February 9, 2024

lizlynch · February 9, 2024

Deployment Time: 12:00 PM PST

Features & enhancements

None

Bug fixes

None

Rollout changes

*Item*	*Description*
Feature	Set input values dynamically in data-change actions and tasks You can now set input values dynamically in a data-change action, as follows: When the action is used in the app, display a dialog to prompt the app user to enter values for the specified inputs. See Set input values dynamically for columns in a row by prompting user. When the action is used in an automation, the app creator sets custom input values when configuring the step. See Set input values dynamically when running an action on a set of rows in an automation. When the action is invoked from a Referenced Action (whether in the running app or in an automation), the Referenced Action can specify a binding expression using the input values. See Set input values dynamically when running an action on a set of rows (referenced actions). In addition, when a task is reused in multiple steps in an automation, the app creator can dynamically configure the task for each step by setting input values. See Set input values dynamically in tasks. See also: Community announcement AppSheet Office hours when this new feature was discussed New: Deployed to all users. Previous: Deployed to 75% of all users.
Enhancement	To simplify setting the position of an action in your app, when the Prominence action setting has been changed to Position and the value values have been changed to: Primary, Prominent, Inline, and Hide. See Configuring an action. New: Deployed to all users. Previous: Deployed to 100% of free users and 50% of paid users.
Bug	Fixed a bug that could cause columns using a list validation expression to be unexpectedly cleared when the existing value is invalid and a column dependency changed. This behavior of automatically clearing invalid values was meant to apply to "dependent dropdowns" where the valid options of a dropdown are influenced by the value of a previous column. It was being incorrectly applied too broadly, including cases where some other expression on the dropdown column (not the validation expression) is influenced by the changed column. It will now only be applied when the validation expression depends on the changed column. New: Deployed to 100% of free users and 50% of paid users. Previous: Deployed to 100% of free users and 25% paid users.

Preview announcements

Preview feature releases enable you to try out new app features that are not yet fully supported. See Product launch stages.

No new preview features were released today.

The following tables summarize the preview features that are currently available.

Item

Description

Feature

AppSheet apps for desktop users (Preview)

The new desktop design, currently in preview, is optimized for desktop browsers, presenting a more complete view of information with a consistent organization and structure. The new desktop design lets users navigate their apps more easily and access information in context, and provides an efficient way to edit existing records without losing context. The legacy desktop design, enabled by default, provides an experience similar to the mobile and tablet device.

For more information, see:

In addition, the AppSheet preview program lets app creators try out new app features that are not yet fully supported. For more details and to opt-in, see AppSheet preview program.