# August recap, weekend maintenance, and more **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** community-update\ **Created:** [September 5, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/august-recap-weekend-maintenance-and-more/76165 "2024-09-05T16:33:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NoCodeAndy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nocodeandy/32/62530_2.png) [@NoCodeAndy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NoCodeAndy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/august-recap-weekend-maintenance-and-more/76165/1 "2024-09-05T16:33:48Z")
Hello Gliders, Welcome to September! The team was keeping _very_ busy in August, so if you’re just settling back in and need to catch up, here are some big things you should know about: - [Glide Big Tables got live updates](https://community.glideapps.com/t/live-updates-for-big-tables-build-components-with-ai-chat-and-more/75728); goodbye manual refresh/resync! - [Inline templating](https://community.glideapps.com/t/preview-inline-templates-in-components-actions/75790) lets you combine data within components and actions - [Use AI to build custom components](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-component-ai-generated/74533) via conversational prompting - [The new Optimize Image action](https://community.glideapps.com/t/optimize-image-action/75825) generates a lean JPEG hosted on Glide - [Glide certification renewals are coming up](https://community.glideapps.com/t/update-glide-certification-renewals-expiration/75911); retake your exam in Glide University - [The Send Email action will consume updates](https://community.glideapps.com/t/send-email-action-will-use-updates-starting-monday-september-16th/75668) as of Monday, September 16th Also… ## Weekend maintenance this Sunday, September 8th 🚨 Glide will undergo scheduled maintenance for approximately 10-15 minutes this upcoming Sunday, September 8th at 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET. Glide apps and the Glide builder will be temporarily unavailable during this maintenance window. Anyone who tries to access Glide or a Glide app will see a temporary maintenance message. ## New Glide features, fixes, and updates 🌟 - The Table and Data Grid components now let you bind columns from the current row as column headers - Glide now returns an error when a Set Columns action fails due to the destination table not loading in a timely manner - [Glide API](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/getting-started-with-the-glide-api) request errors now contain more specific details - New CSV to JSON computation converts CSV to JSON in one step - Fixed a bug with source selection on Query columns - Fixed an issue with Table filter badges when not using queryable data sources (++ cleaned up the filter badge appearance) - Initial release of the Optimize Image action, [see related forum thread](https://community.glideapps.com/t/optimize-image-action/75825) - Improved the new [AI component](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-component-ai-generated/74533) with smarter default values when it’s not connected to data columns - Handful of improvements to our billing system, e.g. not showing a “Next Bill Date” when there is no upcoming bill - Fixed a bug with action configuration in the layout editor showing the table for the containing screen, instead of the table displayed in the collection - - Removed inline templating from the data editor - Inline templating can now reference user profile values - Inline templating in action workflows can now reference prior workflow steps - Actions than can only be used in action workflows have been removed from the layout editor, e.g. If-Then-Else, Rollups, Make Array, etc. - The Glide builder now shows a notification for [exceeding row usage limits](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/usage) ## From the community 🙌 - [How to design an app (Glide blog)](https://www.glideapps.com/blog/design-an-app) - [Building your digital transformation strategy (Glide blog)](https://www.glideapps.com/blog/digital-transformaton-strategy) - @Marc-Olivier built [AI Custom, a picture search engine with dynamic gallery grid](https://community.glideapps.com/t/ai-custom-picture-search-engine-with-dynamic-grid-gallery/75876) - @RichardYM shared [how to set up choice components w/ default values, outside of a form](https://community.glideapps.com/t/ai-custom-picture-search-engine-with-dynamic-grid-gallery/75876) - @Rien_Dumore built [an AI-powered app that lets you ask questions about a webpage](https://community.glideapps.com/t/potential-evolution-in-exchanging-processing-presenting-information-to-people/76102) - @Connor_Finlayson shows us [how to build a credit payment system in Glide](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-build-a-credit-payment-system-in-glide/75893) - @Robert_Petitto dropped a [tutorial on dealing with pagination in API requests via Make](https://community.glideapps.com/t/dealing-with-pagination-in-api-requests-using-make/75930) - @Himaladin shows us [how to enhance collection components with “zero state” messages](https://community.glideapps.com/t/enhancing-collection-components-with-empty-message-features-including-new-table-and-data-grid/75994) Have something to add? - Share what you’re working on in #Project Showcase - Share helpful tutorials, tips, and tools in #Community Resources - Share your feature requests in #Feature Requests P.S. Don’t forget to follow and tag Glide on [YouTube](https://youtube.com/c/glideapps), [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/glideapps), and [X](https://x.com/glideapps). 🤘 ---
