How to show recently viewed

[lmshupp]

I’d like to be able to show a collection filtered by recently viewed.

I was able to use a special component “Current Date” on an edit screen and save that into my collection’s table (user specific column) and later reference that when filtering, but when I try to add this special component on a regular page it’s not available. So i’m not sure how to capture and store a date stamp when a page is opened or clicked on in order to reference later as recently viewed or not.

Anyone know how to do this?

[Darren_Murphy]

It depends how you are navigating to the page.
If it’s a top level tab that the user just clicks on in the navigation menu, then it’s not possible.
You need an action.
So for example if a user is clicking a collection to view a specific item, you can modify the item click action so that it first does a Set Column Values (to set the timestamp), followed by a Show Details Screen.

[lmshupp]

I thought to do this too, but I only see the ability to add one click action. Is that a limitation of a free plan? Will I be able to add more click actions once on a paid plan?

Here’s what I see:

[Darren_Murphy]

Click on the existing action, and you will see an option to create a custom action.

Introduction to Actions | Glide Docs

[lmshupp]

Cool. That worked! Now I need to figure out how to display when within last 7 days.

I only see simple comparisons with no way to calculate within Last Viewed - 7 and today:

I imagine I need to add another column that returns true if within last 7 days… But if I have a column that calculates based on a user-specific column, will it’s values be user specific too? I tried doing this but the calculated columns aren’t user-specific, so it’s not working.

[Jeff_Hager]

If you create a math column that calculates Now-7, you will get a date 7 days prior to today. Then you can use that value for your comparison.