Ability to change more than one selected value in a schedule

[editavinca]

Right now in schedules there is the possibility to change only one single value at a time, but very often we have the same elements which receive a new value for a parameter. It would be helpful if we could change this value for all of them at once and not need to highlight them in the model and then change the parameter value in the model.

[wr.marshall]

Almost started a new duplicate idea, but double checked and found this. Anyway here is my 2 pennies worth:

The ability to change multiple lines that will have the same value in a schedule. Standard MS windows selection can be used.

(1) drag to highlight series

(2) [shift] click first cell then last cell in series, which will select first, last and everything in-between

(3) [ctrl] then select series which may have gaps between where a different value is required

can be used in any combination of above to select desired.

[Zwielehner]

@wr.marshall , @ToanDN , @RPTHOMAS108 and others,

we are currently working on a more dynamic schedule tool for Revit, that let's you edit multiple cells at once, copy, sort & group by drag&drop, save schedule snapshots (and compare later) and much more. If you are interested, just send me a DM and I'll tell you more. 

[sjonesLKK6U]

YES! Autodesk needs to stop being lazy and make the schedule editing process more like Excel. Pasting the same info in 30 cells individually is absurd.

[jmilneFA938]

Yeah, this would be a big win in terms of saving time and frustration.

Having to copy and paste the same info into sometimes say 100 rows of a schedule is pretty frustrating.

It's possible to select multiple elements on a plan and change a parameter in all of them at once, so it'd be good to have the same functionality when you need to change things in a schedule (because the elements are on different floors or you're using the schedule to group similar elements or you're working on a schedule of sheets or whatever).

[ceyhunyuzuak]

This is really a required feature. 

Hoping to be slightly helpful, though, I'd like to share a workaround I use: select the rows whose parameters you want to edit, (this works only if rows are in order as we can't select them one by one by pressing Ctrl or something, you press LMB and drag) then go to any model view, like a floor plan or 3D, now notice you actually have selected those elements, you can now set the parameter in the properties pallette. done. 

[vojtech.zufnicek]

It would be fine, if i can just do my job in Revit, not to export schedule via external plugin (DiRoots) to Excel, do basic stuff (change multiple value) and import it back. But in The Factory, they said: "Nope, find the external tool". 

Sad 😞

[DZimmerKVJT2]

I just want to confirm commenters know this isn't just tables or schedules. Or maybe it is

[_schools_]

Adding to this thread. I am trying to edit a sheet index and I am indicating a dot or 'X' on the included sheets so it would be great to be able to copy the 'X' into the necessary cells at once instead of clicking the drop down for each one. Working in Revit 24 and do not see it as an option still.

Cheers!

[DZimmerKVJT2]

I ended up using an add-on third party thing to be able to use tables the way all other software has been using them for a few decades now. Not a fan of having to incorporate one add-on after another just to get the software to perform basic tasks.

[caleb.lagarrigue]

It would be highly beneficial to introduce the capability to select multiple cells within a schedule and assign a uniform label to all selected cells simultaneously. Currently, users are required to label each row individually, which can be time-consuming and inefficient, particularly for large schedules. Enabling this feature would streamline the process, improve user efficiency, and reduce repetitive tasks.

[njones9JJCA]

Be able to select multiple data rows and edit a parameter for all selected (instead of doing it row by row).

[Ric_Weber]

Et al. I have voted for this because I think it would be very beneficial, but to those that say that they have to paste the same thing into 30 or 100 rows of items, there is a better way to do this even today.  I use a copied "working" schedule to do this, but you don't have to. 

• Sort your schedule by one or more items and then unselect the "Itemize every instance" option in the Sorting/Grouping tab. 
• Then change or update your parameter value on just the one or two lines. 
• Then flip back to your original schedule and viola, all of the fields are filled in.  

The method proposed by this idea and other comments is great and would definitely be beneficial, but there are some shortcuts to not needing to change a value in every line.