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Introducing New Quickbase Navigation (beta)

By Brian Cafferelli posted 03-22-2024

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Quickbase is the world’s first platform for dynamic work management. And that means we wake up every day asking ourselves how we can make our customers more efficient and help them grow. We are continually improving the platform and adding new capabilities, so it is easier than ever for you to see, connect, and control your most complex processes. To do that, we want to make sure we continue to focus on providing an intuitive, clean user experience, which is the foundation on which the rest of Quickbase relies. That’s why we’re excited to announce the beta version of our new navigation. Here’s what to expect from our new navigation, and how you can try it out ...

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PLEASE READ!!! Site Maintenance April 1st-April 9th

By Ben Simon posted 03-18-2024

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Qrew Discussions Site Changes Coming – An FAQ(rew) On April 1 st , Qrew Discussions (community.quickbase.com) will begin site maintenance to improve the overall experience within our peer-to-peer platform. Site Maintenance will start on April 1 st and conclude on April 9 th , our launch date for the new experience. See below for some Frequently Asked Questions we hope will ease this transition. Question: Why is this happening? Answer: Quickbase wants to invest in our community, The Qrew. Part of this investment means we’re all in on making Qrew Discussions the best experience it can be. We love how active it is, and we want to ...

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Creation of new QB Actions and Webhooks will be locked as of June 30, 2024

By Brian Cafferelli posted 03-15-2024

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Top of FormQB Quickbase makes it easy to reduce repetitive tasks and orchestrate workflows, uniting disconnected data onto one platform. With Pipelines, business users can manage both automations and integrations in one place. And we have been hard at work enhancing our Pipelines capability based on your feedback. Now, as we continue to look toward the future, we must also evaluate the role of older and less flexible features like Quickbase Actions and Webhooks. These two features will reach End of Sale on June 30, 2024, and creating new actions/webhooks will be locked at that time. What this change means for you Any actions and webhooks ...

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Automations will no longer be editable as of June 30, 2024

By Brian Cafferelli posted 03-15-2024

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Quickbase makes it easy to reduce repetitive tasks and orchestrate workflows, uniting disconnected data onto one platform. With Pipelines, business users can manage both automations and integrations in one place. And we have been hard at work enhancing our Pipelines capability based on your feedback. Now, as we continue to look toward the future, we must also evaluate the role of older and less flexible features like Quickbase Automations. Support for the Automations feature ended in June 2022 , and editing existing automations will be locked on June 30, 2024. What this change means for you Beginning in June 2022, creating new automations ...

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The legacy exchange will be replaced on March 24th, 2024

By Brian Cafferelli posted 03-15-2024

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The Quickbase Exchange gives you a head start when building a new app. It offers a range of pre-built app templates for you to explore. And if you find that one you like, you can use it as a starting point and customize it for your unique business needs. In June 2023, we released the beta version of our new exchange , which we re-built from the ground up and expanded to include a broader range of builder resources. On March 24, 2024, the new exchange will reach general availability and we will be shutting down the legacy exchange at that time. What this change means for you For your app template needs, you can now leverage our new exchange. ...

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Upcoming Customer Events for Spring 2024

By Esther LaVielle posted 03-14-2024

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Hey there Quickbase enthusiasts! 🌼 Can you believe it's already March? Time sure does fly when you're having fun (and building awesome things with Quickbase , of course)! As we gear up for spring and all the exciting things it brings, we've got a lineup of events that will make your March and April even more fantastic. So grab your favorite beverage, get comfy , and dive into what's coming your way! Below is a list of our upcoming events with registration links and agendas. For an up-to-date list of what else may be coming, check out www.quickbase.com/events. ...

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Empower 2024; Registration Open

By Ben Simon posted 03-07-2024

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What's up Qrew? Making sure you all saw that our favorite event of the year is rapidly approaching! Empower 2024, on May 8th, is now open for registration ! Everybody reading this, do the following: 1) Watch this slick promo video and get fired up for Empower. For those new to The Qrew, you do not want to miss out on Empower. Via 6 straight hours of Quickbase goodness, including 20+ breakout sessions, Live Q/A, and plenty of opportunities to hear some amazing stories of how Qrew members are being game-changers inside their orgs. 2) Register for Empower 2024 3) Block that calendar. Not joking, block it. Do it. May 8th is Empower ...

