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ben_simon

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Lifelong Boston sports fan, Seinfeld quoter, oyster shucker, a dog lover. Father of two girls, #girldad. I'm learning a ton of Taylor Swift lyrics. I can rattle off my top 10 Bluey episodes without thinking. I'm a community guy, have always been customer-facing here at Quickbase. It's what I do.

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Re: How to find no of Sundays in a Month
Found this oldie but goodie and wanted to surface it to the top for others to see. Some really cool stuff being done here with Days of the Week and formulas!
4 days ago Place Quickbase Discussions
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Re: Relationship Condition Dropdown stopped to work after formula update
Thanks for being on the ball with this one AdamKrzyzanek and sharing the Service page below. Super helpful to anyone who would have been impacted last week to learn there was a known issue being worked on back here at Quickbase. Thank you!
4 days ago Place Quickbase Discussions
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Re: Boston Qrew Meetup - May 21, 2025
Awesome seeing everyone at the meetup last night!!! Looking forward to seeing this Boston Qrew continue to grow! Thank you to heatherKaras for an awesome presentation on balancing new and old forms! Major takeaway for me was that both versions of Quickbase Forms offer value today, and that workaround with the code page was slick! Share it here!
17 days ago Place Boston Qrew Discussions
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The Admin Getting Started Hub
If you're new to being a Quickbase admin, start here! While it may feel like there is a ton to learn, the Getting Started Hub has you covered. This is how you start. We'll cover the basics, with account settings and Quickbase Navigation, and we'll leave you with the right resources you can bookmark to reference early and often throughout your time as a Quickbase customer. Do you know someone else in your company starting out on Quickbase? Bring them here! Consider this Step 1 in transforming your operations on Quickbase! Reference Materials These are the often used resources you'll have while learning Quickbase. Qrew Members have found these links helpful to save as bookmarks to reference. Glossary - Definitions for Admins Resources Onboarding Emails Account Set Up You and your team are eager to build an app, but wait! Spend some time in your first 30 days accomplishing these tasks to familiarize yourself with these essential areas. Also, click here for the attachment, Checklist for New Admins, which you'll want to have by your side! You'll thank us later! Configure Your Account Learn Quickbase Navigation Setting Up Your Admin Team and Users Security and Single Sign-On Taking The Next Steps Your account is now set up properly. All your handy resources are now bookmarked and ready to be referenced. Now what? Take these next steps with you as you and your team solve the first of many challenges with Quickbase. Or if you're inheriting an application, check out our Accidental Admin Guide. How to Start Building Platform Analytics Accidental Admin What Else? Join a Qrew Discussion and Ask a Question? Register for one of our upcoming Events and Webinars Qrew Meetups are a great way to see how other Quickbase customers are using the product Pop into Office Hours to ask a Quickbase expert a quick question Check out Quickbase University for upcoming training opportunities
20 days ago Place The Qrew Blog
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Re: MN Qrew Group interest?
I wanted to +1 this post to let anyone seeing it that Robert is awesome, he knows his Quickbase inside and out, and would be a valuable person to know if you're someone living nearby in the Twin Cities. Robert, I'll keep my eyes and ears open and make connections back here if I come across anyone interested!
2 months ago Place Quickbase Discussions
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Re: Boston Qrew Meetup - May 21, 2025
I'll be there!!! With bells on! Who else is coming?
2 months ago Place Boston Qrew Discussions
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Re: Qrew Meetups all Cancelled
Hey Everyone, We're aware there's an issue with our service account that is owning all meet ups. Our sincerest apologies to anyone who joined meetups either yesterday or today and is not seeing updates when we cancel. Our challenge here stems from when we make updates to the overall calendar. We had made the decision to bump all April meetups back a week with our Empower user conference taking priority on April 1st. In doing so, clearly this was not communicated well enough on our part. We are sorry for any confusion. Esther and I will be reviewing all planned meetups on the calendar and we will share broadly once we have figured out how to resolve the issue with calendars and Zoom. Ben
2 months ago Place Quickbase Discussions
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Re: FastField Integration Is Inappropriate
Thanks for showing me examples of what you're seeing, Krista, that's helpful. Joel, thanks again for getting this started as I can see now what you're referring to. This was a recent change to the product made in March. Just so we can make sure this type of feedback gets into the right place, I'd suggest we get a product feedback idea submitted on this topic. "Provide customers with a way to hide FastField ads in Quickbase". One thing to clarify here, and I realize this is secondary to you because it's unrelated to your frustration. But it is important to distinguish. FastField is not an "add-on", nor is it a third-party application. FastField is Quickbase product. An example of an add-on is Audit Logs retention. Customers can purchase Audit Logs retention as an add-on to their existing plan contract with Quickbase. App Restore Assistance is an additional example. Here's the announcement of when Quickbase acquired MergeMobile and its flagship feature, FastField. Here's a blog on how Quickbase and FastField products can work together between field and back office workers. Only sharing the above to ensure we don't confuse anyone as this is public forum and I'd want anyone reviewing this discussion to have accurate information. Most important to you both, I've shared the feedback you provided internally so people in product are aware. As mentioned above it would be great to get this feedback into our product feedback portal to ensure this is seen by the appropriate teams. As this was recently introduced, we'll want customers to voice how it's impacting them and offer ideas on how we can improve. Let me know if there's any questions on the above.
2 months ago Place Quickbase Discussions
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Re: FastField Integration Is Inappropriate
Hey JoelHickok and KristaSibery, sorry this has been a frustrating experience. I'd love to learn a bit more about what you're seeing. Can we find a time to meet so you can walk me through the areas you're seeing FastField? I want to be in a place where I know exactly what you're referring to so I can take back to internal teams. Calendly - Ben Simon Calendly above if you're game for a quick call. Thanks for raising this, let's see what we can do here. -Ben
2 months ago Place Quickbase Discussions
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Re: Empower exceeded all expectations!
Thanks for sharing this Mike. We loved how engaged you were this week in New Orleans. You asked great questions, provided awesome feedback, and you showed genuine excitement towards the improvements being made in the product. We're pumped to have people like you in The Qrew!
3 months ago Place Quickbase Discussions
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