A: I think you refer to "Team Management" which is an management page where a team creator/admin manages a team properties, such as user membership, you can add/remove users to the team to share the same team workspace for creating and sharing graph stories.
When embedding a chart on a page, there is a link that says -> view on columns, where the user can switch between the chart and the tables. The user can also download the data. Is it possible to remove this link when embedding a chart?
It also allows anyone to just embed the chart without giving any proper rights to use the data.
I'd ideally not want the data to be downloaded or have the user go to an external link.
A: Yes. You can disable the "view on columns" button as well as "graph filter", these two settings are located at the bottom of general setting tab.
You can also set domain whitelist in the graph sharing dialog so that the graph can only be loaded in the domain you specified, others can not do that.
So I think these are solutions for both of your concerns.
Q: Columns is not recognizing a valid date format??
When I connect my Google Sheets file to Columns, it is not recognizing the date column as a valid Time series. Why is that?? The current format is "05-20-2025". The schema is only seeing it as text. According to the documentation, this is a valid format (UsDateFull: 'M/d/yyyy', 'MM/dd/yyyy').
Q: Team permissions
What are the team permissions?
ShawnCao
Jun 15, 2025A: I think you refer to "Team Management" which is an management page where a team creator/admin manages a team properties, such as user membership, you can add/remove users to the team to share the same team workspace for creating and sharing graph stories.
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Yes!
I want to understand further of your need, would you like to have a quick meet & chat? If yes, let's find a time - https://zcal.co/cao
I have no issues. You answered my question, thank you!
Q: Roadmap
Are there plans to add new features to this product? I want to use it more but it feels like LLMs can compete with this product with a single prompt
ShawnCao
Jun 8, 2025A: if you think LLMs can compete with Columns, then personalized data story design / hosting and sharing are not major benefits you need.
It is not a simple LLM wrapper - LLM takes < 5% of it, I think. Feel free to send feature request to its support channels.
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Q: Chart Embeds - Prohibit data download
When embedding a chart on a page, there is a link that says -> view on columns, where the user can switch between the chart and the tables. The user can also download the data. Is it possible to remove this link when embedding a chart?
It also allows anyone to just embed the chart without giving any proper rights to use the data.
I'd ideally not want the data to be downloaded or have the user go to an external link.
Is there a solution?
Thanks
ShawnCao
May 26, 2025A: Yes. You can disable the "view on columns" button as well as "graph filter", these two settings are located at the bottom of general setting tab.
You can also set domain whitelist in the graph sharing dialog so that the graph can only be loaded in the domain you specified, others can not do that.
So I think these are solutions for both of your concerns.
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Q: Columns is not recognizing a valid date format??
When I connect my Google Sheets file to Columns, it is not recognizing the date column as a valid Time series. Why is that?? The current format is "05-20-2025". The schema is only seeing it as text. According to the documentation, this is a valid format (UsDateFull: 'M/d/yyyy', 'MM/dd/yyyy').
ShawnCao
May 24, 2025A: We will use support channel to analyze your data and see why DATE is not recognized, based on what you provided, it should.
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You are right, that’s a valid date, it should work. But do all values follow the correct format?
Can you share your sheet with me to test? Can send email or live chat.
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Yes, I can share. Please send me your email address. Thanks
Please click "Email" from this page - https://columns.ai/contact to get in touch through email.
Q: Comparison with chart pixel and instacharts
Can you please let me know how columns.ai is different from the other 2 offerings in Appsumo like instacharts and chart pixel?
ShawnCao
May 20, 2025A: I am not sure what they are good at - what do you need? I can help answer if Columns fits your need or not.
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