How to Set Up Voting in Coda

Quick summary

Setting up voting in Coda lets teams upvote ideas and instantly see which options have the most support. This guide walks through creating a voting table, adding a vote-count formula, and sorting results by total votes to surface top ideas automatically.

Steps

1. Insert a table with one column called "Idea" to hold team submissions.
2. Review the voting table where team members' submissions and votes are collected.
3. Open column settings and allow everyone to upvote using the default behavior.
4. Set the column type to Formula and enter =thisRow.[Vote 👍].Count() to tally votes per row.
5. Click the Sort button and sort by Total Votes (Descending) to rank ideas by popularity.
6. Watch the table reorder itself automatically to show the most-voted ideas at the top.