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Environment Variable "Bulk Edit" Option Missing
Describe the bug In the latest Postman GUI application, under manage environments, the "Bulk Edit" feature is no longer present.
Expected behavior This feature was present in prior versions.
App information (please complete the following information):
- App Type Native App
- Postman Version 6.2.1
- OS: macOS
@davidschwab Thanks for writing in! This was an intentional change. Most of the functionality of Bulk Edit (drag to select, paste to replace etc.) is available in the tabular view itself.
That said, is there something we missed out? Do you feel there is something you cannot do in the tabular view itself?
The bulk edit allows you to do just that: edit in bulk. You can easily copy (edit if needed) and paste everything in one shot. Trying to do the same in the grid format is painstakingly slow in comparison. This is a step backwards, please bring the bulk edit feature back.
@davidschwab I understand that but we'd like to map bulk editing flows to the editor. You should be able to multi-select as well as add in bulk through the data editor.
The raw text format has become an ad-hoc data format with people reporting bugs on how the raw editor is unable to convert to proper header values and how whatever they are pasting does not get automatically converted to proper values. This means that we are fixing an endless amounts of bug and on the side, creating a mini format that has the capability to do data transforms of all kinds. The data editor will introduce more complex forms of editing that just can't be done through manual key-value pairs - complex object types, session values as well as data types for editors. That's not possible for us to do if we keep maintaining the bulk editor on the side.
I thought that there was no possibility to select multiple variables, copy them and paste them until I realized that with the SHIFT and ARROW keys it could be done, but it was difficult to discover it because the background color of the selected variables is TOO SIMILAR to the ones not selected. You almost do not notice that you've selected something, so it's easy to think that functionality does not exist.
@otto-pflucker Yep, we realized this ourselves. 😅 We'll be rolling out improvements to the editor over the coming versions, as well as refining the interactions around it. Stay tuned for updates!
The multi-selection is not working as the old bulk edition at all. I have multi-selected and copied to a text editor. It was pasted as a single line JSON and then I formatted it to be more readable. Then I have edited the value of one variable and tried to paste it back to Postman's environment by multi-selecting all variables again. It pasted it as a new variable that the name was the entire JSON structure. It would be great if you bring back the "bulk edit" option or urgently improve the multi-selection feature.
@a85 Is it possible to reveal this new data structure similarly to the older bulk edit view? I totally see where you're coming from if you're limiting your data storage format to simple K/V like this, but this is a frustrating loss of functionality. Is there a compromise? Maybe "bulk edit" in JSON form?
A simple thing that is currently not possible in the environment editor is to view a long values. It is sort of possible, but not convenient since the values are wrapped around. It is not possible to copy/paste multiple rows from one env editor to another. To put is simple Bulk Edit feature is very convenient and I vote for putting it back. Please...
I'm adding to the existing pool of users who want the Bulk Edit feature to come back. Someone thought that getting rid of this would HELP us? Please discipline that person as they clearly didn't consult their customers before making that decision (facepalm). Bulk Edit was THE ONLY way I interacted with Environment Variables in Postman.
Really, the best part about the Bulk Edit function was simply the readability. The grid view cuts off the names of the variables due to the ellipses that famously appear in table grid structures. Can we please have the Bulk Edit back so I can read through my list and have an EASY way to read the names and values of the variables when referencing them in my test code? But I don't mean to say that the actual ability to Bulk Edit wasn't helpful, that too was certainly a good and helpful feature. Now, instead we get to add, one-by-one, hundreds of variables each of my new tests use. Needless to say, my Boss was surprised (not in a happy way) when I told him how long writing new tests in Postman is going to take.
I hope the Postman team does the right thing and bring back Bulk Edit for Environment Variables. Thank you.
Please put bulk edit back. (Even if it is a "use at your own risk" category).
As a software developer I am always reluctant to eliminate features that are very useful in a product.
Bulk edit was always extremely useful as we are constantly creating, editing, expanding environments with minor differences between them.
This is NOT a feature - it's a bug! Bulk Edit enables developers and testers to copy-past updates instead of tweeking each entry
Missing the bulk edit feature, it was great to be able to just past for example 20 variables or even the editing which I did outsid. It would be great to bring the feature back, i welcome the current value but not at the expense of bulk edit
For developers this is a MUST HAVE feature. Please put bulk edit back. Thanks :)
I very much miss bulk edit.....I am constantly adding new environments. It was great to be able to copy the data from a text file and place it in the bulk editor .. boom, it was done and worked great.
removing it really has caused me lots of extra work and time.
The bulk edit was very us-full for my team, I'd like to join the people that are saying that this is a MUST HAVE feature.
Please restore the bulk edit option. It's a MUST. Below my use case: For development, test, acceptance and production I have all different settings an keys to use. In an Excel document I keep track of the keys and values to make sure that on release of the product all keys are available in the new tests. I made calculated column from where the settings can be copied to and from bulk edit fast.
I'm considering using an earlier version. I really need the bulk edit. It never gave me problems.
Totally agree- Postman is used predominantly by developer types, who really appreciate bulk edit. Yes, a nice GUI is fine for tweaks and simple edits, but having some bulk editor was really powerful and helpful. Never had a problem with it.
Please bring back bulk edit in the environment... It is one of the best features of the postman.
Yes, bring the bulk edit back please. We use the environment variables to set session tokens and similar data that change regularly and they are many in every go. I cannot keep copying 20 values one by one etc. The bulk edit was the most useful thing in postman. For now I have to use the older version for this
I agree wholeheartedly with the others saying bring back bulk-edit. I have a similar workflow to panagath, where a lot of environment variables change often. To account for this I use a script to generate the variables and put them in my clip-board ready for insertion into Postman. This is no longer possible.
Copying variables between environments is really not something I do at all, as every test environment is unique.
My team also has a great need for bulkEdit, even if is just swapping the table view for a JSON editor that we can easily copy paste into. We use it to do mass partial test case scenario workflows where its faster to update a batch of values, versus having to manage and track against many duplicated environments, or doing import/exports or variables all the time.
The loss of this feature is also impacting me a lot. I used to be able to use bulk edit to easily copy environment config, find and replace (either by eye, as I could see all the values, or CTRL+F find) and then I have my new environment config. Now I either do it painfully within the UI, clicking each value to look for my replacements, or export as json and edit it externally before importing as a new env. As I also don't use the 'initial value/current value' functionality, the environments window has now become a huge pain to me.
ME TOO!!!!!!
On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 10:15 PM Dil-nlaycock [email protected] wrote:
The loss of this feature is also impacting me a lot. I used to be able to use bulk edit to easily copy environment config, find and replace (either by eye, as I could see all the values, or CTRL+F find) and then I have my new environment config. Now I either do it painfully within the UI, clicking each value to look for my replacements, or export as json and edit it externally before importing as a new env. As I also don't use the 'initial value/current value' functionality, the environments window has now become a huge pain to me.
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Please put it back, the removal of this feature, slows development and is cause to look at other tools
