December 21, 2023
Wrapping up 2023 with Enhanced Event Grouping and More Powerful Rollups | Noloco Updates
Enhanced Grouping in Calendar, Timeline, and Gantt Views
You are no longer limited to grouping event views such as calendars, timelines and Gantts by single-option fields. We've broadened the horizon to include text, dates, numbers, and even linked fields!
What's New?
- More Grouping Options: Group your events by various field types, including text, dates, numbers, and linked records.
- Dynamic Colors: Visualize your events more vividly by color-coding based on linked records. Imagine seeing shifts colored by employee name or department!
Why This Matters?
It's not just about seeing a schedule; it's about understanding it at a glance. For instance, managers can now instantly recognize the distribution of shifts across departments or employees, leading to more informed decision-making and planning.
How to Use It?
- Open your Calendar, Timeline, or Gantt view.
- Select the 'Group By' option in the Display options
- Choose from the expanded list of fields to group your events.
More Powerful Rollups
We've got some fantastic news to share – Rollups just got a major makeover! 🌟 Now, not only can you aggregate your data effortlessly, but we've added some game-changing features to supercharge your app-building experience.
Rollup Filter Fields: 🕵️♂️ Customize your app views by leveraging Rollups to interactively filter data. It's like having a magic wand for organizing information – wave it, and watch your data fall into perfect order!
Field-Level Permission Rules: 🔐 Take control of who sees what with field-level permission rules now supporting Rollup fields. Security meets simplicity!
Watch Rollups In Workflow Triggers: 🔄 Subscribe to the magic! Now, when your Rollup values change, workflows can be triggered automatically. It's like having a personal assistant for your data updates – no more manual interventions required.
We're thrilled about these enhancements, and we know you will be too! 🎉 Dive into the updated Rollup fields and let the data magic begin!
Other UX Improvements
Filtered Exports
When you filter your data, either in your app, or in the Data Tab, the export button now exports only those filtered records, instead of exporting the full table.
This should let you run granular exports, on only the data you need, with ease.
Small Improvements
With the leadup to the holidays, the Noloco team took the opportunity to focus on small, but important improvements. Here are the highlights:
- Big improvements on app loading time
- Configure SmartSuite date fields to be date or date-time fields
- More field options when creating a table from a CSV
- Ensure app creators don't accidentally remove their admin roles
- Default values on Rich Text editor form fields
- Better suggestions from our AI App Making Assistant
- Consistent Theme preview when changing your theme
- Display formatted values like currencies, percentages all throughout your app and workflows
- Automatically detect the country code in a phone number input
- Correctly handle empty Airtable rich-text fields
- Better handling of invitation sending when your app isn't live