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

This update to the beta release of App Designer included:  
  • 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