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I used to be able to use geo locate apps from the exchange to get my current lat/long GPS coordinates. However, that no longer seems to work.  I'm guessing since Javascript has been disabled.  Does anyone know if I can use Quickbase on my phone and get the phone's GPS coordinates into Quickbase? Best I have at the moment is an address field. Then I tell users to click on the map option, choose Google maps, long press on the spot they want, tap on the red flag, copy the lat long, go back back back to Quickbase, paste the lat/ long into a special field. That field triggers a Quickbase action to update the same records street1 and street2 fields with lat long.  ... so you can see why I want a more streamlined method!!! I know Fastfield is an option, but don't want to have to fork out extra $$ for it and it's not yet secure enough for some of our clients. ------------------------------Matt Stephens------------------------------

Hi,I'm trying to create a button that will allow users to copy a record but I'm using my own key field so I need to increment that automatically in the process.Context: We have an online form for employees to created 'SDO Requests'. These get transferred from the resulting spreadsheet to a Quickbase 'helper' table where some transformations happen and a new GUID is assigned before a pipeline sends them to the master table. The custom GUID is necessary to weed out duplicate entries on import and transfer.Since these requests involve dates and time periods they sometimes span two pay periods. I'm trying to provide the people that approve and audit the requests an easy way to 'split' a request by making a copy of the original so that they can just edit the end date of the original and start date of the copy (one day I'll dig into how to automate that as well since I have a table of pay periods to reference but I digress).I have no idea if I'm even on the right path here but my thought was

Hi Denver Qrew, A quick update: Today’s meetup is not taking place today. The events page had the wrong date and has been updated.  Paul Devillier and Louis Rowcliff  are finalizing the date and location and are currently considering July 23 or July 30. Nothing is confirmed yet, but we’ll share the details as soon as they’re set. Thanks for your patience and we look forward to seeing everyone soon at the next Denver Qrew meetup. If you have any questions or feedback, please reach out to Louis, Paul, or me (Esther LaVielle). 

Has anyone been successful in creating a notebook in Copilot that uses a URL to a table inside Quickbase? I attempted it and it takes the table URL and can launch to it, but Copilot does not pull the data. Just wondering if someone had figured that out since it would be super useful. 

Hello All! I am searching for folks who are currently using the AI Agent and AI Actions to share their experience and feedback and what you've learned so far with the Qrew. Have you used AI Agent to document your apps? Improve a pipelines workflow?  If you have a use case, please ping me or respond below! I am looking for customers to share at our next Qrew meetup August 18th or 19th at 12pm EST. Thank you and I look forward to bringing your story to the Qrew in August.  -Esther

Hi all, new to QuickBase but not new to database tools. I'm trying to build a specific report within QuickBase. In Tableau it's called a Bowling Sheet. A non-propriety example looks like this: https://www.allaboutlean.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Bowler-Chart-Example3.pngIve been able to get sort of close in QuickBase by using the Summary Report, and I can group columns by Month to achieve the same result, but my issue is that it's giving me a COUNT of the data that's being reported instead of the actual value of that data. I'm sure it's something stupid/easy that I'm overlooking, but I'm stumped. Any help would be appreciated. 

In legacy forms, there was a way to color each tab title within a form (snip 1). The resulting form could look something like snip 2.  Using the new forms designer, I have not found a way to color each tab/page (snip 3). Is this no longer an option or am I just not seeing how to do it? Snip 1 Snip 2 Snip 3 Thanks....Aaron ------------------------------Aaron Bab1692@att.com------------------------------

Hello Dallas/CST Timezone Folks! Esther here helping out Taylor and Jeremiah with upcoming Dallas Qrew event announcements. Here's the details for the next upcoming Qrew meetup this month: Date: July 23rd, 2026Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm CSTLocation & Address of Workbox Victory Park: 3090 Nowitzki Way, Suites 200 & 300, Dallas, TX 75219 Please note: This is a hybrid meeting! If you are planning to attend in person, please register here: https://resources.quickbase.com/nav/app/buzeg8mdy/table/bu77c9r9g/action/nwr?_fid_19=45&dfid=13&nexturl=https%3A%2F%2Fresources.quickbase.com%2Fnav%2Fapp%2Fbuzeg8mdy%2Fdashboard If planning to attend virtually, register and login here: https://quickbase.zoom.us/meeting/register/cv1Xj8ebQ4izEBWXOM2UswIf you have any questions or feedback about the upcoming meetup in Dallas, feel free to reach out to me, TaylorHardy​ or JeremiahGlenn​  Thank you and hope to see you there!

I am trying to make a URL Button to add a child record in a form Example:URLRoot() & "db/" & DBID & "?a=API_GenAddRecordForm&_fid_13=" & ToText([Record ID#])& "&dfid=10&popup=1"I also tried:URLRoot() & "db/" & DBID & "?a=API_GenAddRecordForm&_fid_13=" & [Record ID#] & "&target=popup&popupwidth=500&popupheight=400" I also tried these checking In Same Page, In New Window, And In Pop Up.but the button does not pop up like the embedded report. is it possible to make a button that works this way on PC and Mobile as it does in the Report button Link? 

I have two apps in Quickbase. I need all the information from a form in an app we use to Sales to transfer to a form in an app we use for Operations. How do I go about this. It seems like there are limitations. 

_curuseremailcuruserI need to create custom access for a Role.[Account manager Email] is equal to or contains Current User email?

Hi everyone,I’m trying to organize a form using Tabs (Pages), but I’m running into some confusion with how Quickbase handles them.Previously, I was able to add new sections below existing ones without issues. However, when I try to add a new Page (Tab), Quickbase automatically moves all my existing fields into Page 1 and puts the new fields on Page 2. The tabs also always appear at the very top of the form. What I actually want is to have tabs (or a tab-like experience) applied to only a specific section lower down in the form, without wrapping the entire form into multiple pages. Is there a way to achieve this? Or what is the recommended approach — using multiple Pages, Sections with rules, or a completely different method?Any advice or best practices would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

 

In quickbase, I have a field for user and datetime. There are several project status like pending, submitted, review,approved and denied. Everytime in the status field change I want to record who did the change and date time. I want to use the two buttons. submitted by and submitted datetime field to track the audit history or logs. I did try with a pipeline but there is no data being recorded. Anyone done this before?

Quickbase applications and workflows evolve, fields get renamed and pipelines get reorganized. These are routine activities — but until now, both could affect the accuracy of a pipeline configuration in ways that were not always immediately visible, requiring manual intervention to identify and correct. Two recent updates to Quickbase Pipelines address this directly: field renames in Quickbase are now automatically detected and applied, and step identifiers are now permanently stable regardless of how a pipeline is reorganized. This post describes each change, the mechanism behind it, and the practical implications for pipeline reliability and troubleshooting. Background As pipelines grow in complexity, it becomes common to reference the output of one step in the logic of another — passing a value forward, applying a transformation, or building conditional logic around a result. These references are written as Jinja expressions, and they depend on two things staying consistent: the nam

In quickbase, I have a field for user and datetime. There are several project status like pending, submitted, review,approved and denied. Everytime in the status field change I want to record who did the change and date time. I want to use the two buttons. submitted by and submitted datetime field to track the audit history or logs. I did try with a pipeline but there is no data being recorded. Anyone done this before?

Curious to get other's thoughts.  We have not enabled the new Grid Reports in our primary application.  We have one application used by a small group that does have new Grid Reports enabled.This application (with Grid Reports enabled) has summarized data from our primary application.  I was updating the data today and noticed the totals have the comma separator after 4 places.  So, 100000 is displayed as 10,0000.  When last updated, I'm pretty sure the comma separator was after 3 places.I see in the field properties a select of Show separator after 4 places or Show separator after 3 places.  This appears to be a new option with the default of 4 places.  For all the numeric fields, I'll need to manually change to 3 places.I could not find anything in the release notes about this option.  Has anyone seen anything related to this?  Is there any way to change the default to 3 places?  I have a feeling this is going to be overlooked quite a

I am attempting to build an inspection sheet that will state if the dimension entered is within the specified tolerance.  I have attached a screenshot of how I would like it to function, however after a week of reading the community pages. I have had little success in making it operational.Current Setup(see attached): Column #1 (Data Entry-Multi Choice or Numeric).  Column #2 (output based on Column #1, OK/Green, Out of Tolerance/Red) Column#3 (Section view, visual reference only)I have had varied success with Column #2 as Text-Formula or Rich Text Formula using If statements with Greater Than, Less Than, and Equal to statements. ie. it does something but not the desired outcome.Questions:  Is my idea possible?If so, Is Numeric/Multi Choice the correct choice for Column #1? Am I missing a step where I need to change the numeric into text and then apply the formula?Any help or ideas on how to accomplish this would be greatly appreciated.Regards,Landon

Hey all,Trying to deal with stamping a Time of Day field with the current time when clicking a button. I know about how "now" functions to do this properly when using a Date/Time field, but it doesn't seem to translate properly into Time of Day fields. It errors if I just try to use "now" in the field assignment and returns nothing if I ToTimeofDay("now").I can't use Now() because this caches the time the page loads and that won't work for how this process needs to function.What's my best option to get this handled?

Hey everyone, is it possible to sort 7 or 8 specific records to the top of a drop down list?For context, there are 120 records in this drop down list, so they don't all show due to drop down list length limitations. They have to be searched for. However, I'd like to have the most commonly selected options put at the top of the list for quick selection without searching, but I can't change the naming scheme of the items for reporting purposes to do it the easy way.The drop down list is pulled from a relationship, not manual entry of all 120 items for the list. To summarize, this is for utility poles. They all have their own class, species, and size. All of the pole info is in its own table. I used the concatenate formula to combine all 3 details (size/class/species) into one field for the delivery table, so the employees can pick the pole the delivered that day. I just want the commonly delivered poles shown at the top of this list.Is this possible? The built-in AI says no, so I thought