Bug Report: Data Synchronization Issue When Using "Preview App As" Feature

There is a bug when testing the application with another email.

Suppose we choose to view the application as user X and enter their email in the "Preview app as" field and click the "Apply" button.

Everything works fine up to this point. Then I make a modification in some expression, let's say any, and save the changes with the "Save" button.

When we save the changes, before the data is displayed, there is a synchronization with the database. This synchronization does not initially load the data related to the email entered in the "Preview app as" field as expected, since the "Apply" button has been clicked and is not available unless the email within is modified. This synchronization upon saving does not occur with that email, but with the administrator's email (even though their email is not visible), the data corresponds to that of the administrator.

To synchronize the data for that loaded email, it is necessary to click the "Sync" button again (manual resynchronization), which is different from the synchronization that occurs after saving the changes (synchronization that occurs before the data is displayed on the screen).

This doesn't bother me, as I have noticed the bug and can continue working as long as I resynchronize the data. However, someone else might think their formulas are wrong because the data doesn't load (when in reality, this is what is happening).

Perhaps what I'm mentioning is not a priority, but I hope it helps someone if they encounter this issue.

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For security reasons, I protect my user's email, but to show you what I mean, I, as the administrator, do not have any data loaded in the app. My user does have it, but as you can see, the apply button is not available because it is already pressed and supposedly their data should be visible. To see it, I have to synchronize again, because when I save the changes and synchronize, the first time the action is performed, they are not displayed.

 

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You could report this to Support as a bug, but the preview has a number of explicit limitations, so I don't know they would consider this behavior worth changing.

https://support.google.com/appsheet/answer/11998579 

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