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May is blooming with Quickbase events to help you grow your skills and connections! Our meetups, webinars, and community gatherings offer fresh opportunities to build and grow your knowledge of using Quickbase. Watch the video below to view the Qrew events happening this month. The four Qrew events we highlight in the video above include: May 13th at 12pm EST - App Builders Qrew Meet Up Prashant Maheshwari, Director at Krishna Beads Industries, will show how he uses formulas and AI in Quickbase for validation rules, multi-status reporting, and intuitive reports and forms. We'll also have our product team share an update on Audit logs. May 14th at 1pm EST - Pipelines Qrew Meet Up PLEASE NOTE THE AGENDA AND TIME CHANGE: At 1pm EST MichaelFrishman​ , owner of MJF Technology Solutions LLC, will lead a session on using APIs with Quickbase Pipelines and Postman, focusing on foundational tips for beginners and intermediate users of Pipelines.  May 15th at 1pm EST - Governanc

Hello Qrew!  We’re thrilled to launch a brand-new series called Certification Wins — your monthly spotlight on the amazing individuals across our community levelling up with Quickbase certifications! 🎉  Every month, we’ll be celebrating those who’ve earned their credentials across these key certifications:  Whether you're just beginning your journey or pushing the limits of what's possible in Quickbase, Certification Wins will honor your growth, dedication, and success.  🎯 What to Expect  Starting next month, we’ll publish a list of achievers who earned certifications in the previous month. We’ll also highlight standout stories and give a special shoutout to one lucky certified user with a small reward!  This initiative is about recognizing YOU — the builders, thinkers, and doers driving innovation daily.  ✨ Stay Tuned!  Our first edition drops soon, so keep an eye out… You might see your name up there! 👀 And if you haven’t gotten c

As an account admin, you should receive a series of three onboarding email over your first two weeks, but in case you want to see what will be sent, reference past emails, or share them with a colleague, this page has each of those emails for your convenience. 1st Email:Welcome to the Quickbase Family! Hi There, You've joined a community, thousands of people strong, with a shared mission to overcome disjointed systems and manual processes, the world of gray work. As Quickbase's CEO, I want to give you a warm welcome and help you jumpstart your journey. Please take two minutes to watch the video below for tips on how to get started. Over the coming days, our team will share many helpful resources in calls and emails. In the meantime, I recommend three things to all new customers: Take our Quickstart Course to learn the basics and explore the other training available on Quickbase University. Join our community, The Qrew, to connect with and learn from others like you. Ask your bur

As Empower 2025 comes to a close, the excitement doesn't have to end! April brings a fresh wave of engaging Qrew meet ups and webinars designed to keep you connected and inspired. Check out the event highlights to look forward to in the video below: Whether you're interested in learning about the latest features, improving your workflow, or connecting with other QuickBase enthusiasts, there's something for everyone. Join us for a month filled with opportunities to streamline your operations, automate tasks, and enhance your skills. New coming to the Qrew The Qrew Community team will be rolling out more contests and challenges for the Qrew! That means more opportunities to win swag, gift cards, and more. Did you catch the meme challenge on the discussion page? You can still participate!  Be sure to keep your eye out for more contest and challenge announcements coming soon. Be sure to register for our upcoming April webinars and Qrew Meet Ups by visiting quickbase.com/events  

Quickbase makes it easy to reduce repetitive tasks and orchestrate workflows, uniting disconnected data onto one platform. With Pipelines, business users can manage both automations and integrations in one place. And we have been hard at work enhancing our Pipelines capability based on your feedback. Now, as we continue to look toward the future, we must also evaluate the role of older and less flexible features like Quickbase Actions. Therefore, on September 30, 2025, it will no longer be possible to create new Quickbase Actions. What this change means for you After September 30, 2025, you will no longer be able to create new actions. However, existing actions you’ve created will continue to run. And you will be able to enable, disable, and edit those actions as needed. We previously communicated a plan to disable the editing of automations and actions, and to begin the retirement of Application Webhooks. Based on your feedback, we are not planning to make those changes at this time

What is the "Best Dressed" Course About?  Meet Mr. Cruz, a dedicated entrepreneur who owns a manufacturing unit for wedding outfits. Managing orders, customers, and operations can get tricky, so he’s building forms in Quickbase to streamline his workflows. In this course, you’ll join Mr. Cruz on his journey to create dynamic forms tailored to different user needs. From adjusting form properties to adding creative design touches, you’ll learn how to create forms that suit your app’s needs perfectly.   Why Should You Take This Course?  Forms are the backbone of any Quickbase app. They allow users to input, view, and manage data effectively. This course will show you how to:  - Personalize form layouts to match specific workflows.  - Implement user-friendly design principles.  - Add validation rules   for accurate data entry.  - Explore advanced features like form rules and navigation pages.    What Will You Learn?  Here’s wha

After receiving some incredible nominations during the month of February, the 2025 Qrew Legend Award recipient has been narrowed down to four finalists. Thank you to all the nominators!  The 2025 Qrew Legend Finalists are: BRIANHINSHAW , QuickBaseJunkie , JimHarrison , and AndyKrumrai, congratulations to these nominees on being named finalists, all extraordinary contributors to The Qrew!  Voting will be open from March 3rd through March 14th. Please note this is a change from earlier, we will need an additional week to ensure this award can be presented at Empower in the best way possible! Votes can be made here! The winner will be announced on April 1st during our morning keynote at Empower!  I asked for our finalists to tell us a bit about themselves, here's what they shared. Brian Hinshaw, AT&T I've been a Quickbase builder and admin at AT&T for 5 years Favorite Way to Connect with The Qrew: Qrew Discussions and the Pipelines and Realm Admin Qrew.  Some

