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Riiiiight…remember, you need RowIDs as well on those detail pages to get the deeplink.

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yeah, I knew about that.
Okay, just tested and that works fine.
I’m eventually going to have to do this for dozens (or potentially hundreds) of rows, so this will definitely make it a bit less tedious. Thanks!

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Also, try to find a way to have your users add the URL. eg. if the details screen is accessed via an inline list, add the set column there too before the view details action.

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ah, that’s a good idea.
This will be part of setup/deployment of a new app - I’ll just need to get the deep link for each item in the list once, so I can generate a unique QR code for that item. Much like you have in your video…
Just thinking about it, what I can do is build this into the app so it can be managed if/when new items are added. So…

  • Create a list of items with missing deep links
  • As each item in the list is tapped, set the deep link and remove it from the list

hmm, but… if you do the Set Columns action when tapping on a list item, are you going to get the correct deep link? :thinking: (ie. the link to the tapped items details page?) Maybe the action needs to be View Details, followed by Set Columns? Will this really work? Is the earth actually flat after all? Did Nancy Pelosi kill JFK? So many questions… (I’ll do some more testing) :slightly_smiling_face:

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mmm, that doesn’t seem to work.
If you set it as part of the action tied to tapping an inline list item, all you get is a link to the app (minus the deep link part).
But that’s no biggie, I can do it from the details page, and include a Go Back in the action sequence. That way it’s only one extra tap.

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Yeah, this isn’t a technique I’ve ever done myself. I’m just making assumptions based on what I’ve read in the past and the fact that there is the deep link special value.

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No worries. As I guess you saw, I figured it out with some help from Bob :+1:

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Haha, I did the exact same thing but I copied the link into the sheet from within the app. (text entry)
Hope there’s a better way in future.

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no longer there…