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July 10, 2023

lizlynch
Staff

Deployment Time: 3:21 PM PST

Features & enhancements

None

Bug fixes

None

Rollout changes

Item Description
Enhancement Improve server performance of generating unique app names.

New: Deployed to 100% of free users.
Previous: Deployed to 50% of free users.

Enhancement Add views, actions, and format rules to your favorites

You can now add views, actions, and format rules to your favorites. See:

New: Deployed to all users.
Previous: Deployed to 100% of free users and 50% of paid users.

Rollbacks

These issues that were previously released have been rolled back. The team is working on longer-term fixes for these issues.

Item Rollout status
Fixed a bug where INPUT() modal forms would not persist changes correctly when triggered by a Ref action run against a bulk selection of multiple rows This update was rolled back temporarily to fix an issue raised in the community.

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.

What's currently available in Preview?

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

Item Description
Feature Quick sync is now available to all users in preview

Turn on Quick Sync for an app to instantly see other users' changes as they are saved. For more information, see:

Enhancement Navigation improvements in AppSheet app editor (Preview)

The app editor includes navigation improvements, currently in preview, to facilitate the configuration of specific features. For example, the new Settings section in the left navigation gathers together all app-wide settings and makes it more intuitive for all app creators to find these types of settings.

For more information, see:

Enhancement Additional usability improvements in AppSheet app editor (Preview)

The app editor includes navigation and app setting improvements, currently in preview, to facilitate the configuration of specific features. The navigation improvements now include a secondary navigation panel that lets you quickly scan all of your components. In addition, there are more direct links in your View component to the table, column, or action that you want to check or edit. Finally, error and warning messages are more prominently displayed in the app.

For more information, see:

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.

For more information, see:

The following features require opt-in to the AppSheet preview program. The AppSheet Preview program lets app creators try out new app features that are not yet fully supported.

Item Description
Feature Table view

Table View now supports freezing the first column while scrolling horizontally. For details, see Freezing the first Column of a Table View - in Preview Program.

Feature Chart Editor

App Creators can now make use of our new chart editor and the new and improved charts it can create. Learn more.

Feature Detail views

Rich text formatting is now available in Detail views. For details, see this announcement in the community.

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