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
Last Refreshed¶
Doc Refreshed: 2026-10-21