Lucidchart Feature Request: Replace Standard "Block" Shape with Shape in My Library Based on Shape Data Key:Value Pair

I am certain this feature does not exist in Lucidchart and is most likely a feature request. I will fill out the Feature Request form but I would like to describe this requirement here in the Community to see if others will upvote this feature and help prioritize this feature request.

Use Case Summary:

A Lucidchart Document/Template would be populated with a number of Standard "Block" Shapes.

These Blocks would act as placeholders to specify the position and maximum size of a replacement Shape that would be dynamically updated based on the Blocks' assigned Shape Data.

In the Drawing/Template a Data Link to a Google Sheet would be added. The Google Sheet would contain a map of ShapeIdDocument and ShapeIdLibrary values.

Each Block would have the following (2) Key:Value pairs assigned in their Shape Data:

ShapeIdDocument which would be a unique identifier of a shape placeholder within a Document/Template.

ShapeIdLibrary which would be a unique identifier of a Shape that is assigned to all shapes in the Standard Library and/or My Library.

Based on the ShapeIdLibrary Key:Value pair assigned in Shape Data the Block would update to a Shape identified by the ShapeIdLibrary Key:Value pair from any Standard Library or My Library. I would like to request that the minimum viable product (MVP) would allow for any Shape in My Library to be assigned a ShapeIdLibrary before any Shape in any Standard Library.

Comments:

I am hoping that Conditional Formatting can be utilized to provide this feature.

I am hoping the mechanism that provides you with an option to choose a Suggested Shape upon drag and drop of a cell/data source contained in Data Linking can be utilized to provide this feature.

If you have any questions about this requirement or would me to provide a video to better clarify this requirement please let me know and I will gladly provide any help and feedback I can now during development and I will gladly volunteer to perform QA/QC on the feature once released. Thank you for your time and consideration of my requirement!

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Hi Chad

Thanks for posting this idea in the community and for providing such well thought out detail! We’re very interested in your feedback and committed to continually improving our products. If you’re willing to share, we’d love to hear more details about your use case or what you’d like to see in this experience within this thread. I’ve also converted this post to an idea so that it’s visible to others within the Product Feedback section of the community - from here, they can upvote it and add details of their own.

Finally, for more information on how Lucid manages feedback via this community, take a look at this post:

Hi! I’m Micah from Lucid, reaching out because I think you, and others who might come across this topic in the future, might be interested in Lucid’s Data Trusted User Group. This group is made up of knowledgeable users who regularly analyze and visualize data in their work. As part of this group, you’ll have the opportunity to connect directly with Lucid’s product team, gain early access to beta features, and share insights about your needs, shaping the future of Lucid’s data solutions 🎉 You can learn more and request to join here. Thanks!

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