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Optimizing Quickbase Admin Console Connected (Sync) Tables for Effective Governance

By Josh Miller posted 02-21-2024

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Approximately 5-minute read In the ever-evolving landscape of data management, Quickbase's Admin Console Connected (ACC) tables (known also as Sync tables) stand out as a pivotal tool for administrators. These tables are more than just a feature - they represent a methodology for streamlined data governance and management. This blog post delves into the strategic setup and utilization of ACC tables, guiding you through a journey of efficient administration and governance of your Quickbase realm. The Governance Starter Kit To establish a comprehensive governance framework, realm admins need to create three core applications. These three apps lay ...

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Leap Day? Five Fridays in a Month? How to Handle Calendar Quirks...

By Ben Simon posted 02-01-2024

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📅📅Come join The Cash Money Qrew on February 29th as we discuss how to plan for Calendar Quirks like Leap Day in a Quickbase app. 📅📅 Whether its five Fridays or three pay periods in a month, or any other one-off calendar exceptions you need to build into your workflows, there are all sorts of ways you can account for this in Quickbase. Come join Qrew Group leader @Krunal Thakkar and special guest and Qrew Champion @Nichole Braswell from Sympo as we tackle some of the ways you can design Quickbase apps to handle any kind of unusual dates in the business calendar. Register today ! ...

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See you on the Internet... Connect with The Qrew in February!

By Caroline Stuart-Freas posted 02-01-2024

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Happy February (or as I like to say happy FABuary )! This year is a leap year which is a good thing – we have such a jam-packed month full of Customer Network meetings & Webinars that we need the extra day. Below is a list of all our events for the month complete with registration links and agendas. As always you can see all of these listed on www.quickbase.com/events. See you on the internet! 🏭 Manufacturing – Wednesday , Feb 7th @ 12pm EST Quickbase guru Sam Trachy, will share an awesome app he built for manufacturers: multi-barcode scanning ...

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January Q Tips; Tips and Tricks from The Qrew

By Ben Simon posted 01-31-2024

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📢📢📢📢 Introducing "Q Tips", a blog series designed for Qrew members to share tips with the rest of The Qrew. Q Tips are short and sweet. The idea behind a Q Tip is there's something you do in Quickbase that makes your life easier, and you want to give access to this gold nugget to the rest of The Qrew. Do you want to submit your own Q Tip? Join the Champions Program and take the Q Tip challenge! I'll review all submissions and publish entries everyone in The Qrew can benefit from. What do you get? Points, badges, and the priceless feeling of knowing you made The Qrew a little bit smarter today.📢📢📢 Here are three slick Q Tips submitted by The ...

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(UPDATED) The Qrew is Coming to Philly and Denver...Join Us!

By Ben Simon posted 01-25-2024

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📢📢📢Excited to announce two new Qrew Groups launching in February!!📢📢📢 On Thursday, February 15th, both the Philly Qrew and the Denver Qrew will be kicking off. After hearing from many in the Community that a virtual meeting would be more preferred, we're going to kick off both of these Qrew Groups with a Teams meeting. All interested Qrew members should register below and a member of our team will send you a Teams invite. This is a change from our previous plans to meet in person. Both Qrew Groups will be looking to plan in person meetups in the future, but on February 15th, the meetings will be not be in person and will instead take ...

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Shoutouts to a Few Difference Makers in The Qrew

By Ben Simon posted 01-24-2024

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👋👋👋Say Goodbye to 2023 and say Hello to 2024! It would be a miss to not take a look back at who specifically from The Qrew made the biggest impact in Qrew Discussions in 2023!🏆🏆🏆 These are the people who are in every thread, every post, helping you out, answering your questions. They rarely take a day off, completely committed to making The Qrew a thriving and successful community. In 2023, @Mark Shnier (Your Quickbase Coach) , @Chayce Duncan , and @Mike Tamoush were the top three responders in Qrew Discussions, with Mark once again leading the way with 1,258 Group Replies (that's averaging 4 group replies every time Mark logs in). Chayce ...

