BrianneJacobsen
6 years agoQrew Trainee
Updating Apps - one question and tips please
I inherited an app that needs quite a few changes. The original app was not thought through completely and is a mismatch of two people before me who no longer work here. So I'm intending to make quite a few changes both large and small. I'm also fairly new to Quickbase.
I don't have the sandbox feature so I copied the app and created a "testing app"(TA). I really like the changes I made to some of the tables so far and would like to update the "working app"(WA). All the changes I want to make are not done. It is going to be a long process. Plus I think it will be helpful to others using the WA to make the updates in batches.
The problem is I made quite a few changes, tweaks and modifications on the TA before I was happy and I'm not sure I remember everything I did to update the WA. I don't want to update or import data; in fact the WA has data from the past couple of months that I've been tinkering that I don't want overwritten. Is there an easy way to update the WA? or do I just resign myself to updating the WA by comparing the two apps relationship to relationship, form to form, field to field, etc.?
Also, does anyone have any tips for when making big changes to an app? or for cleaning up an app? My WA also has a number of obsolete fields and reports but I'm scared to get in there and just start deleting.
Thanks
Brianne
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Brianne Jacobsen
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I don't have the sandbox feature so I copied the app and created a "testing app"(TA). I really like the changes I made to some of the tables so far and would like to update the "working app"(WA). All the changes I want to make are not done. It is going to be a long process. Plus I think it will be helpful to others using the WA to make the updates in batches.
The problem is I made quite a few changes, tweaks and modifications on the TA before I was happy and I'm not sure I remember everything I did to update the WA. I don't want to update or import data; in fact the WA has data from the past couple of months that I've been tinkering that I don't want overwritten. Is there an easy way to update the WA? or do I just resign myself to updating the WA by comparing the two apps relationship to relationship, form to form, field to field, etc.?
Also, does anyone have any tips for when making big changes to an app? or for cleaning up an app? My WA also has a number of obsolete fields and reports but I'm scared to get in there and just start deleting.
Thanks
Brianne
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Brianne Jacobsen
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