Link to App at end of form

[Austin]

If I do a LINKTOAPP as the on save action of a form are pending changes on the original app saved? Is there a chance of them not saving?

[MultiTech · Accepted solution]

You’re right to be thinking about this, but rest assured your data is safe.

AppSheet is built around devices being offline and online at different times, and so they’ve built the system to ensure that data entered into the app is retained and not lost.

What happens when you link away from an app on the form event is:

1. The record is saved
2. the form event action then fires off, and if you’ve got a LINKTOAPP() navigation action in there - you’ll be redirected to the new app.

A warning popup might appear about pending syncs still not being uploaded or something (can’t remember the exact wording); but if you continue to the new app and return to the original app again, those updates that weren’t uploaded to the cloud are sitting there on the device waiting to upload.

[Austin]

The records not being sent up really destroys the usefulness of that…gotta rethink my app flow to get around that.

[MultiTech]

You could use an action to force a sync - and in that action take them to a menu type of view, with a button they could then press to move to the next app.

Kinda wonky, I’m sure you’ll find a smoother flow.