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Update Field/Column Description en batch
Is it possible up upload (via web or api) the description field for columns of each table? I have a data dictionary with descriptive notes for each field, but other than editing each one individually, I’m looking to save time.
ID
2125
Category
Setup
Author

L. C. Parker
Date Created
9/18/2025 6:31:59 PM
Date Updated
9/19/2025 11:07:10 AM
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Pierre 9/19/2025 1:10:55 AM
Hello L.C.

Have you checked
Setup / Database / Tools / Rest API Playground / Describe
Setup / Database / Tools / Rest API Playground / Describe Table

Pierre
Slava Shinderov  Staff  9/19/2025 3:06:33 AM
If you need to generate tooltips/help for each column, please consider using "Form Designer" for that:
https://www.teamdesk.net/blog/whats-new/introducing-ai-form-designer-customize-forms-with-natural-language/
It can also easily extract all existing tooltips/help if needed.

L. C. Parker 9/19/2025 11:07:10 AM
Pierre: yes, and that works great for pulling existing ones, but not uploading a large batch outside the system.

Imagine an excel table with field name & description columns

Slava: I will check that out form designer. In this specific case, I’m pretty happy with the forms itself. It is just now adding the description so that when I use describe via the API, it has more context on the field purpose and use.
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