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title: "Want to edit Gravity Forms entries 340% faster?"
date: 2017-07-13
author: "GravityKit"
link: "https://staging.gravitykit.com/hello-inline-edit/"
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# Want to edit Gravity Forms entries 340% faster?



## Do you edit a lot of Gravity Forms entries? You need our new plugin: [Inline Edit](/products/gravityview-inline-edit/).

Data entry is a pain. It was one of my first jobs, and I'll never forget it. If you've ever spent hours updating a single value for hundreds or thousands of records in a database, you know the feeling: your job slowly and painfully loses meaning. Gravity Forms users have lots of entries, and sometimes they need to update each of them. This takes hours, and **it should be faster**. [Now it is](/products/gravityview-inline-edit/), with Inline Edit: the fastest way to edit entries in Gravity Forms. **GravityView not required.** ![Editing Gravity Forms entries is now awesome](https://cf61600d-90c1-49ac-b4a6-d97914c46f41.cv03.conves.io/wp-content/uploads/edd/2017/07/Update-Column.gif)

## For every 570 entries you edit, you will save an *hour*!

### We've run the numbers to make sure.

We knew Inline Edit was going to be a game-changer, but we didn't know just how much time it would save. So we ran a test: 

#### Update a single dropdown field for eight entries in three settings:

1. GravityView using "Edit Entry"
2. The Gravity Forms Entries screen, and
3. Inline Edit

We recorded the findings, and found Inline Edit is **340% faster than other editing methods**: **Inline Edit** 14.8 seconds = **1.85 seconds / entry** **GravityView** 65.9 seconds = **8.24 seconds / entry** **Gravity Forms** 65.3 seconds = **8.16 seconds / entry** (We'll update this post with the video, once it's ready to share) 

## Why? Thank Saul, and others like him.

One of our most vocal GravityView advocates—let's called him Saul—told me about his process: > I have a GravityView table layout where I review a few hundred entries a day. I update a drop-down field that has custom statuses, so that my administrator can include them in his timesheet reports.

Saul wasn't contacting support because he was frustrated with the editing process; he had another question. But when I looked at his process and his website, I felt bad for him! It took *so much work* just to update a single field. We had planned to develop Inline Edit, but after seeing the process Saul used, it became a priority. There are a lot of jobs that need you to do repetitive tasks. As a programmer, I want to help make that easier. **Every time I see opportunities to save our customers' time, I want GravityView to help.**

### It was a long time coming. *Finally*!

Just 19 days after launching GravityView—August 12, 2014—I created a ticket titled "Inline Edit for each field". I've wanted an easier way to update entries since almost day one, and I'm so glad that it's here. ![Inline Edit for each field (in Gravity Forms)](https://cf61600d-90c1-49ac-b4a6-d97914c46f41.cv03.conves.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-13-at-8.45.29-PM-1024x198.png)
*Completed at last. Inline Edit will help save thousands of frustrating hours (and maybe millions!). If you edit entries, I know this will save you lots of time, and I hope you love it*