Issue
An administrator expected a locked column in an unstructured table within a template to automatically populate formulas down the column. However, new rows do not inherit the formula. The admin believes this is a bug but wants clarification on whether this is expected behavior.
Environment
Product Area: Templates
Resolution
This behavior is expected. Here’s some clarification on the caveats of this feature:
1. Unstructured tables do not support automatic formula population.
- Unlike structured tables, plain tables do not have built-in support for default column values or formula inheritance across new rows.
2. Default values apply only in specific conditions:
- The table must be structured (not unstructured).
- The table must have only one row when set in a template.
- Any new rows added from the template will then inherit the default values.