Does Coda have global fields or variables?

[Maria_Korolov]

Sometimes, you need to carry data over between records or tables. In other databases, I’ve used global fields or global variables to do this.

Does Coda support this?

If not, I can see that a workaround would be to set up a table to hold the variables and global data, and just refer to it.

Best,
Maria

[shishir]

Here’s how I usually do it:

[Shane_Robinson]

Hi @Maria_Korolov… I’m just getting started with Coda (a few months ago) and coming from 25+ years as a Sys Admin, DBA, and programmer, the first thing I did was go looking for how to create/manage global vars and blocks.

Finding that it’s not native to Coda, I created the following structures for Global Blocks, Variables, and Button Labels in our internal Docs/Systems.

Here’s a generic version I created and shared yesterday in case it’s of any help:
https://coda.io/@shane-robinson/global-components-example

[BenLee]

You can create a 1 row table with buttons and then create views of that table to display the same buttons on other pages. You can also hide gridlines for the table and have it appear just as a canvas button.

Global/reusable buttons/table views

You can have a table with controls, e.g. buttons. Then making (copying) a view of that table on multiple pages will give you the rendering of the same controls. You can configure it from any page, and it will be reflected on other pages. With canvas controls you cannot do that. You also cannot have a pair of table views where adjusting the filter/sort/columns/etc of one view would automatically change the same on the other view.