CHANGELOG: Aug 11 / Color coding in Table View, Set an empty value in automations, dozen bug fixes

[mdubakov]

Color coding in Table View paints the rows

Table View color coding works for the whole row now, so records are more visible.

Automation buttons & rules: Set an empty value/clear field

Now you can clear value in field by button or rule. Sometimes you want to clear a date field or other fields on some event.

Rules and Action small improvements

• Make failed rules more distinguishable
• Show that Action is not valid anymore ( Type deleted, Relation removed, extension uninstalled)

Fixed bugs

• Type is not get renamed on User Profile if it was installed from the template
• Cut search params when generating a link for the Entity (and make URL short)
• Unable to “Open in new tab” from the search results
• Menu refreshes when user opens entity in Search Results
• Impossible to convert entity opened in sidebar
• Automation: Update action for empty child-collection is considered as fail
• History: Fix UI in the history for deleted/added points in the list
• Whiteboard: Fix highlight for selected period in Date Range selector
• Automations: fields with a space in name do not work in template markup
• Error on UI while export to markdown in Safari

[v3j]

whoa you folks are on a roll!

[helloitse]

Is there a way to clear a field using the API?

[Chr1sG]

There is, but why not use the update field action (choose update field and then from the … options menu, choose clear value)?

[helloitse]

I’d like to use an API call to transfer the value in one field to another (cut and paste) for thousands of records. I don’t actually use actions much so I’m unfamiliar with how they work. Can they be triggered via API?
What is the value for the API?
Btw, for the solution here, I actually used the Integromat module and passed in their erase variable.

[Chr1sG]

I just meant an automation action.
So you could create a button like this:

and then select as many entities as applicable, and press the button for all of them:

[Chr1sG]

And if you want, you can clear a field as well: