Agilebase platform blog: recent updates

A quick note for agileBase developers – we now let administrators set the SQL ‘LIMIT’ value for each view. The system already uses LIMIT to, well, limit the number of records returned by default to the top 25. Of course you can press ‘show more rows’ to load up increasingly more, which ups the limit each time.…

The workflow automation engine is the element of agileBase that’s seen the most rapid development over the the past few months, probably since it allows you to move beyond simple data entry and analysis to realise specific business benefits, whether that’s improving efficiency, reducing the stress of overworked staff, increasing engagement with the outside world, improving service delivery, cost…

Many customers use agileBase’s document generation capabilities to produce important documents such as invoices or product specifications. In some cases, it’s important for documents to include footers containing an identifier and page numbers, like ‘page 1 of 10’. The reason is that when these documents are printed out, you want to be sure that you’re not missing a…

A few customers have recently contacted us with examples of duplicate data being entered into the system, by different people. We though it would be good to try to address this for everyone at a system level. Examples could be As a purchaser, you start dealing with a new supplier and enter them onto the system,…

Last week we showed agileChilli‘s new Supplier Approval application to a number of customers and partners. It’s written using the agileBase platform to help food manufacturers audit new and existing suppliers, automating, documenting and speeding up the process. We had some great feedback, validating the core ideas and suggesting some lovely features to add. For example: Good seeing you today and the new…

Whatever business you’re in, you’ll likely be meeting and speaking to new people to expand your circles of contacts and customers. If you’re using the agileBase platform to store your contacts, there’s now a useful little feature which will play you an audio pronunciation of a person’s name, so you can double check it before…

The ability for users to add comments to any data, anywhere in the system, is one of the more powerful features of the agileBase platform, that lets people collaborate really easily without clogging up email inboxes. We continuously improve the functionality and user interface of the comments system, so here’s a quick visual tutorial on how…

After the recent launch of our platform feature to send HTML emails, with good timing, Smashing Magazine have written a comprehensive article on how to produce the various types of emails you may be planning to send out and some of the issues to think about. https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2017/01/introduction-building-sending-html-email-for-web-developers/ Worth a read!    

As pre-announced recently, HTML emails can now be sent by apps built on the agileBase platform. That means that your company can send out branded, rich-text emails (with attachments) to customers, suppliers and anyone else you deal with. Setting up Set up an email notification workflow as normal (in a view, use the manage -> send tab).…

A number of customers have asked for the ability to send formatted emails from the system, including graphics and styles – so emails to customers match their brand and have the tone matched by the look. We can tell you that that’s something we’re planning – we’re starting work now and the facility will be released early…