December 1, 2023

Product updates

What's new in Retable - August 2023

Hello there! We are incredibly excited to present to you the enchanting highlights of the latest product updates from Retable for August! Get ready for a dose of wonderful news. We warmly welcome you to join us on an exciting journey to discover these fresh updates. Without further ado, let's delve into the details and embrace these fantastic enhancements together!

Arzu Özkan

Head of Marketing

Retable's August 2023 updates include several features that our users have been requesting lately. We searched for new ways to make things more effective for you. Let's dive into what the Retable team has developed for you in August!

Rich Text Column Type
Coloring Calendar View Based on the Select Column Type
Webhooks
Adjust the Width of the Row Detail Window
Import File via URL
Hide Organization Info for Members
Automation Logs
Customize Form Submit Button Text
URL Column Protocol Configuration
Alignment of the Percentage and Currency Icons
Automation Parameters
Search Function for API

Rich Text Column Type

Retable's rich text column type allows you to choose between multiple formatting types and empowers you to customize your texts.

The rich text column is text that is formatted with common formatting options, such as bold and italics, that are unavailable with plain text. Besides the common formatting options, you can create titles, bullet points, in-text links or bullet points with the rich text column type.

Let's explore how to use Retable's rich text column type! 👇🏻

Create a new column
Select the "Rich Text" column type
Expand your cell and add your text
Customize your rich-text using the formatting options in the rich text editor's toolbar

Coloring Calendar View Based on the Select Column Type‍

If your spreadsheet has a select column type, you can set a custom color for each option. With this improvement, you can display your select column records in calendar view with their select column type colors.

For example:

Let's say your select column type has 3 values "To Do, In Progress and Done"

And you used blue for To Do, yellow for In Progress and green for Done. You can display these records with the same colors in the calendar view.

Let's see how it works! 👇🏻

Webhooks

Webhooks is a mechanism used in web development to enable one system or application to send real-time data to another system or application whenever a certain event occurs. Retable's Webhooks allows you to be notified in real-time about changes in your projects, from new records to a column being updated in an existing row, to a row moving in or out of a view.

Webhooks are an action type that you can send an HTTP request in case automation is triggered.

To learn more about webhooks and how to use Retable's webhooks, visit this URL.

‍Adjust the Width of the Row Detail Window

You can now adjust the width of the row detail window displayed on the right side of your spreadsheets as you wish. The width you set is automatically saved and you can continue to use your row detail window with the same settings when you enter your spreadsheet again.

Let's see how it works! 👇🏻

Import File via URL

You can import .csv and .xlsx files into your projects directly with the URL. Thus, you can transfer any .xlsx or .csv file on the internet to Retable with just a URL without downloading them to your device.

Let's see how it works! 👇🏻

Open your project
Click the +Add New button in the table's area
Select the "Import File URL" option
Paste the URL of the file you want to import

That's all!

Hide Organization Info for Members‍

Organization admins can now hide organization info for other organization members. Thus, organization members cannot view the teams and other members in the organization, they can only view summary information about the organization.

Let's see how it works! 👇🏻

Go to your account overview
Click the "Organization" tab
Click the "Settings"
Click the "Hide organization info for members" box
Save it

That's all!

Automation Logs

You can now monitor all logs of your automations from the logs section in the automations window.

Let's see how it works! 👇🏻

Go to your project
Click the automation button to open your automation window
Click your existing automation
Switch to the logs tab

That's all!

Customize Form Submit Button Text

You can now customize the text of the 'Submit' button in forms from your form customization screen.

Let's see how it works! 👇🏻

Go to your form view
Go to the bottom of your form
Click on the edit icon inside the Submit button
Change your text
Press Enter‍

URL Column Protocol Configuration‍

Previously, the URL column was required to have https at the beginning of the URL. All URLs are clickable in the URL column, regardless of the protocol.

Alignment of the Percentage and Currency Icons‍

You can now adjust the position of your currency and percentage icons in the cell. Thus, your icons are displayed on the right or left according to your choice by default.

Let's see how it works! 👇🏻

Go to your "Account Overview"
Click "Settings" tab
Change your currency and percent symbol placement
Save it

That's all!

Automation Parameters

You can now use your column names as parameters in the Mail Subject and Mail Content fields of the send mail and send records actions in your automations. For this, it is sufficient to write your column names in curly brackets. Example; {columnname}

Let's see how it works! 👇🏻

Go to your project
Click the automation button
Add a new automation
Set your trigger and action
Select the 'To' for your automation email
Type one or multiple {columnname} to your 'Subject' and 'Content' section.
Save it

That's all!

Search Function for API

Retable's API search function helps you to get specific information about a specific Retable

The response is going to be row data which is exactly the same as the term. Term parameter accepts input with space. Example requests and responses are given below.

https://api.retable.io/v1/public/retable/jKN7x47LLjHZcXAv/search?column_id=eLfL2NyPMPrviXbn&term=Red%Rose%

{
"data": {
"rows": [
{
"row_id": 4,
"created_at": "2023-08-03 10:08:01",
"updated_at": "2023-08-15 11:01:47",
"created_by": {
"id": "lQ2vhlFYlgrXkAGe",
"name": "John",
"surname": "Doe",
"email": "johndoe@retable.io"
},
"updated_by": {
"id": "lQ2vhlFYlgrXkAGe",
"name": "John",
"surname": "Doe",
"email": "johndoe@retable.io"
},
"columns": [
{
"column_id": "eLfL2NyPMPrviXbn",
"title": "Name",
"cell_value": "Red Rose"
}
]
},
{
"row_id": 5,
"created_at": "2023-08-03 16:08:01",
"updated_at": "2023-08-15 17:01:47",
"created_by": {
"id": "lQ2vhlFYlgrXkAGe",
"name": "John",
"surname": "Doe",
"email": "johndoe@retable.io"
},
"updated_by": {
"id": "lQ2vhlFYlgrXkAGe",
"name": "John",
"surname": "Doe",
"email": "johndoe@retable.io"
},
"columns": [
{
"column_id": "eLfL2NyPMPrviXbn",
"title": "Name",
"cell_value": "Red Rose"
}
]
}
]
}
}