Bug when setting [REF_ROWS] in card view

[イルカのえっちゃん]

I tried the method described in these Tips & Tricks for displaying PDF files in card view using the XY type.

Show PDF Thumbnails when using Folder as a Table

We can add a Google Drive folder as a data source. See this Post. I thought it would be cool to have the PDF’s thumbnail like we have in Google Drive. [3X_5_d_5d3c2919dc7c2b4be6936cb9420a344c0dde4289.png] We can do this in AppSheet with Card View and XY column Type. It will look like this: [3X_e_e_ee4d50ee8d5b0eeb2dfc0bcb405c1863d0646d83.png] Here is how to do it: Add your Google Drive folder as a new data source with “Documents on Google Drive”. This will generate a virtual table ins…

Preview a PDF within AppSheet

Hi dear AppSheet Community ! The aim of this post is to describe, step by step, how to display a PDF preview. The result is an interactive dashboard with a list of files on one side, and a preview of each file on the other. [Aurelien_8-1748856082899.png] The trick: the XY type Show More In practice: exploiting XY type with a PDF Initial assumption: we have a FILE table, with a [file] column containing a PDF file. Step 1: Add an XY column Show More Step 2: Set up the XY column Show More S…

This technique is absolutely brilliant!
I am always truly grateful for such generous sharing of skills from community members like this!

Now, while this technique itself is truly brilliant, whilst conducting the verification outlined below, I discovered a bug on the AppSheet side, so I am reporting it.

・The spreadsheet consists of just the single sheet shown below

・The Data settings are as shown in the following figures

・View configuration

[vcREF_ROWS] in the Image section of the Card view

・This video shows the behaviour when several PDF files are uploaded to [File] and viewed in a browser.
Video 1

As you can see, clicking each card to display the Detail view causes all card images to change to the image of the currently active card.

Workaround
However, we have confirmed that this issue does not occur when using a Slice for REF_ROWS, as shown below.

While using a Slice is a workaround for this bug, I personally prefer to keep the number of Slices created within the application to an absolute minimum.
I realise this will not be given high priority, but I do hope this bug can be resolved.

[Jose_Arteaga]

Hello @イルカのえっちゃん,

Thanks for bringing this to our attention! Let me do some research and I will come back to you.

Have a wonderful day ahead!

[Jose_Arteaga]

Hello again @イルカのえっちゃん,

Thank you for the detailed report. We’ve discussed this internally, and since there is a functional workaround available, we have added the issue to our development queue with a lower priority for the time being. This allows us to focus on critical blockers, but we will continue to monitor it.

Thank you for your patience and for sharing the workaround with the community!