View: hide the content of a column

Last update: February 25, 2025

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You might want to hide information in the column of a view. You can do this by modifying the text mode of the column.

NOTE
  • You can use hidden columns to sort by a certain object that you do not want to display in the view.
    For example, you can sort by Task Number in a task view and hide the Task Number information from the view. In this case, the object referenced in the column helps sorting the view, but the information of that object does not display in the view.
  • When you hide a column, note that the information in the column is hidden, but the column still exists in the view.

Access requirements

Expand to view access requirements for the functionality in this article.

You must have the following access to perform the steps in this article:

Adobe Workfront planAny
Adobe Workfront license

New:

  • Contributor to modify a view
  • Standard to modify a report

Current:

  • Request to modify a view
  • Plan to modify a report
Access level configurations

Edit access to Reports, Dashboards, Calendars to modify a report

Edit access to Filters, Views, Groupings to modify a view

Object permissionsManage permissions to a report

For more detail about the information in this table, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.

Example: Sort and hide the Task Number column in a task view:

  1. Go to a list of tasks.

  2. From the View drop-down menu, click New View.

  3. Click Add Column and start typing “Task Number” in the Show in this column field then select it when it displays in the list.

  4. Click Switch to Text Mode, then Edit Text Mode.

  5. Remove the text you find in the Edit Text Mode box, and replace it with the following code:

    displayname=
linkedname=direct
querysort=taskNumber
sortOrder=1
sortType=asc
textmode=true
value=
valueformat=int
width=0

    The important changes in this code which make the column hidden are:

    • displayname=: This line must be blank.
    • valuefield=: This line must be replaced by value=, which must be blank.
    • width=: Depending on the field, this must have a value of 0 or 1.

  6. Click Done, then Save View.

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