6 June, 2024
The latest update to the beta release of App Designer includes:
- Widgets: Using authenticated field parameters
- Pivot Reports:
- Enabling sorting by column headers
- Enabling grouping by Date/Time field
- Tabular Reports: Enabling sorting by dropdown and column headers
16 May, 2024
This update to the beta release of App Designer included:
- Reports:
- Sorting by dropdown in Card and Tabular Reports
- Sorting by column headers in Tabular Reports
- Adding HTML blocks in Card and Tabular Reports
- Forms: Filtering dropdown values based on a value in another field
- DataParts: Filtering by DataPart fields from another DataPage
- Widgets: Using app, system, and query string parameters
28 March, 2024
This update to the beta release of App Designer included:
- DataParts: Placeholder animation for content loading
- DataPart resizing options: Automatic and fixed height
- Tabular Reports: Options for grouping a report by date/time
- Custom access permissions in Roles: Updated list of compatible data types for comparison.
29 February, 2024
This update to the beta release of App Designer included:
- Application favicon: You can upload a favorite icon image for your app to be displayed in browsers.
- Image widget: You can enter an image description (alt text).
- Profile Menu widget: You can nest profile menu items under an expandable folder menu.
- Chart DataParts: You can group items based on Date/Time fields.
- Report DataParts: You can configure a default sorting order for Card and Tabular Reports based on a selected field.
- Form DataParts: You can configure sections and columns, adding titles and descriptions.
1 February, 2024
This update to the beta release of App Designer included:
- Chart DataPart updates:
- Ability to configure default sorting by field
- Ability to enable sorting options for app users
- Sign-up and Form DataParts: Lookup parameters are now supported for destination option custom messages.
- Roles: New user interface for configuring custom access permissions
7 December, 2023
This update to the beta release of App Designer included:
- Chart DataParts:
- Ability to configure two or more value axes
- Displaying lookup values from parent tables
- Form DataPart updates:
- All parameter types are supported as default values for hidden and text area elements.
- Query string parameters are supported as default values for checkbox elements.
12 October, 2023
This update to the beta release of App Designer included:
Data filters: the possibility to use system parameters for filtering
- Submission and Sign-up Forms: all data source parameters can be used in email notifications
- Default value setting available for dropdown, radio buttons, listbox, and autocomplete elements
- Chart DataParts: drag-and-drop behavior improvement
14 September, 2023
This update to the beta release of App Designer included:
Data filters: the possibility to filter data based on app parameters and directory fields
Support for lookup values in data source parameters in Submission and Details/Update Forms
Setting up default values for text fields in Submission Forms using query string parameters and system parameters
Setting up default values for checkboxes and text areas in Submission Forms using static values, app parameters, and authenticated user fields
1 August, 2023
This update to the beta release of App Designer included:
- Update/Details Form: the ability to stamp updated records with the app user identifier
- Submission Form: the ability to select a default value for a Text field form element using static values, app parameters, or authenticated user fields
- Redirecting app users to a particular DataPage or URL after submitting a Submission or Details/Update Form
- The availability of system parameters in HTML blocks and email notifications in Forms and Text/HTML DataParts
11 July, 2023
- Chart DataPart updates:
- A new Chart type – Pie Chart
- New display variants for Area, Line, and Combination Charts: Line, Spline, Step
- 2D and 3D appearance options for Combination Charts
23 May, 2023
This update to the beta release of App Designer included:
- The ability to add DataParts using drag-and-drop functionality
- Chart DataPart updates:
- A new Chart type – Combination Chart
- New appearance options: stacking and 3D display
- The option to change the type of existing chart
- The availability of parameters in email notifications from Details/Update Forms
- Submission Form: the ability to stamp records with the user ID of the creator
- Displaying list data types in authenticated user parameters in HTML Blocks and email notifications from authenticated DataPages
- Profile Menu widget: referencing DataPages from menu items
- Image widget:
- chess background
- The option to link to a URL
25 April, 2023
This update to the beta release of App Designer included:
- New Chart DataPart types: Bar Chart, Area Chart
- New operators used for excluding date ranges in data filters: "Is not in the last/current/next..."
- Improved formatting of data source field, app, and directory parameters based on segment localization
- Ability to use attributes of authenticated users in HTML blocks, HTML/Text DataPart, and email notifications
11 April, 2023
This update to the beta release of App Designer included:
- New Chart DataPart types: Column, Line
- Integrity check for role permissions
- Email notifications updates:
- Notifications from Details/Update Forms
- Validation of recipient email addresses in notifications from Submission Forms
Sending list data types as parameters in notifications from Submission and Sign-up Forms
13 March, 2023
The initial App Designer features included:
- The new applications lobby, listing only the next-gen applications created in App Designer
- Segment – an application interface and portal for users who have the same access permissions
- Segment template – basic layout of the page header and footer as well as left and right panels
- DataPages – an open layout for placing your DataParts
- DataParts:
- Forms: Search Form, Submission Form, Details/Update Form
- Reports: Tabular, Card, and Pivot Reports
- Column Chart
- Sign-up Form for new users
- Text/HTML
- Widgets: Menu, Profile Menu, Image, Text/HTML, Title
- Application Roles – public access and protected roles that allow you to control user access to data
- App parameters