Column made invalid and then removed by editor

[Kirk_Masden]

I have a column (hard, not virtual) called “Image” in a table. I tried to add a virtual column called “Image2” and, though I’m not sure exactly what happened, my attempt to add “Image2” led to the removal of “Image” from a slice and then from many views. I think the similarity in the name had something to do with this.

I went back to the previous version of the app and added the new virtual column with the name “Picture” (to avoid a similar kind of issue) and all is well now.

Generally speaking, I’m pleased with the AppSheet editor but sometimes, however, I find myself wanting to explain the hippocratic oath to it: Do no harm!

Though the issue may be slightly different, I think this little plea of mine for a “do no harm” editor is related to the following post by @Marc_Dillon:

I had changed a column name in the editor a w... Questions

Thanks guys. Maybe I should have been more clear though, I wasn’t looking for advice. Was trying to start a discussion about a possible change to the editor. I’ve come up with three options: 1. Column name changes in the editor update the spreadsheet as well. 2. Column name changes in the editor are not allowed 3. Column names in the editor are a separate entity than spreadsheet header names (much like Display value).