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'prompts' the User Before Creating a Hierarchy When Fields are Dragged Onto Each Other

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Avi Singh on 25 Jan 2019 09:37:41

How many times have you dragged a field onto another field by mistake and have it create a hierarchy?

It happens quite often. Usually I am trying to drag the field to the Visualization pane but fail to hold the mouse button. And lo and behold it creates a hierarchy. (Which I then have to delete. But sometimes I do not even notice that I accidentally created a hierarchy).

It would be nice if a prompt came up, asking if we want to create a Hierarchy.

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261efa7d e094-483c-b206-154c9e55cddd on 06 Jul 2020 00:10:14

RE: 'prompts' the User Before Creating a Hierarchy When Fields are Dragged Onto Each Other

Agree

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fcd299bf 1eff-4c98-9bfc-2032444d94b5 on 06 Jul 2020 00:10:11

RE: 'prompts' the User Before Creating a Hierarchy When Fields are Dragged Onto Each Other

Completely agree and love the 1:2500 ratio. It's a great feature and should be kept in there, but it's so rarely needed. Plus newbies accidentally do it ALL THE TIME!

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bd782228 0267-4a31-9217-4d1c7dce8792 on 06 Jul 2020 00:08:49

RE: 'prompts' the User Before Creating a Hierarchy When Fields are Dragged Onto Each Other

Damn this is so annoying. Please add this.

The number of times I've added a Hierarchy on purpose vs. accidentally has got to be 1:2500.

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:51:01

RE: 'prompts' the User Before Creating a Hierarchy When Fields are Dragged Onto Each Other

Would be even nicer to turn off creating hierarchies at all...

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57aa327e 2282-4fbb-b742-0f503e6bfb09 on 05 Jul 2020 23:50:17

RE: 'prompts' the User Before Creating a Hierarchy When Fields are Dragged Onto Each Other

Agree with Avi... Creation the hierarchy accidentally often results in confusion when my colleagues continue to visualize the model I created in Desktop...

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5b4607af 57af-4f6a-95fb-9f79f48c79de on 05 Jul 2020 23:50:16

RE: 'prompts' the User Before Creating a Hierarchy When Fields are Dragged Onto Each Other

Would like a prompt.. would also like a easier way to release or "throw away"an unintended field

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7de092fd c230-46fe-8055-bab7f47faa87 on 05 Jul 2020 23:50:13

RE: 'prompts' the User Before Creating a Hierarchy When Fields are Dragged Onto Each Other

Yep. Probability of me doing this and meaning to is very very low

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0074d8fc eba5-4dcc-96de-4d3c3109aff7 on 05 Jul 2020 23:50:05

RE: 'prompts' the User Before Creating a Hierarchy When Fields are Dragged Onto Each Other

I'm with Avi on this one, although just not doing anything would be my preferred option compared to having a prompt. Maybe we have to Ctrl Select before right-clicking New Hierarchy?