janebitovi
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2 years ago Editing the reports tab manually is still on the table but it sounded like what was ideal was for references to variables to get automatically updated when the name of a variable changes so authors don't have to manually fix every place the var is used:
that improvement is added in #321 but we'll leave this open for discussion on editing from the reports tab if still desired
Similar to all text/all logic, the report tab should be editable. There isn't another place to make quick changes on a large scale to the entire interview.
Use case: had to change numerous variable names in a converted A2J 4 GI. Once I made the changes to the variable names in the variables tab, the places the old variable name is used no longer show up in the "Used by" section of the variable editor (because I removed a ? from the name of the variable) Now I need to go through the entire interview and change all the places the old variable name was used. I can check all logic and quickly edit the incorrect variable names there and I can edit all the macros that are wrong in the question text/learn mores, but I can't edit the underlying variables for buttons and fields. The only place that's shown writ large is the full report. But the full report is read only and not editable.
So the report should be editable. At the least, I should be able to open the QDE for that page from the full report by clicking on the name of the page and from the All Text/All Logic pages as well. (Because often the variable was used in the button/fields AND used in the logic or text).