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Steve · 02-18-2025

The single most important thing is to avoid putting anything in any data (non-header) cell of the new column: no data, no formulas, nothing! The occurrence of anything in a data cell instantly brings the column into existence and will cause problems ...

Steve · 01-24-2025

Create a Search table Add a Search table based on your preferred data source. This is a table that will control the searches, not the table to be searched; the table to be searched will be determined later. In this example, the data source is Google ...

Steve · 01-11-2025

If I mark a column searchable but use an expression to hide the column, the hidden column values are exposed or determinable using the built-in search and filter feature. A reminder that Show? or Show if are NOT security features. If the data makes i...

Steve · 12-28-2024

In Expression Assistant, when I click outside the expression field after making a change, I get this dialog: This is a welcome enhancement! Thank you! But now that I have it, I wish it also offered options to Save (directly, rather than Keep editing ...

Steve · 10-24-2024

My FREE plan apps were blocked today. I contacted Support and was told FREE plans cannot have any deployed apps, so I undeployed all 20 or so of my apps. I've routinely deployed my apps for my own use or for public templates for years. Has there been...

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In the app editor:

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Google Sheets is more robust and feature-rich but isn't faster. For faster, your only option is SQL.

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Run actions based on view events 

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Images cannot be stored in AppSheet Database: https://support.google.com/appsheet/answer/10106529#image-storage-in-cloud

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Use URLENCODE(), not SUBSTITUTE().

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Add a column without disruption when using spreadsheet data source

Add a custom search feature

Built-in search & filter feature exposes searchable but hidden column values

Discard unsaved changes? dialog in Expression Assistant

Cannot deploy on FREE plan?

Re: Bad request for PDF files

Re: Sync error : 01/01/1900 … in field ‘Order’ cannot be converted to type ‘Number’

Re: how to ? (Send the changed data to another sheet or copy the entered data to a specified sheet )

Re: problem Saving image field on Appsheet DB

Re: Trouble using SVG in Longtext HTML

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