Video column has gray checkmark in editable

[Scott_Nesbitt]

I have a column of type Video that is behaving strangly.  It appears fine in a detail view, but does not show in a form view.

Additionally, instead of a blank/blue checkmark, the EDITABLE? property has a gray checkmark that I cannot change.

Anybody know why it is doing this, and how to fix it?

Thanks

[Steve]

Column data types - AppSheet Help

The app itself cannot be used to capture or upload video.

[Scott_Nesbitt]

Right, I am not trying to capture/upload video, I just want to use the form to paste in a link to a  video.  Is that not allowed?  If not, should I use a text field, then on the detail screen have a derived field?  If that is the case, what is the Video column type for?

[Steve · Accepted solution]

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@Scott_Nesbitt wrote:

Is that not allowed?

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It is not allowed.

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@Scott_Nesbitt wrote:

If not, should I use a text field, then on the detail screen have a derived field?

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That's a reasonable workaround, yep!

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@Scott_Nesbitt wrote:

If that is the case, what is the Video column type for?

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I think it's meant for publishing preexisting videos.

[Scott_Nesbitt]

The workaround worked great, thanks for the response.

[mklein]

Hi Scott, 

I am having the same issue and am a bit of a newbie. Can you give some direction as to how you used a "derived field" to allow users to input a video url in a form to upload to the app?

[Scott_Nesbitt]

My Video input field is of type Text, and has this display name:

"Video (If hosted on Drive, must be an MP4 and in this format: https://drive.google.com/uc?id= )"

Then I have a Video Derived field like this:

Hope this helps.

[mklein]

This worked beautifully! Thank you Scott!