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Having different Views per table is great, but it would be great to have a curated menu (maybe as a Block in the left side) of views, as a simple & friendly UI for accesing different parts of the base/app.
It doesn’t have to be a full tree-like structure, it can be 2 or 3 levels deep, maybe the first level being a category, defined by the table name.
Custom icons/names would be a plus++
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As of the latest update, the calendar views are no longer showing image thumbnails on the entries. This is extremely important for me so I can identify entries at a glance. I hope this is just a bug and will be back to normal soon.
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It would be really great to be able to embed the views with the option to alter them. I know you could build your whole custom front-end through the API with all the functionality you can think of, but the basic layout of the embedded iframe views are already so functional that it can quickly be overkill to entirely build your own front-end.
I’m thinking of javascript plugin to embed your view with much more settings (than given with the iframe embed) and also events and callbacks so you can alter the embed through custom coded javascript, while starting off from the standard embedded front-end.
Are there any plans in doing such a thing? Or am I missing something and is there already an other option besides embedding via iframe or using the API?
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I have been using the android apps for a while only to realize that its benefit is limited since there is no summary bar.
If anyone knows where it was located, please point me out. If not, I really hope the developers will make it available in near future.
Thanks :slightly_smiling_face:
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I’d like to be able to specify fields as being lengths, weights, temperatures, etc. as once you have a lot of number fields it isn’t easy to see or remember what type of data is in each field.
Alternatively (or ideally also) being able to format numbers using custom formats as can be done in Excel would make life easier - for example in Excel a format of 0.0" cm" would display a number as a length
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Airtable did an amazing thing with the implementation of looking up fields when creating a filter, making the life of people like me, with 60+ in a table, so much easier.
I was hoping to see a similar feature for the show/hide fields toggles. Any chance you guys are working on that?
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I would love to be able to send row(s) emails based on templates, example:
From: my@email.com
To: {rcpt_emails}
Cc: another@email.com
Hey {first_name},
Thanks for submitting you information. blah blah blah...
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//Include row(s) summary/grid (as now)
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It would be great to mark bases as archived when no longer needed. I imagine them available under each team maybe under a second tab called “archived”. Would also want to be able to unarchive.
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Hello,
A “Global Field” is one that the whole table uses as if it was present in every record.
Like when you define a cell with a “Name” in Excel.
The benefit is that you change it in one place and it affects every record.
Imagine the exchange rate (Dollars-Euros) affecting the price of something… or the weather forecast affecting something else.
A workaround: I can create a base with the Global Field and a Formula that equals that field in a different table. The problem is you need to link to the Global Field and then bring the info with a lookup…
This may require a separate table for each Global Field which is far from ideal…
Thanks.
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I’m in the process of deciding whether to switch over from Filemaker, and my workflow involves a lot of text. Research notes, interview transcripts, article drafts. Filemaker allows me to have a text entry field the size of most of the screen.
I guess what I’m really asking for is better form management options. For example, a two-column form with a narrow column for small fields – note title, subject, name of the person interviewed, that kind of thing – and a wide column for the main text field.
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