May 7, 2024

lizlynch · May 7, 2024

Deployment Time: 12:30 PM PST

Features & enhancements

None

Bug fixes

None

Rollout changes

*Item*	*Description*
Enhancement	Changes to format rule icons: Icon rules that don't specify a highlight color will again inherit highlight color from other active rules (consistent with mobile behavior). When a `Ref` column references a row whose `Label` column includes formatting, the `Ref` values will now include the `Label`'s formatting when displayed in dropdown inputs (consistent with how they are displayed in other places). New: Deployed to 100% of free users and 25% of paid users. Previous: Deployed to 100% of free users and 10% of paid users.
Bug	For desktop UI (preview), fixed a bug where Ref drop-down values could appear blank if the referenced row has no Label. It now shows the `Ref`'s own value (referenced row key value) as currently happens in other places. New: Deployed to 100% of free users and 10% of paid users. Previous: Deployed to 100% of free users.
Bug	Fixed a bug that could cause columns using a list validation expression to be unexpectedly cleared when the existing value is invalid and a column dependency changed. This behavior of automatically clearing invalid values was meant to apply to "dependent drop-downs" where the valid options of a drop-down are influenced by the value of a previous column. It was being incorrectly applied too broadly, including cases where some other expression on the drop-down column (not the validation expression) is influenced by the changed column. It will now only be applied when the validation expression depends on the changed column. New: Deployed to all users. Previous: Deployed to 100% of free users and 75% of paid users.
Bug	Fixes an issue where app creators with only partial access to the app's sources would not be able to see any sources. New: Deployed to 100% of free users and 50% of paid users. Previous: Deployed to 100% of free users.
Bug	For desktop UI, more aspects of inline views will be persisted after expanding them. With this change, user modifications to an inline view (such as a dashboard entry or a table in a detail view) will be kept upon expanding the view on the desktop, as they would be on mobile. For example, if a user toggles the column sort order of a table in a dashboard view and then expands that entry, the table rows will now stay in the same order. This also applies in the opposite direction: if the user makes further changes to the expanded table then collapses the view, those changes will still be seen upon returning to the dashboard view. New: Deployed to 100% of free users and 75% of premium users. Preview: Deployed to 100% of free users and 50% of premium users.

Preview announcements

Preview feature releases enable you to try out new app features that are not yet fully supported. See Product launch stages.

No new preview features were released today.

The following tables summarize the preview features that are currently available.

Item

Description

Feature

AppSheet apps for desktop users (Preview)

The new desktop design, currently in preview, is optimized for desktop browsers, presenting a more complete view of information with a consistent organization and structure. The new desktop design lets users navigate their apps more easily and access information in context, and provides an efficient way to edit existing records without losing context. The legacy desktop design, enabled by default, provides an experience similar to the mobile and tablet device.

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In addition, the AppSheet preview program lets app creators try out new app features that are not yet fully supported. For more details and to opt-in, see AppSheet preview program.

abrahamnwocha

nice one

hien_nguyen

Hi @lizlynch and @Peter-Google ,
Today was a terrible day for me because users reported a lot of errors arising from the Appsheet update. Below are some errors you should review and handle as soon as possible:
1. Action Go to another view within this app with Linktoview does not work on Desktop mode.
2. Action Expand view sometimes does not. Sometimes when I click on the view, the view is empty instead of having values like in the subtable in the detail view.
3. The subtotal feature for sub-level groups has been removed after a few dates released with many bugs such as displaying too many All-sub total sublevel forms.
4. Quick edit table didn't show the value number when editing.

ModernAir

I am having this exact issue as well.

4. Quick edit table didn't show the value number when editing.

lizlynch

@hien_nguyen @ModernAir Sorry for the inconvenience! Passing this information on to the dev team.
As per #3, that feature was rolled back so that the team can re-evaluate the update based on the feedback from the Community -- this will be communicated in today's (May 8th) release notes. Apologies for not communicating this sooner.

