Copy Virtual Column to duplicate

[Koichi_Tsuji]

Sometime, I add virtual column to the same table a lot, but each virtual column is similar in terms of the setting. I want to make a copy of virtual column and make a duplicate to start to create new VC with prefilled values.

[Kirk_Masden]

I’ve even wanted to copy a virtual column to another table where I’m doing something very similar.

[Koichi_Tsuji]

Yes, I agree. Could you raise and post a feature request?

[Kirk_Masden]

I voted for this one and so I’ll leave my comment as an additional point that I hope the good people at AppSheet will consider.

[dbaum]

One example is replicating multiple times the "Related Child Rows" virtual column where the only adjustment in each copy of the column is to change the REFROWS function's reference  from the full child table to a slice of the child table.

[jharkless]

I would like to resurrect this topic and add that it should be a way to copy a VC to any table in the App. As developers, we are often messing around with different data structures to find the best fit, etc and having to recreate every piece of a VC is time consuming.

Simply adding a button next to the current edit (pencil) button would be easy enough to add the content into a "clipboard" to then paste in (any) table. (NOTE- there is not even a need to check for errors- that happens when the app is saved).