8.20.23
Contents
Enhancements
Forms updates
Apply form rules on report and rich text components
On September 5th, builders will be able to conditionally control the appearance of more form components – report and rich text. You'll have more control over the appearance of the forms and can make sure that the right information is presented to the different users you have. The available form rules actions for the new components will be show, hide and change label.
Form rules validation for missing information
We’re adding a visual indication when there is missing information in the form rule on the new forms. For example, we'll indicate when there are issues like
- A field used in a condition has been deleted from the table
- A form element used in an action has been removed from the form canvas
This will help builders to easily identify problems with their form rules.
Revision history for file attachments
On September 5th, we'll be adding revision history information to the file attachments on new forms. Users can access it using the new button. This will help you to easily manage and restore old revisions of the file attachments.
Other Forms updates
- You can now select which modes sections show up in forms similar to fields (add/edit/view).
- Fields will now highlight in yellow when there is a dynamic update to them via form rules or a formula recalculation.
- Report types other than table/timeline now have options on the form to hide the toolbar.
Solution management
Solutions permission model expansion: Super users included
Starting August 30, we are expanding our permission model to include super users. This gives admins an elevated level of control they can designate to others in their organization. Super users can add all apps in a realm to a solution. If apps are private, super users can only add them if they are also the app owner. Read more in the My solutions help article.
Solution Versioning: New forms now included
Starting this month, your new forms across your Solutions will be stored as parts of versions and can be rolled back just like any other schema. Read more about Solution Versioning.
Mobile Dashboards updates
A new mobile app version (1.53) will be released in the App Store and Google Play at the end of August with new enhancements to our Mobile Dashboards experience.
Applied filters displayed on the Dashboard canvas
With this update, you will be able to effortlessly view the number of filters you've applied directly on the dashboard. You'll have the power to see the exact filters in use and remove them right from the dashboard interface.
Scan a QR or barcode in the search widget
The search widget will include the option to scan a QR code or barcode. The scanned content can be used as a search term, providing you with quicker access to relevant data and insights.
Pipelines Copy Records
- There will be no limit for transferring data from one table to another.
- Deleting a value from the Source table export fields field in the Copy records step will not make the pipeline invalid and it will continue to run normally
- Improved error handling for field type mismatches and changed behavior to support line errors for partial success.
Beta opportunities
| FEATURE | DESCRIPTION | STATUS | HOW TO PARTICIPATE |
| Pipelines Designer |
The latest updates in Pipelines Designer bring a range of new features, including an infinite canvas workspace, an enhanced step configuration process, the ability to rearrange steps using drag-and-drop, a new code editor, a step reference validator, and numerous other additions. |
beta September 1 |
Available to try in Pipelines |
| Start your app with AI |
With answers from just a few questions, our AI app builder can create a custom app in minutes. AI-built apps are complete with tables, relationships, sample data, reports, and a dashboard. To give it a try, register for the beta program. |
beta September 1 | Register for this beta |
What’s fixed in Quickbase
| ISSUE | AREA AFFECTED | WHAT WAS BROKEN | WHAT WE FIXED |
| QBE018138 | Forms 2.0 | You would see an error message that an invalid value had been entered when trying to enter a Related Date, even when the value was valid. | You no longer see an error message when you enter a valid value. |
| QBE018145 | Forms 2.0 | Read-only reference proxy fields displayed the parent record ID instead of the proxy value. | Proxy fields now display the value, even if they are read-only. |
| QBE018147 | Forms 2.0 | If you pinned a section of a new form, the pinned section was not available as a drop-down option when you built form rules. | Pinned sections are now an available option when building form rules. |
| QBE018162 | Forms 2.0 | If a field with logging turned on contained <>, the form would not load because Quickbase read the <> as tags. | Even if fields contain <>, forms now load. |
| QBE018186 | Forms 2.0 | Reference field dropdowns in new forms would show the create parent record link, even if you did not have the right permissions. | If you do not have permission, you will not see the link. |
| QBE018199 | Forms 2.0 | When specifying a default value for a Time of Day type field, a value with an AM or PM would not be respected. | Values with AM or PM are now respected. |
| QBE018246 | Forms 2.0 | You could not specify when sections on forms should appear. | When adding sections, you can now choose if they should appear on Edit, View, or Add, just like for fields. |
| QBE018242 | Forms 2.0 | In certain scenarios, clicking on file attachments in new forms resulted in a 404 error. | This error no longer displays. |
| QBE018182 | Form rules 2.0 | New form rules that introduced performance issues sometimes led to other rules being flagged by mistake. | Flags now appear only on the relevant rules. |
| QBE018260 | App/table settings | App description limit was not enforced when users entered one. However, the limit would stop you from taking other actions, like cloning the app. | You can't enter descriptions longer than 1023 characters. |
| QBE018212 | App/table settings | Special characters were not encoded properly in page and report titles. | Special characters are now properly encoded. |
| QBE018266 | Mobile | The value in Date/Time field with default time set as "Now" in Offline mode was getting updated with current time during record upload, overriding the original value. |
The issue will be resolved in the upcoming mobile app version 1.53. The default value “Now” in a Date/Time field in Offline mode will now be preserved and not updated during record upload. |
| QBE018191 | Legacy table reports | If using legacy style table reports, reports embedded on records did not load. | Embedded reports now load, even in the legacy style. |
| QBE018208 | Legacy table reports | Copy these records to another table in the More menu of the legacy style reports did not work. | You can now copy multiple records to another table from the legacy style report. |
| QBE016828 | Pipelines | Pipeline Fetch CSV failed if the file had UTF-8 characters in the file name or file data. | Fetch CSV now works, even if there are UTF-8 characters in the file name or file data. |
| QBE017529 | Pipelines | You could not see ServiceNow tables that should be visible. | The ServiceNow table is now visible. |
| QBE017537 | Pipelines | Pipeline update requests for QuickBooks Online – Create Bill steps would fail under certain conditions. | These requests no longer fail. |
| QBE018245 | Pipelines | Google Calendar - notifications to attendees were not firing on Update/Delete actions. | Notifications are now being sent correctly. |
| QBE018126 | Pipelines | The Search images step in the Procore Channel was failing. | The step no longer fails. |
| QBE018120 | Pipelines | When importing a CSV file using the Fetch CSV and Bulk Record Set actions, the first column of the CSV file would get skipped. | All columns now import. |