Am I the only one who has noticed that a fair number of Community questions require us to ask a question in return, before we can try to help?
I've read numerous "questions" that appear to be a random string of words, thrown together in 20 seconds, while I (and others) spend time reading and re-reading the post.
Would a FAQ or Best Practices or Checklist be helpful?
In a world of instant messaging, it seems like the art of thoughtful questions has been lost.
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Have you ever noticed that your question has 81 views, and 0 replies?
Use these Best Practices to ask a question on the Community, and receive free replies from our team of experts with years of experience:
- Describe with sufficient detail: What is the problem? "it does not work" may cause many people to skip over your question
- Please include sample input and expected output: as an Excel attachment or as a table (not an image) in the text of your question
- Spend some time to provide sample input that represents the true full spectrum of your actual data.
- Example: if you say your fields are "Month 1", "Month 2", "Month 3", your fields should NOT actually be "Month 1 ABC", "Month 2 DEF", "Month 3 XYZ789".
- Post a sample workflow. To include data files with your workflow: create a YXZP file using Options > Export Workflow
- What have you already tried?
- Do you not know where to start, still staring at a blank canvas?
- Have you already read other Community posts or used the Search function?
- If you are asking about reading in multiple Excel Sheets or Files, the answer lies in Community Search
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Language barriers are understandable, to be expected.
But when we’re talking about asking a question… are there "thoughtful" ways to share our wisdom and experience with a new generation?
Any poets out there that could summarize the art of thoughtful questions?
