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Hey there Quickbase enthusiasts! 🌼 Can you believe it's already March? Time sure does fly when you're having fun (and building awesome things with Quickbase , of course)! As we gear up for spring and all the exciting things it brings, we've got a lineup of events that will make your March and April even more fantastic. So grab your favorite beverage, get comfy , and dive into what's coming your way! Below is a list of our upcoming events with registration links and agendas. For an up-to-date list of what else may be coming, check out www.quickbase.com/events. ...
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For those of you new to The Qrew, we're looking for new builders (under 6 months as a builder) to sign up for the "Start Your App with AI" Beta Program. By being in this program you can have an app customized to your use case in a couple of minutes! What is the “Start your app with AI” Beta program? By answering a couple of questions, you can harness the power of Generative AI to generate a bespoke app addressing the specifics of your use case. The app gets created with a structure already in place alongside reports, dashboards and industry appropriate sample data. We are looking for new builders with minimal experience to join our Beta program and ...
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Navig ating Q uickbase is more than just building and managing applications. It’s about knowing how to ask for help, how to leverage the resources available to you, and where to find product updates to ensure smooth operations . In this blog post , we’ll recap the many ways you can get technical support to help you navigate Quickbase . How to Open a Case with the Technical Support team For help from our support team to troubleshoot , ask a question, or check on errors, you’ll want to connect with our wonderful technical support team. Click here for ...
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One of my joys as a Customer Success Manager is to connect with new builders to make sure they have all the resources and support at the beginning of their app-building journey. The top comment shared with me is that they can build an app but it isn’t pretty. Their first app is usually a “Franken-app.” It’s alive and can do what is required, but it looks a little wonky stitched together. Let’s change this! As app builders, we are also part designers. The way the app looks and feels affects the end-user experience. UI/UX designers live by this rule: Aesthetics + Function = Higher Adoption. Meet the Marie Kondo of Quickbase In my quest to find app beautifying ...
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Quickbase is focused on continually helping our customers improve their security by using the safest security protocols and aligning with industry best practices for data security and integrity. To that end, on November 14th, 2018 at 1:00 PM Eastern US Time, Quickbase will disable the TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 encryption protocols on the Quickbase platform while continuing to support TLS 1.2. What is TLS? TLS, short for Transport Layer Security, is a method for keeping your data secure online. You might also see this called SSL, which is an older term for the same type of technology. Without TLS, it's possible for hackers or criminals to see your online activity. ...
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Our Community neighborhood expanded with the inclusion of the Quick Base Knowledge Base. The Quick Base Knowledge Base has served as a library of technical information, walkthroughs, and tips collected over time by Quick Base employees to help users build apps to solve their business problems. Previously this information lived on our Developer site as a separate resource that was retired on April 22nd, 2018. In order to help enrich our Community, the Knowledge Base has been integrated as a new category and article thread type. Not only will helpful content from our existing Knowledge Base be hosted in the Community but the Knowledge Base will be expanding with ...
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Send SMS Text Messages with Pipelines and Twilio Twilio is a service used to automate SMS text messaging. Including Twilio within your Quickbase ecosystem can be a huge value gain, adding efficiency to internal processes, like alerting employees out in the field or providing transparency to your customers with real-time updates. In this blog, I'll be focusing on a Work Order use case where we provide the customer with real-time status updates throughout the lifecycle of the Work Order. Getting Started First things first, login to your Twilio account and make sure you have your Account SID and Authentication token ready to go in order to authenticate ...
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How to Use the Bucket Channel to Schedule an Archive to Box You may be wondering what the Bucket Channel is now that you've started to utilize our newest feature, Pipelines. The Bucket channel is a built in channel that allows you to create temporary storage tables, or objects, in the pipeline and then access that data which will be available for all your future logics. In this tutorial we will utilize this method to create a temporary CSV table to archive data from Quickbase to Box on a monthly schedule. Before we start the tutorial you will first want to access pipelines and connect to the Box Channel. For step by step information on connecting to Box, ...
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Removing the Confusion from Relationships, References and Proxies and more Relationships are the core functionality of Quickbase. If you are new to Quickbase or relational databases this concept may be difficult to wrap your brain around at first. However, once you have a strong grasp of how to properly set up relationships your Quickbase building will come naturally to you. This article will break down when and how to properly use a relationship and all the pieces that are involved so you can get the most out of your Quickbase applications. Before diving into the specifics, it is important to understand the concept of a relationship. A relationship is how ...
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With so much going on it can be difficult at times to keep up with everything, even keeping track of the questions you are interested in. To help with that we have a number of options to help you subscribe or track communities, conversations, and community members that catch your attention. These are a few tips to help you get started configuring how you are notified about activity in the Quick Base Community. Following a Community For every community you are a member of you have the ability to control how you would like to be kept up to date on new conversations through our email notifications. You can choose between real time update emails, a daily digest ...
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At its heart a community is about bringing together people with a common cause and drive to support one another. Taking you beyond just asking a question and instead building a tribe of your peers who can help you tackle a problem and challenge you to create your very best. To help with that our community has profiles so you can put a custom touch on your Quick Base Community persona and tools to help you network with the problem-solvers that are inspire your best. This article will give you some quick tips on how to get started building your profile and finding your tribe. Your Profile: Putting your Best Foot Forward Joining a new community it can be daunting ...
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