# Summary display for Observation fields **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [March 6, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/summary-display-for-observation-fields/567 "2019-03-06T22:31:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tonyrebelo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tonyrebelo/32/317_2.png) [@tonyrebelo](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tonyrebelo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/summary-display-for-observation-fields/567/1 "2019-03-06T22:31:16Z")
Observation fields can contain a wealth of information, but extracting or summarizing it is a pain. The field view does not even tell one how many times the field has been used. What I would like is a summary pie chart of the proportional use of the alternatives in a field with multiple values. For instance in [https://www.inaturalist.org/observation\_fields/1437](https://www.inaturalist.org/observation_fields/1437) - what is the proportion of the fields?: - None Recorded ! \* Tracks ! \* Scat !\* Remains ! \* Call/Song ! \* Evidence of Feeding ! etc. Or for this project: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observation\_fields/7498](https://www.inaturalist.org/observation_fields/7498) I would like to see the breakdown of habitats (proportional use) for any taxon. ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/summary-display-for-observation-fields/567/2 "2019-05-23T23:29:32Z")
> [@tonyrebelo](#): > > For instance in [https://www.inaturalist.org/observation\_fields/1437](https://www.inaturalist.org/observation_fields/1437) - what is the proportion of the fields?: > > - None Recorded ! \* Tracks ! \* Scat !\* Remains ! \* Call/Song ! \* Evidence of Feeding ! etc. This is something we can do, but as observation fields aren’t high priority I can’t promise it would happen soon. But I’ll make an issue. > [@tonyrebelo](#): > > Or for this project: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observation\_fields/7498](https://www.inaturalist.org/observation_fields/7498) > I would like to see the breakdown of habitats (proportional use) for any taxon. I’m not sure this is something we can do easily. What you’d like to do is, say, look up Plants with this observation field and see how many were marked fynbos, grassveld, etc? ---
**Author:** ![charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@charlie](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/charlie)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/summary-display-for-observation-fields/567/3 "2019-05-23T23:33:08Z")
It would be neat to be able to see how many taxa i have found per natural community (tracked in a field) but it would also be nice to be able to do that in reverse and see how many natural communities i have found that taxa in, by number of observations. ---
**Author:** ![karoopixie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/karoopixie/32/69882_2.png) [@karoopixie](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/karoopixie)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/summary-display-for-observation-fields/567/4 "2019-05-24T07:08:24Z")
I like this. Would vote but I’ve run out of votes :-( ---
**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/summary-display-for-observation-fields/567/5 "2019-06-20T00:01:10Z")
Added here: [https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/2285](https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/2285) [https://www.inaturalist.org/observation\_fields/1437](https://www.inaturalist.org/observation_fields/1437) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/0/09804be669d0671ee54a95156db259e14ab3ab6f.png) ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/summary-display-for-observation-fields/567/6 "2019-06-20T19:37:59Z")