Control Column Visibility

Configure Column Visibility in JSON

Set the visible property on any column definition in your sheet configuration to control whether it appears in the grid by default:

{
  "columns": [
    {
      "id": "severity",
      bindings: "sev",
      "header": "Severity",
      "visible": true
    },
    {
      "id": "internalNotes",
      bindings: "customField_notes",
      "header": "Internal Notes",
      "visible": false
    }
  ]
}

When visible is set to false, the column is hidden from the grid display and does not affect layout calculations. The default value is true — columns are visible unless explicitly hidden. Hidden columns are useful for:

Auxiliary data used by formulas but not displayed to users
Sort-only columns (such as a zero-padded outline number)
Fields that should not appear in any view

Use “Select Visible Columns” at Runtime

Users can toggle column visibility directly in the Risksheet interface without editing configuration:

Open the Risksheet context menu
Select Select visible columns
Check or uncheck columns to show or hide them
Close the dialog to apply changes

These selections persist on the user’s computer across page reloads, giving each user individual control over their view.

Visibility resets when switching saved viewsPersonal column visibility selections made through “Select visible columns” are reset when you switch to a different saved view. If you need consistent visibility across sessions, use saved views instead.

Save and Reset Personal Column Settings

After adjusting column widths and visibility to your preference, you can persist them as personal settings:

Configure your preferred column widths and visibility
Open the context menu and select Save columns
Confirm the save when prompted

These personal settings are stored per-user and persist across browser sessions. To restore the original column layout defined in the Risksheet template:

Open the context menu and select Reset columns
Confirm the reset when prompted
The grid refreshes automatically, restoring default widths and visibility

Use Saved Views for Column Presets

Saved views provide administrator-defined column visibility presets that all users can switch between. Configure them in the views array of your sheet configuration:

views:
- name: FMEA Overview
  columnIds:
  - id
  - title
  - severity
  - occurrence
  - detection
  - rpn
- name: Traceability
  columnIds:
  - id
  - title
  - requirement
  - testCase
  - mitigation

Each view specifies which column id values are visible when the view is active. All other columns are hidden. Users switch between views using the view selector in the Risksheet toolbar.

Saved views vs. personal visibilitySaved views are defined by administrators in the configuration and are available to all users. They are the recommended approach for controlling column visibility consistently. Personal “Select visible columns” settings are local to each user’s browser and reset when switching views.

Toggle Review Columns

Risksheet provides a dedicated toggle for review-related columns. When review mode is activated:

The system reviews column becomes visible
The add-reviews column becomes visible
Row heights automatically adjust to accommodate review content

Toggle review columns through the review toolbar button. The visibility state toggles between shown and hidden with each click.

Header Group Collapsing

Columns grouped under a shared headerGroup can be made collapsible using collapseTo. When collapsed, the group shows only the target column:

columns:
- id: sev
  header: Severity
  headerGroup: Initial Rating
  collapseTo: rpn
- id: occ
  header: Occurrence
  headerGroup: Initial Rating
  collapseTo: rpn
- id: rpn
  header: RPN
  headerGroup: Initial Rating
  formula: commonRpn

Column group collapse is not persistedThe collapseTo state resets on every page reload. For persistent column hiding, use saved views or the “Select visible columns” feature instead.

Formula Columns and Visibility

Since v26.7.1, hiding a formula column does not stop it calculating. Its value is computed for every row, dependent formulas and cell decorators read it, and it is written to the bound Polarion field on row create or edit when the column has readOnly: false. You can hide intermediate calculations without affecting results.

Displaying a value and storing it are separateOpening a document recalculates every formula and shows current values, but does not rewrite stored data. See Formulas and Column Visibility for the full rule, and for the behavior on versions earlier than v26.7.1, where a hidden formula column did not execute.

Verification

After configuring column visibility, you should now see:

Only columns marked visible: true displayed in the grid
Hidden columns excluded from the layout with no empty gaps
Personal visibility selections persisting after page reload
Saved views switching the visible column set when selected from the toolbar

FAQ

Configure Column Visibility in JSON

Use “Select Visible Columns” at Runtime

Save and Reset Personal Column Settings

Use Saved Views for Column Presets

Toggle Review Columns

Header Group Collapsing

Formula Columns and Visibility

Verification

See Also

​Configure Column Visibility in JSON

​Use “Select Visible Columns” at Runtime

​Save and Reset Personal Column Settings

​Use Saved Views for Column Presets

​Toggle Review Columns

​Header Group Collapsing

​Formula Columns and Visibility

​Verification

​See Also

Configure Column Visibility in JSON

Use “Select Visible Columns” at Runtime

Save and Reset Personal Column Settings

Use Saved Views for Column Presets

Toggle Review Columns

Header Group Collapsing

Formula Columns and Visibility

Verification

See Also