What's up Qrew? See below for links to Meet Ups, Webinars, and of course, Empower '25. If you're still on the fence about attending Empower, allow me to nudge you in the direction of the side of the fence that is in New Orleans on March 31st. Register here for Empower 2025, it's the best decision you will make all year...   Also happening in March... Qrew Meet Ups: Realm Admin on 3/4 with guest Mihir Mullloth from City of Philadelphia Solution Spotlight on 3/5, with guest Meg Kearney from Windover Construction App Builder on 3/11, with our very own Maria  Pipelines on 3/12, with guests James Malone and Matthew Tillinghast from Juiced Technologies Mobile on 3/19, with Quickbase's Jenny Gomez, Tech Support Engineer. Come see how others are leveraging Quickbase through these free Meet Ups! Webinars: "How to go from App Inheritance to App Ownership" on 3/20 Have you recently inherited a Quickbase App or Suite of Apps?  Have you recently been handed the keys to an entir

What Is Sweet Connections? Sweet Connections takes you on a learning journey with Miss Cone, the owner of a frozen dessert store. Through her story, you’ll learn foundational concepts like creating relationships, importing data, building formulas, and more. Each module is packed with practical tips that will help you apply these skills to your own apps.   How Does Sweet Connections Work? The course is divided into four engaging modules: Cuppa Foundations: Learn the basics of app setup, including creating tables and understanding relationships. Scoop Techniques: Master advanced features like formulas, snapshots, and data imports. Topping Triumph: Explore summary fields, conditional dropdowns, and reporting tools to gain deeper insights. Cherry on Top: Bonus tips and tricks, including best practices for naming fields and maintaining data accuracy.   Why Take This Course? Building relationships between tables is essential for creating efficient apps that work seamlessly with y

  Qrew, an important task lies ahead for you: Nominations are open for our 2025 Qrew Legend!   From now through February 21st, nominate one person in the Qrew who has made the biggest impact on your Quickbase success. To nominate a Qrew Legend, click here.  Who can I nominate?  Any non-Quickbase employee Qrew member. This award is about recognizing one of you, not us!  Any tips on who to choose? The person you nominate should be obvious to you. Nominate the individual who has made the biggest impact on you through their knowledge share or content.  This could be an individual who has provided helpful content you have used to become a better user of Quickbase. It could be someone who inspired you to think differently on how you approach your role using Quickbase. Perhaps you saw them speak at an Empower event, or a Qrew Meet Up, or you have seen them share knowledge at Sam Trachy's office hours frequently. Legends come in many forms.  &

We're sharing the love of Quickbase at our upcoming Qrew Meet Ups that'll make your operational workflows swoon and fall head over heels! Check out a some highlights of Qrew Meet Ups that we're excited to host, and checkout our February Events to register today. Thanks and we'll see you in February!

At Quickbase, we’ve always been committed to helping you solve complex business problems by connecting data, automating workflows, and creating tailored applications—all without writing code. We’re excited to announce the next step in this journey: the addition of the OpenAI channel in Quickbase Pipelines. With the AI Smart Builder, we are focused on helping builders create apps and pipelines. However, this integration marks the first milestone in bringing the transformative capabilities of large language models (LLMs) directly into your Quickbase solutions to help you get more out of your data! This is more than just a new feature—it’s an invitation to experiment, innovate, and reimagine what’s possible within Quickbase. What Is the OpenAI Channel? OpenAI GPTs are a powerful tool for generating natural language responses based on prompts. By integrating this functionality via Quickbase Pipelines, you can create workflows that harness the power of AI to transform text, automate repetit

Thank you to the Quickbase Qrew for a magical 2024! Our team wanted to thank all the members of The Qrew who made 2024 an incredible year. We hope to see you at Empower on March 31st! Register here! For those interested in helping us design our Qrew Meet Ups at Empower, please take 3 minutes to complete this survey!  Empower Qrew Meet Up Survey: https://form.typeform.com/to/cGKI53fD   We will be using this feedback in how we format our Qrew Meet Ups in New Orleans. Share your ideas here so I can work towards bringing them to life in March!

As our CEO Ed Jennings shared above, registration for Empower 2025 in New Orleans is now live! Get in there, get yourself registered for what will be the best Quickbase event of the year!  Empower 25 is a live two-day event from March 31st-April 1st with a preconference schedule available on March 30th for pre-event training. If you haven't done Empower in person yet, time to make that change. Ask anyone in The Qrew who attended previous Empower events in Miami, Austin, Boston, Nashville, etc. They'll all tell you it's worth attending. For those who have only attended our virtual Empower conferences, Empower in person is an even better experience, because on top of all the incredible sessions we'll have for you, we'll have a chance to do it together, away from our laptops!  There's simply no better way to connect with other Quickbase users, to learn more ways to use our product, and grow your professional network, than to attend Empower. I hope to see you there!  Regist