Formula changes
This promises to be a major change. Having to build relationships that do not really represent the data structure to get an answer in a report has been quite convoluted. Harrison Hersch posted this yesterday:
https://community.quickbase.com/blogs/harrison-hersch1/2021/01/05/improvements-to-the-qb-formula-engine-kicking-it-i
The $60K question is if we can look at other tables and query on dates. That would be a game changer. Tom Leverone posted a piece in November showing exactly the type of problem.
https://community.quickbase.com/blogs/tom-leverone1/2020/11/23/quick-base-analytics-using-moving-averages-to-iden?CommunityKey=d860b0f8-6a48-487b-b346-44c47a19a804
His solution is very creative but it means baking into the application a structure that has nothing to do with your underlying business problem.
Hopefully there will be a meaningful demo soon.
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Don Larson
Paasporter
Westlake OH
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https://community.quickbase.com/blogs/harrison-hersch1/2021/01/05/improvements-to-the-qb-formula-engine-kicking-it-i
The $60K question is if we can look at other tables and query on dates. That would be a game changer. Tom Leverone posted a piece in November showing exactly the type of problem.
https://community.quickbase.com/blogs/tom-leverone1/2020/11/23/quick-base-analytics-using-moving-averages-to-iden?CommunityKey=d860b0f8-6a48-487b-b346-44c47a19a804
His solution is very creative but it means baking into the application a structure that has nothing to do with your underlying business problem.
Hopefully there will be a meaningful demo soon.
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Don Larson
Paasporter
Westlake OH
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