As a summary of our findings in writing: Below is a table of user needs we discovered and solutions we or the customers suggested. Some of the "missing" features people complained about are not missing at all (such as auto-complete or syntax highlighting) but the fact that people didn't know about them points to a discoverability issue we believe we can address through design.
Needs Suggested Solutions Users need a reliable way to save their queries frequently Autosave, Persisting & Complete History, Persisting Un-run queries after disconnect Users need a more efficient way to type Auto-discoverable Autocomplete, Customize shortcuts, more visible syntax highlighting Users need a process to share query output with others Copy and Paste into Excel with proper formatting, Export button to MS XML Users need a way to quickly input content into pgAdmin Edit within graphic table Users need query output to be stored to reuse results Results stored in history Users need an easier way to find saved queries Workspace, Search On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Robert Eckhardt <reckha...@pivotal.io> wrote: > My main concern is making the right decisions on what to change, and >> focussing efforts in the areas where we gain most benefit. Of course, >> the resources to do the work are also critical - the current team >> already have a good years worth of work in various additional features >> and improvements. >> > > Absolutely our concern as well which is why we don't want to work in a > vacuum. > > -- Rob > > >> >> -- >> Dave Page >> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com >> Twitter: @pgsnake >> >> EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com >> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company >> > > -- Raffi Holzer Product Manager Pivotal Labs
