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Take Comments in your Softr app with the new Comments Block

Softr released a highly anticipated new feature that allows you to add comments to your Softr app. Now your team can collaborate on another level with the ability to chat directly in your app. The comments are automatically timestamped and the logged in user who left the comment is recorded....

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Count Record Edits with Automation

Have you wanted to know how many times a record was edited? Counting edits manually isn't reliable, nor is it an effective use of time. Thank goodness for automation!

In this tutorial I walk throught the simple steps to create an automation to do exactly this. We create a trigger that watches...

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Summarize Data and Automatically Link Tables

When getting summarized data from Airtable, it's common to use a rollup field. In many instances, you may need to create a specific table for rolling up the data you want to summarize. For example, you may want to look at the total number of hours of labor scheduled for a day, but without...

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Button Automation: Trigger Automation from your Airtable Interface

Airtable recently released a new feature for Airtable Interfaces: the Button Element. This option allows you to drop buttons directly in your interface workflow, which each have the option of updating five fields within a record.

On the surface, this may sound like automation. While it's similar...

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Airtable Interface Updates: Calendars and Buttons

Airtable Interfaces continue to be improved with the release of new features. We recently received four new upgrades to Interface Designer, namely:

  1. Duplicate an Interface Element
  2. Duplicate an Interface Page
  3. Adding a Calendar Element
  4. Adding a Button (with up to 5 actions)

In this video, I...

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What is "no code" or "low code"?

The next generation of software is here. In fact, it has been here for years! "No code" or "low code" software allow anyone to create custom apps and workflows without needing to ever write a line of code. This is revolutionary for businesses and organizations, because it allows for faster...

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