What does 'Changes to this fieldset will stay in sync' mean?

[architchandra]

I see this line when I try to import a field into a blueprint. My understanding based on this is that if I now edit an imported field from inside the blueprint, the changes will also show up in the field under Fieldsets. However, #2183 makes it seem that that is not the case. And indeed, if I try it, it's not the case.

What does this mean then? It's not clear to me (for more context, I'm new to Statatmic).
Thank you!

[jasonvarga]

My understanding based on this is that if I now edit an imported field from inside the blueprint

It's the other way around.

If you were to edit the field from the fieldset the changes would appear wherever you linked it. e.g. in the blueprint.

The fieldset is the source of truth. Then if you edit it from the blueprint, whatever edits you make will only happen at that one spot in the blueprint. It doesn't go back to the fieldset.

[architchandra]

Thanks @jasonvarga for the response. I'm still a bit confused, though, because of what I'm seeing at my end.

I have created a Common fieldset that contains a Bard field (called Body) and Grid fields called Image, Video, Embed, etc. To maximise re-use, I am importing/linking to these Grid fields from inside the Body field. I am then using this Body field inside a blueprint called Article.

I decided to add a Caption field (text) to the Video Grid field. My expectation was that this change would reflect both in the Body field and inside the Article blueprint automatically, which has not happened.

I've tried various combinations of clicking on Finish, Save and reloaded the page (more on this in the next comment), but nothing has changed. Is there some command that I need to run to sync the fields?

Thank you so much for taking out the time to help!

[architchandra]

An aside is that if I create a field (let's say Video), hit 'Save' (without reloading the Fieldset page in the CP) and then go back to my Body (Bard) field, I can't find the newly created Video field in the Link a single field dropdown. It shows up only after I reload the Fieldset page.

Am I missing something?

[architchandra]

Update: When I deleted and re-imported the Video field in the Body field, the Article blueprint got updated automatically. So one portion of the puzzle seems to be working. Not sure about the other one (Body field not updating automatically on updating the Video field).

[architchandra]

Final update: Because I was adding fields to the Body (Bard) field by linking to other fields, I think I was accidentally making changes in the Body field rather than the original fields in the Common fieldset. Some confusion in this probably resulted in the problems I was facing. Things are working as expected when I make changed directly to the fields inside the Common fieldset. Marking this as answered.