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【Charts】 Suggestion: Undo/Back Button for Calculation Editing

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Forum|Forum|2 months ago
June 1, 2026
4 replies
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Recently, the use of Charts has been increasing, and more users are creating complex calculations for data visualization.

In this context, we have received feedback requesting a “Back” button (undo function).

When users are building complex calculation formulas, there have been multiple instances where the calculation source suddenly disappears, forcing them to restart from scratch. The more complex the calculation, the greater the impact of this issue.

To mitigate this, it would be extremely helpful to have a function that allows users to go back one step (e.g., an undo or back button).

We believe this feature would significantly improve usability and reduce the risk of losing work during calculation editing.

Thank you for your consideration.

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Shun Takase

MVP ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I have also occasionally encountered an issue where the calculation formula suddenly disappears.

Since it only happens intermittently and is not reproducible, it is difficult to explain or demonstrate it with a video or other evidence. However, when it does occur, it takes a considerable amount of time and effort to restore the formula.

Having an undo or back function would serve as a safety net in such situations and would greatly improve usability. I would really appreciate your consideration of this feature.

Andreea Oprea

Expert ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hi everyone,

Thank you for sharing your idea with us! I've forwarded your suggestion to the relevant product manager, who will contact you for further details.

Best regards,

Andreea.

danielferraz

Expert ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hi Kubota, and thanks Shun for the added detail.

There are really two things here, and both are useful for us.

First, the undo/back function. You're right that Charts doesn't currently let you step back during calculation editing, and we can see why that hurts most on complex calculations where rebuilding is costly. It's a reasonable ask and we've noted it.

Second, and more urgent, is the calculation source disappearing mid edit. That reads like a defect rather than a missing feature, and an undo button would be a safety net over the top of it rather than a fix. If either of you can share anything about when it happens (a particular calculation type, browser, or a rough sense of what you were doing just before), even without a clean reproduction, that would genuinely help us track it down.

Appreciate you both raising this.

K

Kubota MamiAuthor

Seasoned ⭐️⭐️

Hi,Mr @danielferraz

Thanks for looking into these, and for confirming the undo/back request has been noted.

On the second point — the calculation source disappearing mid-edit — I'm afraid I can't give you a clean reproduction, because it happens randomly and doesn't seem reproducible. It occurs intermittently regardless of what I'm doing, which is exactly what makes it hard to demonstrate.

To give you a concrete example of the behaviour: say I have 10 sources, each with its own calculation, and I work through them editing one by one from the first to the tenth. After I finish editing the tenth one and look back over my work, I find that some of the earlier calculations — for instance the 5th and the 7th — have completely disappeared, as if they were never created.

So it's not tied to a single calculation type or a particular step; the loss shows up unpredictably in calculations I'd already completed.

Thanks again to you for taking this seriously.

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