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AustinK
Qrew Commander
Can you explain to me the benefits of having this checked on every table? In the app I work in I would say that pretty much none of the tables have this checked. What are we missing out on by not having it checked on a table that is the parent to many?
Everyone that posted here talked about how they wish it was the default but didn't go into why it should be. Not everyone is going to just "get it" and I am in that group myself here. Maybe I am missing something simple.
Everyone that posted here talked about how they wish it was the default but didn't go into why it should be. Not everyone is going to just "get it" and I am in that group myself here. Maybe I am missing something simple.
MarkShnier__You
5 years agoQrew Legend
So when a user is filling out a parent form what they expect is to work their way down the form, say a New Client form, and fill in the boxes. Then they get to the button that says Add Child, (say Add Contact - one client has many contacts). So they just expect to keep working by clicking that Add Contact button.
But if you do not remember to check that box, then they get this most confusing pop up asking if they want to save their data. Well duh, of course they want to save the data that they just laboriously filled in all the boxes on the form, and now they are ready to add a contact.
By checking the box, the system behaves arguably "properly", auto saves and then the user continues with adding their child (say contact info).
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Mark Shnier (YQC)
Quick Base Solution Provider
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But if you do not remember to check that box, then they get this most confusing pop up asking if they want to save their data. Well duh, of course they want to save the data that they just laboriously filled in all the boxes on the form, and now they are ready to add a contact.
By checking the box, the system behaves arguably "properly", auto saves and then the user continues with adding their child (say contact info).
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Mark Shnier (YQC)
Quick Base Solution Provider
Your Quick Base Coach
http://QuickBaseCoach.com
markshnier2@gmail.com
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- MarkShnier__You5 years agoQrew LegendWith Kirk Trachey's help I have reached out by email to Harrison Hersch who is a Product Manager at Quick Base and "a good guy".
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Mark Shnier (YQC)
Quick Base Solution Provider
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------------------------------- MarkShnier__You5 years agoQrew LegendHarrison says
Have you added this to UserVoice or voted on it if it is there? Defaults are tricky business in Quick Base!
We won't be making any changes to the current forms because we are starting new ones soon. That being said, we are grooming in detail all of the feedback from UserVoice as we think through the scope and what to focus on. Having one source of truth for this content is very important.
I added a user voice here. Feel free to vote
https://quickbase.uservoice.com/forums/111823-quick-base-product-feedback/suggestions/31522042-save-parent-record-automatically-when-a-child-reco
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Mark Shnier (YQC)
Quick Base Solution Provider
Your Quick Base Coach
http://QuickBaseCoach.com
markshnier2@gmail.com
------------------------------- EvanMartinez5 years agoQrew EliteI'm glad that Kirk was able to get you in touch with Harrison cause that is pretty much exactly who I would have recommended as well for this one. I know back when I was with Care checking that box was helpful for a number of small problems users had, and with something so simple like a checkbox behavior it can be easy to miss when worrying about things that are more elaborate so it is great to get feedback from users about things like that which we could be making better and Harrison is right the more we put in User Voice and focus on User Voice the more we can collect all this awesome feedback.
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Evan Martinez
Community Marketing Manager
Quick Base
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- AustinK5 years agoQrew CommanderThank you for the explanation. I can see how that could be valuable. Especially if you knew that beforehand and built the app and each form with that in mind.