Adam-google

@hien_nguyen (or anyone else affected) Would you mind if we look at the affected app to investigate the specific interactions for #1, 2 and 4? If not, could you message me the full app name and steps to take within the app to reproduce the behaviors?

hien_nguyen

@Adam-google wrote:
investigate the specific interactions for #1, 2

Hi @Peter-Google

Issue#1: All action Linktoview("Home") and displayed on the primary are not working as before since yesterday. So I have to change to the LinktofilteredView("Home", True) but it is very inconvenient when you user adds a new row, it is shown on the filtered view as the main view.

Issue#2: This case makes the app work unstable, for example in my device can see all rows on the child table but some wide screens are sometimes ok, sometimes not ok.

Issue#4:

Regarding the quick edit table error, I discovered the following problems:
4.1. Not displaying the value promptly after entering it on quick edit: Sometimes when I enter a numeric or decimal value, the app does not display the value but only displays 0 until I save and then the value is displayed.
4.2. I have 2 date columns next to each other, but when quick edit is turned on, the first date column displays a calendar to let me select the date, while the second date column cannot be selected.
4.3. With enum and enumlist data fields, I cannot display a drop-down list to select from.
4.4. In addition, the quick edit table feature synchronizes each line for a very long time. Please research the option of writing the array after editing the entire table like Automation's API array writing mechanism to help users operate faster.

Please check the quick edit table feature again to help it work more stably.

Adam-google

@hien_nguyen

1. So far I've not been able to reproduce a general problem with LinkTo actions, and haven't heard other reports of this being broken, so it's most likely something to do with the specific configuration or context in which it's run. I did find a recent change that could affect the behavior when an action navigates to a view that's already part of the current split view / navigation stack. The main difference would be whether other views above the target view remain in the stack. For example if "Home" is shown on the left and a detail view is shown on the right, an action in the detail view that navigates back to "Home" might have previously closed the detail view but might leave it open now. Does that describe the problem you're seeing? I'm wondering if that's what you meant by "when you user adds a new row, it is shown on the filtered view as the main view."

2. This issue is specifically when expanding a view that's inline in a detail view, or also when expanding a view in a dashboard? Does it always happen now or only intermittently / in certain contexts / with certain users? I haven't been able to reproduce this either so far. Any other details you can provide may be helpful.

4.1 I was able to reproduce this when the table view was expanded from an inline state before attempting to edit, and trace it to a recent update. We will have a fix for this soon.

4.2 Are the columns both actually Date type, or some other variation like Enum with base type Date? Did this problem appear at the same time as the others?

4.3 Does the dropdown show up if you backspace the existing value, start typing, or click the input again after it's selected? I think the behavior in desktop has been to wait for one of these events before showing the dropdown even before recent changes, although I can see how this could be confusing / unexpected.

4.4. Is this also a recent regression, or just a general observation of the table view behavior? Also by "synchronizes each line for a very long time" do you mean the count of queued requests that appears on the sync button after save going down slowly, or do you mean you're seeing delays while you're still in the middle of editing?

hien_nguyen

Action Linktoview at primary not working after update verion May 3rd

Hi, @Adam-google please check these bugs for action Go to another view with linktoview() display on the primary. This action worked normally before updated

Adam-google

@hien_nguyen Thanks for the screenshot, it clarifies a lot.

In this example it looks like you're already in the view Công việc, and the action is also trying to link to the same view. So generally I wouldn't expect it to "go" anywhere -- however, since the view appears empty while the action name is "All" with a count of the table, it would imply the screenshot was arrived at through something like LinkToFilteredView, and the point of the All action is to remove the filter. Is that right?

I believe the recent change I mentioned could result in such an action no longer removing the filter, when it had before. The next release (likely sometime today) should restore the old behavior there, so I expect that should get the action working as before. It also includes a fix for the table view edits not persisting.

hien_nguyen

Link to view () and linktofilteredview() working unstable on the desktop mode since version May 3rd. Please check these bugs and fix them ASAP.

For example, on the group subtotal show values, but in table only shows rows filtered by Action Go to another view within this app with LINKTOFILTEREDVIEW("R Date",[R Date]=TODAY().

Best regards,

Hien

Adam-google

@hien_nguyen If you don't see the problem resolved after Friday's release, could you please file a support request with relevant screenshots and details about how to reproduce the problem within the app? Thanks!

hien_nguyen

Hi @Adam-google

I see that the Action go-to another view action with the linktoview function is working normally again when placed in primary.