dictionary, the By Field view now shows a **Set for all N tiles** link for any field that appears in more than one tile. It opens a single editor, pre-filled with the description most tiles already use. **Save to all N tiles** writes it everywhere in one step.

Every per-tile edit box, in both By Field and By Tile views, also gets a **Save to all N tiles** button. If the tiles currently hold different descriptions, the editor tells you before you replace them.

**What's New:**

* "Set for all N tiles" link on shared fields in the By Field view
* Editor pre-filled with the most common existing description
* "Save to all N tiles" button on every per-tile edit box
* A warning when saving to all tiles will replace differing descriptions

**What this means for you:**

* Consistent field descriptions across your whole catalog
* Minutes instead of hours when documenting widely used fields
* Clear warnings before you overwrite anyone else's descriptions

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*Doc Refreshed: 2026-10-21*