# Glide Desktop app for admin dashboard

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [November 7, 2019, 9:20am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764 "2019-11-07T09:20:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![kyleheney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kyleheney/32/41173_2.png) [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/21 "2020-01-15T17:33:35Z")

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The app and the page would not be “connected” at all. Just an embedded view of the app on the same page as other information.

I could see a use case where inputs on the app may affect something on the web page it is embedded on, but that’s not the way I first envisioned it working. I suppose you could also have a Google Form on a webpage that would affect values in an embedded app so that the results are shown in realtime on the same page. Again, not my use case, but could see this as something it could be used for.

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**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/22 "2020-01-15T18:51:35Z")

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I wasn’t asking what could potentially be built with it, I was asking what your specific need is. What are you trying to build with Glide that requires iframe embedding?

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**Author:** ![ABYSS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/abyss/32/2586_2.png) [@ABYSS](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ABYSS)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/23 "2020-01-15T19:26:47Z")

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In my example, I would put my booking calendar with AirBnB so people can book, like I did on my website, I would also put in multiple contact forms, sign up for social networks, like and share direct social networks with views, and also make payments through other banks and their forms (not just Stripe not even supported in my country)

 ![primjer oglasa](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/4/45c41b5caa93006a30ab90e326e9c2ffa76d47ac.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/24 "2020-01-15T19:39:01Z")

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Does your use case require the app to control the rest of the website, or the other way around?

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**Author:** ![ABYSS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/abyss/32/2586_2.png) [@ABYSS](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ABYSS)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/25 "2020-01-15T19:41:39Z")

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I gave up Glide. It’s not as good as it seems. My opinion. and the arguments in this link

> [@Good or bad - made with Glide!](https://community.glideapps.com/t/good-or-bad-made-with-glide/3585):
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> I wonder what is good and bad in your opinion? What are the advantages and disadvantages of users (you) making the application with Glide?? I try Glide for a week, read comments, look for solutions, options, see that a lot can be done and more that can’t be done with Glide. I see for the most part here the same group of people commenting and spinning in circles. I’m interested in thinking if someone tried something before Glide on another system, another platform, do you have any ready-made …

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**Author:** ![Antonino\_Nolasco](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/antonino_nolasco/32/80601_2.png) [@Antonino\_Nolasco](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Antonino_Nolasco)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/26 "2020-01-15T20:19:14Z")

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> [@ABYSS](#):
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> I gave up Glide. It’s not as good as it seems. My opinion. and the arguments in this link

I’m starting to give it up too, the values of the graphs do not come out correctly formatted, or better, totally wrong. I think Glide is good for making simple project, but not for manage a business, small or large. The basic idea behind Glide is excellent but now maybe is too young.

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**Author:** ![ABYSS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/abyss/32/2586_2.png) [@ABYSS](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ABYSS)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/27 "2020-01-15T20:22:16Z")

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Same opinion. you can read my full description of the opinion and talk about it

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**Author:** ![Antonino\_Nolasco](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/antonino_nolasco/32/80601_2.png) [@Antonino\_Nolasco](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Antonino_Nolasco)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/28 "2020-01-15T20:24:11Z")

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I did it and I agree with you.

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**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/29 "2020-01-15T21:28:12Z")

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Could you point us to an example where you get incorrect values in graphs, please?

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**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/30 "2020-01-16T07:39:14Z")

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Display a glide app in an iframe and make the iframe width 600px—it already works!

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**Author:** ![Antonino\_Nolasco](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/antonino_nolasco/32/80601_2.png) [@Antonino\_Nolasco](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Antonino_Nolasco)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/31 "2020-01-16T15:26:18Z")

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If I would display the data with currency format I can’t do it, and I don’t like to see value without any format, only numbers, no more.

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**Author:** ![kyleheney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kyleheney/32/41173_2.png) [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/32 "2020-01-16T15:42:52Z")

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Can’t get it to work. My iFrame code: `<iframe src="[glide app link]" width="600" height="815" </iframe>`

I use iFrames on my site to embed Youtube videos and they required the use of the “embed” url that Youtube provides in their Share menu (just using the video’s URL as the iFrame’s address does not display the video in the iFrame). The URL needs the [youtube.com/](http://youtube.com/) **embed** /[videolink] for it to work in an iFrame (at least for me).

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**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/33 "2020-01-16T16:08:46Z")

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What happens when you do this? Try 400 width. I don’t recall the exact width but at some point the Glide app will render app contents only.

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**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/34 "2020-01-16T16:49:23Z")

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So your graph is revenue, for example, and the numbers should be formatted with currency?

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**Author:** ![Antonino\_Nolasco](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/antonino_nolasco/32/80601_2.png) [@Antonino\_Nolasco](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Antonino_Nolasco)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/35 "2020-01-16T17:01:08Z")

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exactly

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**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/36 "2020-01-16T17:17:31Z")

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Number formatting is a topic that’s on top of mind for us at the moment. I can’t give you a timeline, but we’ll hopefully have something soon 🙂

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**Author:** ![Antonino\_Nolasco](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/antonino_nolasco/32/80601_2.png) [@Antonino\_Nolasco](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Antonino_Nolasco)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/37 "2020-01-16T17:21:33Z")

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I will wait for you

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**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/38 "2020-01-16T17:47:17Z")

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Oops! I see we don’t allow `iframe` embedding for security reasons. My bad.

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**Author:** ![kyleheney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kyleheney/32/41173_2.png) [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/39 "2020-01-16T20:59:49Z")

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Thanks for confirming that I’m not nuts!

If there’s any way to figure out a way to prevent the security issues, it would be great to have it as an option.

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**Author:** ![Stellasphere](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/stellasphere/32/7862_2.png) [@Stellasphere](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Stellasphere)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-desktop-app-for-admin-dashboard/1764/40 "2020-09-13T23:30:22Z")

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I see this topic hasn’t been active for a while. Is iframe embedding still not something that is planned for? I help out at a web design company and tried pitching Glide to use as their “customer portal” for checking on progress, status and requests.  
I feel that the ability to embed the app into their current system would really help Glide expand its use cases.

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