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HarrisonSmith's avatar
HarrisonSmith
Qrew Trainee
4 years ago

What Happens when Summary tables get discontinued?

I'm wondering what will technically happen to existing summary tables, both when end of sale/support happens, as well as end of lifecycle? Will table reports that have summary tables just revert to only having the the record view? Or when the main table is hidden so the summary table is the only thing visible on the report? I'm trying to confirm that error messages won't show up when a user clicks on a report that contains a summary table. I'm assuming/hoping the reports containing summary tables will continue to function as normal after the end of sale/support dates pass, but what about when the end of lifecycle date comes? Will those existing reports just become inaccessible? I need to be able to tell our users what to expect with these changes. I suppose these questions also pertain to iCal & VCard fields. Thanks!

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Harrison Smith
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reports and charts
  • EvanMartinez's avatar
    EvanMartinez
    Quickbase Staff
    4 years ago
    Hi Harrison,

    To your first question about what will happen, the change away from having summary reports in tables is tied into the new style or reports. When we transition everyone onto the new table reports the summary reports simply go away. Our end of life is just tied into the transition fully onto the new reports as the summary report in a table report just doesn't exist in the new table reports. To your question about how your reports will transfer over, in the new style any table report which had a summary table at the bottom will still continue to function and will not display any errors. Those reports will only show the record view, with no summary table at the bottom. This applies even if the report had the "only show summary table" option selected. I hope that helps clarify your questions Harrison. 

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    Evan Martinez
    Community Marketing Manager
    Quickbase
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