August 22, 2024 / 😮‍💨 Multiple Entity Views in Standard plan, some improvements

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:face_exhaling: Move Multiple Entity Views to Standard plan from Pro

Multiple Entity Views are moved to Standard plan. It appeared that we underestimated the need and Multiple Entity Views are important for basic use cases, like CRM. Indeed it was relatively weird that we had no limitations for other views, but only added this limitation for newly released view.

Anyway, we’ve fixed this mistake and now you can enjoy Multiple Entity Views in any plan.

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Whiteboard shortcuts

We’ve fixed and streamlined all whiteboard keyboard shortcuts, find the complete whiteboard shortcuts list here.

For example, did you know that you can duplicate an object by holding Option (Alt) key and dragging the object?

Duplicate relation View

Now you can duplicate Relations Views. Find Duplicate action in … in Relation View. Consistency!

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Change the background color of the source text when hovering on the Highlight Suggestion

The background color of the Suggested Highlight in the text corresponds with the Suggested Highlights list, making it easier to recognize their connection.

:butterfly: Improvements

  • When something breaks in a Database, notify people who can fix the problem, not just Admins. It includes broken rules, formulas and auto-linking.
  • Editable empty fields show as “Add…” rather than “No…” to encourage users to fill in.
  • We’ve made disabled units non-clickable.

:shrimp: Fixed Bugs

Whiteboard:

  • Hotkeys stop working when using floating or footer menu
  • Some popups are rendered under Sidebar
  • Esc does not work for some options from formatting toolbar
  • The cover image is rendered over the rounded corner and border
  • All public users share the same Viewport between sessions
  • Glitches on picking the border color
  • Unable to deselect using ESC key when action menu is open

Other fixes:

  • Next button in integration is flaky and can be out of style
  • Glitches on drag and drop in the left menu
  • Wrong error message in Import csv to existed database
  • Avatar doesn’t update immediately for entities added to Favourites
  • Error on entity view when user expands rich text with source of suggested highlights
  • Inbox: Show more is always visible when zoom level is not equal 100% in browser
  • Live update for inline comments stop working
  • Collapsed/expanded state of view description stops to be remembered
  • Error on DB restore if rename Space after DB deletion
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Thank you for this!

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This saves so much time! :heart_eyes::heart_eyes::heart_eyes: Awesome! :smile:

And thanks again for moving Multiple Entity views to standard plan :partying_face::partying_face:

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Love the responsiveness! Seeing the feedback on multiple Entity Views and adjusting your plans… props!

And more neat improvements! :clap:

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Thank you!!!

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Thanks!
To elaborate on the Entity Views implementation, as mentioned elsewhere, I see two main use cases:

  1. Most obvious use case: An entity view is automatically selected and shown, based on logic or automation.
  2. Entity views are used to clean up the UI and focus the information. In that case, they need to be more visible as tabs.

Use Case 1:

No tabs necessary because each view targets a different public. Current setup may stay the same, but with the addition of the automation feature):

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Use Case 2:

I think the position would be under the title, and under the pinned fields (although the pinned fields can change, this is visually better placed?)

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Notes

  • In any case, I think the tabs need to be an option setting.
  • Also taking into account access rights, the individual tabs should not be visible if the viewer has no access to that particular entity view.

Maybe other uses have more suggestions?

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We will add Pinned Entity Views soon (when vacations season will be over)

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That looks good, thank you!
Some ideas:

  • Allow the pinned entity view buttons to be different sizes (e.g. to get the attention in my mockup).
  • Allow the URL to change according to the active Entity View, so we can create direct links.