January 24, 2023

[lizlynch]

Deployment Time: 12:25 PM PST

Features & enhancements

Item	Description
Enhancement	An alert message is now issued if an app user attempts to edit or delete a record that is restricted by security filters. Previously, no alert message was issued. This enhancement is being rolled out gradually. It is currently rolled out to 100% of free users and 50% of paid users.

Bug fixes

Item	Description
Bug	For Desktop UI (preview), fixed inconsistent expression results in Desktop forms. Certain expressions were producing different results in Desktop mode, specifically those that involve searches (e.g. SELECT() or LOOKUP()) over the same table currently being edited in the form. With Desktop mode off, the pending changes in the unsaved form are not included in the result. With Desktop mode on, they were being included. After this change, they will again be omitted from the result. This update will be rolled out gradually. It is rolled out to 25% of free users.
Bug	For Desktop UI (preview), do not show validation errors in detail view on desktop if the row is not modified.

Rollout changes

Item	Description
Bug	For Desktop UI (preview), add tooltips in table, detail, and deck views when hovering over inline and prominent actions. New: Deployed to 100% of free users and 75% of paid users. Previous: Deployed to 100% of free users and 50% paid users..

Preview announcements

Preview feature releases enable you to try out new app features that are not yet fully supported. See Product launch stages.

• No new preview features were released today.

What's currently available in Preview?

The following tables summarize the preview features that are currently available.

Item	Description
Feature	AppSheet databases (Preview) The new AppSheet database feature is now in preview release. An AppSheet database is a first-party, native data source for organizing and managing data powering AppSheet apps. An AppSheet database provides an easy and efficient way to build data models for any AppSheet app without needing to use an external data source solution such as cloud-based spreadsheets or databases. For more information, see: Community announcement AppSheet databases
Enhancement	Navigation improvements in AppSheet app editor (Preview) The app editor includes navigation improvements, currently in preview, to facilitate the configuration of specific features. For example, the new Settings section in the left navigation gathers together all app-wide settings and makes it more intuitive for all app creators to find these types of settings. For more information, see: Community announcement Summary of navigation improvements in the app editor (Preview).
Enhancement	Additional usability improvements in AppSheet app editor (Preview) The app editor includes navigation and app setting improvements, currently in preview, to facilitate the configuration of specific features. The navigation improvements now include a secondary navigation panel that lets you quickly scan all of your components. In addition, there are more direct links in your View component to the table, column, or action that you want to check or edit. Finally, error and warning messages are more prominently displayed in the app. For more information, see: Further usability improvements: Simplifying the navigation in the editor Summary of improvements in the app editor (preview).
Feature	AppSheet apps for desktop users (Preview) The new desktop design, currently in preview, is optimized for desktop browsers, presenting a more complete view of information with a consistent organization and structure. The new desktop design lets users navigate their apps more easily and access information in context, and provides an efficient way to edit existing records without losing context. The legacy desktop design, enabled by default, provides an experience similar to the mobile and tablet device. For more information, see: Community article Optimize the user experience using the new desktop design (Preview)

The following features require opt-in to the AppSheet preview program. The AppSheet Preview program lets app creators try out new app features that are not yet fully supported.

Item	Description
Feature	Table view Table View now supports freezing the first column while scrolling horizontally. For details, see Freezing the first Column of a Table View - in Preview Program.
Feature	Chart Editor App Creators can now make use of our new chart editor and the new and improved charts it can create. Learn more.
Feature	Detail views Rich text formatting is now available in Detail views. For details, see this announcement in the community.

[dbaum]

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@lizlynch wrote:

an app user attempts to edit or delete a record that is restricted by security filters

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Can you please explain what scenario this references? How does a user even have access to "a record that is restricted by security filters"?

[Fabian_Weller]

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@lizlynch wrote:

Add tooltips in table, detail, and deck views when hovering over inline and prominent actions.

New: Deployed to 100% of free users

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In both of my free apps wapplabor-549987-651676 and Test-549987 I don't see the toolips in table or in deck views.

[Denzil_Snyman]

I have same, always seen this for awhile, on an action itself surely a field to put tooltip text we want or action name if blank and then expression for a true false expression to turn on or off  using usual expressions like contexts(View), etc. 

[PatW]

@Fabian_Weller  @lizlynch 

I apologize, but the tooltips are rolled out to the new Desktop UI only.  If you are not seeing the tooltips in the desktop UI I'm happy to dig in farther!

[lizlynch]

Apologies! I've updated the release note to reflect this! Thanks for bringing this to our attention!

[lizlynch]

@dbaum - I've raised your question to the AppSheet team. 

[Rifad]

@lizlynch How does user have access to rows with security filters ?

[SkrOYC]

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@lizlynch wrote:

For Desktop UI (preview), fixed inconsistent expression results in Desktop forms. Certain expressions were producing different results in Desktop mode, specifically those that involve searches (e.g. SELECT() or LOOKUP()) over the same table currently being edited in the form. With Desktop mode off, the pending changes in the unsaved form are not included in the result. With Desktop mode on, they were being included. After this change, they will again be omitted from the result. This update will be rolled out gradually. It is rolled out to 25% of free users.

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Is there a reason we might believe that FILTER() was left out of this change?

Can you confirm @lizlynch ?

[Adam-google]

SELECT and LOOKUP were just mentioned as examples, but it would apply to FILTER as well.

[Fabian_Weller]

@PatW @lizlynch Tooltips are now rolled out also for the normale UI (not new desktop UI). 

Although expressions that contain column values do not work. 

If I use the expression [Kunde] it shows the "Action name" instead of the value in column [Kunde].

[Fabian_Weller]

@pat1 @lizlynch and the Display name is not respected for the Delete action. It does not matter if it's primary, prominently or inline.

Primary: 

Prominently: 

Inline: 

It always takes the string from Localization.