The disadvantage of quick editing without opening a form at the table level.
Currently, we can edit this row in the AppSheet application both by opening the form (by opening it) and by enabling the edit feature without opening the form. If we have defined certain actions in the form’s save property, these actions only work when the form is saved. In the table view, the quick edit feature does not trigger actions dependent on the form’s save step when saving. Are the AppSheet developers aware of this issue? Is there any ongoing development work to address this?
Yes, the developers are aware and this is by design. The column Quick Edits are exactly that, edits to be applied immediately after entry - no additional user activity required to save. In my opinion they are designed for situations when you want to change the column WITHOUT a full row changed process kicking off.
If you need Form Saved actions to trigger when a certain column is changed then it cannot be a Quick Edit column and should direct the user to the Form view to make the edit. Alternatively, you CAN create a Bot that is triggered on the row change for that specific column using the “[_THISROW_BEFORE].[Column] <> [_THISROW_AFTER].[Column]” pattern int he Bot.
NOTE: You can tailor ADDITIONAL Form views to your needs and use a button on the Detail View to access them and then trigger OTHER specialized Form Saved actions off that additional Form View.
For example, let’s say the “normal” Form view has all the columns in it for editing and triggers ActionA on Save. You can create another Form View that has ONLY 3 columns in it and triggers ActionB on Save. You can then open this “special” Form view using a button in the Detail View. You can create several “specialized” Form views in this way.
Thank you for your reply. I am aware of the processes you mentioned. I was just wondering if the AppSheet developers are aware of this. Because sometimes the system is running, but some actions don’t happen in the background, and since there’s no output error, the developer might not notice. I couldn’t find any updates related to the Quick Edit feature, so I felt the need to ask.