[ENG] Use text field to capture further details of Other role type during signup
The purpose of this issue is to capture the required engineering work for capturing free-form text values for a user’s job title when they select a role of Other
during the signup process. Full information can be found in the parent epic.
Full design conversation and specs can be found here.
We do not need to implement this as an experiment, instead we will implement this change to all signups for a period of time (likely a few weeks) until we feel we have enough trends in the free-form text responses to change the default options that are present in the role dropdown.
We will create a new column in the database to capture the free-form text responses (something like users.other_role_details
). We should also work with the data team to ensure this new database column in the database appears in the gitlab_dotcom_users_xf
table in Sisense.
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Create new column to capture responses -
Add new field in registration form when users select “Other” option for their role -
Send data entered into the new field into the new column in the database -
Ensure the data team is ingesting from the new column