Table column entries that are the same/duplicative

[pamelahu]

I'm wanting to create a table and some of the column values will be the same across the board. For instance, there would be a "currency" column but all the values will be "USD" - instead of having that be repeated, I wanted to pull out the value at a higher level. Same with "organization", all the entries in the table would have the same organization.

I was playing around with having it in the metadata section/under the header. Wanted to get Paste's guidelines on this though. Would the description list component be more appropriate?

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Sorry, I don't know how to help with that.

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[dosubot[bot]]

For displaying consistent metadata across table entries, such as a "currency" or "organization" column where all values are the same, the DetailText component in Paste is recommended. This component is designed for small pieces of text that are secondary to body text, making it suitable for displaying metadata like uniform values across table columns ^[1].

While there are no specific guidelines in Paste for displaying metadata in a table header or metadata section, using DetailText can help maintain consistency and clarity in your table design. If you want to avoid redundancy, consider placing these uniform values in a metadata section above the table or using a popover to provide additional context without repeating the same value in every row ^[2][3].

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[serifluous]

Hey @pamelahu ! The Description List works better than the Badges here in our opinion because you retain the information from the Description List Terms (labels).

A few other options you could consider:

1. Is it possible to change the heading to include the organization name? Like: "Linked accounts in "Connect Inc.""
2. If you need the information to be more contextual & closer to the Data Grid, you could consider this layout (2 Paragraphs aligned horizontally above the Data Grid):

[krisantrobus]

Hi @pamelahu did Sarah's response answer your question or would you like to discuss this further?