**Author:** ![NoCodeAndy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nocodeandy/32/62530_2.png) [@NoCodeAndy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NoCodeAndy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/august-recap-weekend-maintenance-and-more/76165/2 "2024-09-05T17:45:12Z")
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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/august-recap-weekend-maintenance-and-more/76165/3 "2024-09-05T23:52:37Z")
> [@NoCodeAndy](#): > > - Inline templating can now reference user profile values > - Inline templating in action workflows can now reference prior workflow steps That’s big. Thanks for the great work! ---
**Author:** ![gvalero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gvalero/32/1037_2.png) [@gvalero](https://community.glideapps.com/u/gvalero)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/august-recap-weekend-maintenance-and-more/76165/4 "2024-09-06T00:59:36Z")
> [@NoCodeAndy](#): > > New CSV to JSON computation converts CSV to JSON in one step Nice tool but where can I find it? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/august-recap-weekend-maintenance-and-more/76165/5 "2024-09-06T01:08:44Z")
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**Author:** ![gvalero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/gvalero/32/1037_2.png) [@gvalero](https://community.glideapps.com/u/gvalero)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/august-recap-weekend-maintenance-and-more/76165/6 "2024-09-11T19:40:56Z")
Hola Jeff! Can you test from your side if the CSV to JSON tool works? I can’t receive any data in my tests. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/august-recap-weekend-maintenance-and-more/76165/7 "2024-09-11T22:55:27Z")
Tried it out and I’m not sure if I’m missing something either. Didn’t seem to produce any results for me. ---
**Author:** ![MattLB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mattlb/32/41284_2.png) [@MattLB](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MattLB)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/august-recap-weekend-maintenance-and-more/76165/8 "2024-09-13T22:16:57Z")
> [@NoCodeAndy](#): > > Removed inline templating from the data editor I turned on and off inline templating preview because I could not use my column data (no way to reference the column, I could only use the inline). Is this what you mean by removed inline templating? Or is there a different column type? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![NoCodeAndy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nocodeandy/32/62530_2.png) [@NoCodeAndy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NoCodeAndy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/august-recap-weekend-maintenance-and-more/76165/9 "2024-09-20T14:31:31Z")
> [@MattLB](#): > > I turned on and off inline templating preview because I could not use my column data (no way to reference the column, I could only use the inline). Is this what you mean by removed inline templating? Or is there a different column type? Inline templating was briefly available in column configuration in the data editor. My understanding is that this wasn’t intentional. The inline templating feature was designed for use in the layout editor. So the team removed it. 🙂 When you say _I could not use my column data_, was that in the layout editor? ---
**Author:** ![MattLB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mattlb/32/41284_2.png) [@MattLB](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MattLB)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/august-recap-weekend-maintenance-and-more/76165/10 "2024-09-20T16:23:07Z")
Yes - my only option when I turned on inline templating was inline templating. I could not choose a column (I use rich text a lot and this was the layout type that defaulted to inline template only). Thanks for the follow up ---
**Author:** ![NoCodeAndy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nocodeandy/32/62530_2.png) [@NoCodeAndy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NoCodeAndy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/august-recap-weekend-maintenance-and-more/76165/11 "2024-09-20T17:25:01Z")
> [@MattLB](#): > > I could not choose a column (I use rich text a lot and this was the layout type that defaulted to inline template only). Got it, thanks! You should be able to clear out any other values, and _only_ include the column you want to reference. That should behave the same as if you didn’t have inline templating enabled.