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How to edit cards template for Lucid cards

  • June 13, 2024
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Hello Community, 

 

I am trying to use Lucid Cards for one of my use cases. However, the predefined status in the template doesn’t suit my needs. is there a way, I can create my own statuses for the card?

Best answer by ablackburn

Hi Hysen,

 

Thanks for reaching out! 

 

Our API does technically support custom card integrations which would allow you define your own status types, however, that framework is typically used when you have an external data source you're trying to connect with. I think it would technically be possible to make a card integration which behaves the way you want, but a bit roundabout and cumbersome for the size of change you're asking for.

 

I think what you're asking for is pretty reasonable, though. It does seem like the API would benefit from being able to make small tweaks like this one to our existing shapes. I’m going to bring it up with our team as a feature request.

 

Let me know if you have other questions. If you do want to go down the custom card integration approach, you should take a look at our open sourced example card integration which could be a good starting point.

 

Alex

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Shantel Gillette
Lucid product team
June 13, 2024

Good day,

Thank you for posting. This is a great suggestion to our Lucidspark cards. Right now, that functionality is not available. However, you can add tags to your cards. You can create any tags you want, and assign them to your cards. To do this, click on your Lucid card, select the tag icon, then enter the custom text, and select the option to turn that text into a tag. You are able to create multiple tags, and tag the Lucid cards as needed. Please let me know if this works for you, or if you have any questions.

 

Shantel Gillette
ablackburn
Lucid product team
June 13, 2024

Hi Hysen,

 

Thanks for reaching out! 

 

Our API does technically support custom card integrations which would allow you define your own status types, however, that framework is typically used when you have an external data source you're trying to connect with. I think it would technically be possible to make a card integration which behaves the way you want, but a bit roundabout and cumbersome for the size of change you're asking for.

 

I think what you're asking for is pretty reasonable, though. It does seem like the API would benefit from being able to make small tweaks like this one to our existing shapes. I’m going to bring it up with our team as a feature request.

 

Let me know if you have other questions. If you do want to go down the custom card integration approach, you should take a look at our open sourced example card integration which could be a good starting point.

 

Alex

HysenAuthor
June 17, 2024

Thanks both!

Unfortunately, the custom card integration seems a bit complex for a non-tech business user like me. 80% of Lucid users in my org are non-tech. Also, we don’t have admin rights to install dependencies.

It would be great if it comes as a pre-built feature. This would directly benefit 10K + users in my org. 

Regarding Tags, this seems like a decent workaround, however, you need to click on each tag to reveal its content, which could be quite cumbersome. 

Shantel Gillette
Lucid product team
June 18, 2024

Good morning Hysen,

I’m glad to hear that tags might work for you. I wanted to point out that tags are color coded, and if you know what each color means (perhaps you could add a key to your document), that might make it faster to know what is being represented on the card without clicking into each one. Thank you for your feedback! 

Shantel Gillette
September 14, 2024

Hello team.

On a Lucid Card, Is it possible to eliminate the T-Shirt Size field and replace with something else? Would love to have a “Reports to” field so I can illustrate our reporting structure easily.

 

Thanks,

Tomás

Emma D
Lucid support team
September 16, 2024

Hi @delamaza, thanks for posting! Just to confirm-- as this post is in our Lucid for Developers community, are you using a custom cards integration built using our APIs, or are you referring to manually changing fields in a standard Lucid card through the regular UI? 

September 16, 2024

Thanks for your response, Emma, and my apologies for posting apparently in the wrong section. I’m new to this platform. Anyway, I was referring to the second hypothesis: manually changing fields in a standard Lucid card through the regular UI.

jkrueger
Lucid product team
September 16, 2024

@delamaza Will you post your question in the Peer Support Community
I want to make sure the best people get their eyes on your question. 

Thanks!

Lucid Legend Level 1
September 26, 2024

@Hysen What I did to overcome this limitation of cards was to create my own using a table shape with linked data from Google Sheets.  Then create a custom shape once you have it looking the way you want.
 

 

HysenAuthor
September 27, 2024

@Hysen What I did to overcome this limitation of cards was to create my own using a table shape with linked data from Google Sheets.  Then create a custom shape once you have it looking the way you want.
 

 

Hi Patrick, 

I can conceptually understand what you have done but I am struggling to find the exact steps to achieve it. Would you be willing to elaborate a little more on how to achieve it? Perhaps, there is already some documentation on custom shapes linked to a google sheets?

I tried Lucid Cards integration with Google sheets, however, it doesn’t display all the fields on the cards. Not sure If am doing something incorrectly.