Allow Grouped action to be displayed as primary button on a Dashboard View

[abhishek-swamy]

Currently, AppSheet restricts certain action types (specifically Row-level actions, even when grouped) from displaying as a primary action button on a Dashboard View. This prevents users from easily accessing important, aggregated actions (like “Group Download CSV”) right from the main dashboard surface where they expect to see them.

Proposed Solution:
Introduce a new configuration option within the Dashboard View settings called “Prominent View Actions” or “Forced Primary Actions.”
This setting would allow the app creator to explicitly select up to three specific actions (regardless of their standard type—Row, Detail, or Grouped) to be displayed as large, primary buttons at the top of the Dashboard View.

Additionally, this feature would give developers the flexibility needed to create powerful, streamlined user experiences that currently hit a hard wall due to action type classification within dashboard layouts.

[Shourya_Tomar]

Hello @abhishek-swamy,

Thank you very much for pointing this out! I am adding it to the enhancement requests list and share the same with the product team.

I’ll keep you posted!

[Shourya_Tomar]

Hello @abhishek-swamy,

Here are the links to two posts which highlight the same feature that you are talking about.

Action button not visible in Dashboard view

I created an action button and set it to display as primary but I noticed the action button is not visible in the app when the view is set as a reference view within a dashboard view. However, if the view is set anywhere else (menu or primary navigation), it becomes visible. I also observed that the button is also available in Desktop mode. Any idea why this happens and what can I do to make the button appear in mobile view. Thanks.

Show Actions button based on specific view

Hi - I want to only show an action button (to create a CSV file) for a specific slice filtered view. I am trying to use the “Behavior” settings on the Actions to show only if the view is my “Data_Transfer” view - is this the way to do about it? Is my syntax correct? Cheers [2X_3_3eb786481417ff99081b2bb6eac69d2e77f2a99d.png]

Let me know if this is what you were looking for! I hope it helps.
Thanks!

[abhishek-swamy]

Hello @Shourya_Tomar - i believe my scenarios is completely different compared to these two posts. Hence, i am trying to determine why a Grouped Action is prevented from displaying as a primary action button on a Dashboard View?

[Steve]

You aren’t going to get an official answer. Why does it even matter? You can’t use them.