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Exciting Updates and Call for Speakers: Quickbase Customer Network Program 2024

By Caroline Stuart-Freas posted 01-10-2024

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We hope this post finds you well and thriving in the new year! If you've been part of the Quickbase journey, you might be familiar with our Customer Network program—an incredible virtual user group initiative run by the CS @ Scale team. As we step into 2024, we're thrilled to share some exciting updates and extend an invitation to our vibrant community to participate in shaping the future of the Quickbase Customer Network. Reflecting on 2023 : In the past year, we hosted a total of 59 meetings, bringing together an average of ~30 customers each time. What's even more inspiring is that 25 customers took the ...

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Q Tips; December Tips and Tricks from The Qrew

By Ben Simon posted 12-19-2023

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📢📢📢📢 Introducing "Q Tips", a blog series designed for Qrew members to share tips with the rest of The Qrew. Q Tips are short and sweet. The idea behind a Q Tip is there's something you do in Quickbase that makes your life easier, and you want to give access to this gold nugget to the rest of The Qrew. Do you want to submit your own Q Tip? Join the Champions Program and take the Q Tip challenge! I'll review all submissions and publish entries everyone in The Qrew can benefit from. What do you get? Points, badges, and the priceless feeling of knowing you made The Qrew a little bit smarter today.📢📢📢 Here are a few slick Q Tips submitted ...

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Qrew Champions Profile: Tammie King

By Ben Simon posted 12-06-2023

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🏆🏆This is Qrew Champion Profiles, where we learn a little bit more about our Qrew Champions making a difference within The Qrew. Our Champions program is open for registration. Sign up today, start taking those challenges and climb the rankings until you reach Champion status like the profiled Champion below! 🏆🏆 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Qrew Champion Profile is on @Tammie King ! Tammie is a long-t ime Quickbase lover who works as an Application Analyst at Mintz in Downtown Boston. Speaking of Boston, Tammie runs our Boston ...

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Action required: Outlook Channel Changes coming December 19th, 2023

By Brian Cafferelli posted 12-05-2023

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One of the most popular Pipelines integrations in Quickbase is the Outlook channel. This channel allows you to move email messages and their attachments , as well as calendar events, into other systems such as Quickbase . It also supports sending emails and scheduling meetings in Outlook automatically.  Within the Outlook channel , one key component is the ability to work with shared mailboxes . These are commonly used to collect messages like support requests or orders, in a way that allows a team to access and respond in a timely manner . Base d on customer feedback we will be making changes to our Outlook Pipelines and how they ...

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What's On Tap in December?

By Ben Simon posted 11-29-2023

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❄️❄️December is here! What a month it is. A month of holiday spirit and tradition... Traditions like Home Alone and Die Hard being on TV all month long. Ugly sweater parties with friends and family. Waiting until the last minute to do all your holiday shopping. Watching Home Alone and Die Hard 2 because Kevin McAllister and John McClane just can't catch a break at Christmas. We'll make some new year's resolutions, and we'll honor them through at least the second week of January. And when we're not watching the downfall of Hans Gruber and The Sticky Bandits, we'll engage with The Qrew! Here's a look at all the Qrew ...

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Qrew Champions Profile: Kelly Hayes

By Ben Simon posted 11-14-2023

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🏆🏆This is Qrew Champion Profiles, where we learn a little bit more about our Qrew Champions making a difference within The Qrew. Our Champions program is open for registration. Sign up today, start taking those challenges and climb the rankings until you reach Champion status like the profiled Champion below! 🏆🏆 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♀️Today's Champion Profile is on @Kelly Hayes , a Technical Specialist at Benesch! 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♀️ Here are some fun facts Kelly shared with us through the Champions Profile challenge in the ...

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Q Tips - November Tips and Tricks from The Qrew

By Ben Simon posted 11-07-2023

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📢📢📢📢 Introducing "Q Tips", a blog series designed for Qrew members to share tips with the rest of The Qrew. Q Tips are short and sweet. The idea behind a Q Tip is there's something you do in Quickbase that makes your life easier, and you want to give access to this gold nugget to the rest of The Qrew. Do you want to submit your own Q Tip? Join the Champions Program and take the Q Tip challenge! I'll review all submissions and publish entries everyone in The Qrew can benefit from. What do you get? Points, badges, and the priceless feeling of knowing you made The Qrew a little bit smarter today.📢📢📢 Here are a few slick Q Tips submitted ...

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