Hello!
I wanted to share bit deeply my thoughts on this important feature that I think could be really helpful.
Yesterday, I tried transferring an expense report from Airtable to Baserow. I noticed the absence of a ‘currency’ field type and the lack of thousands separators, which makes it quite challenging to navigate through a large set of numbers.
For instance, without separators, it’s easy to make a mistake in the number of digits. One could accidentally enter 100000 instead of 1000000, or even 10000000. This can lead to significant financial losses for an organization. With separators, it’s much easier to differentiate between 1,000,000 and 10,000,000.
Additionally, the ability to add a currency symbol helps quickly understand the context of the numbers, distinguishing between quantitative data and monetary values.
I believe that adding this feature isn’t overly complex, and it’s quite surprising that it hasn’t been given more attention. Airtable could be a great benchmark in this regard. Just introducing thousands separators and the option for a currency prefix/suffix (or any custom symbol) would significantly enhance the system’s usability.
For example, I’m currently finding it hard to manage financial accounting without this functionality, even though I’d really like to use Baserow as a frontend.
The workaround suggested by a colleague is functional, but when dealing with dozens of numeric/monetary fields, it becomes quite cumbersome.
I hope you will consider this feedback and can implement these features soon!