my app allows my customer to provide a data table that is a list of voters, and the app builds them a map and a survey to give voters. The customer would be using the app to contact voters across the country, so there would need to be an option to use a new table with new data. However, when I attem…

Can’t you just delete old data and upload the new data to that same table, assuming they’re the same structure? Deleting a table, as the warning said, will remove all components for that table.

I’m not sure how you mean, f go you mean just copy and paste? I’m not sure how clunky that works be when there are thousands of rows

[image] You can right click on the table and click Import.

Hola! Are your data tables Google Sheets or Glide tables? I think they are GT right? If so, use the Replace option to get what you want. [image] Glide will replace your old data and keep the same components already configured. Saludos!

So if my client has multiple volunteers in multiple states on the same day using the app with different data in each state, will i have to create a new copy of the app for each one? I dont understand how to make it work with just adding to the same spreadsheet.

One app means one central source of data. It seems that you want to be able to have separate data sources for different users. That’s not how it works because the data is ultimately stored on Glide servers, and the app refers to that central data store. Your options are to create multiple apps, e…

Okay i was suspecting row owners would be the answer, but it honestly really confuses me how to set that up. i have read the documentation and seen some videos on it, but are there any videos available where someone shows a similar process and how to order the data this way?

another problem is that i my cap out how many rows are needed very quickly. I was thinking i would need a business plan and to use the added features of bigquery or bigtables to link to my data outside the app, but i am not sure how that works, i have spent a few days trying to research it and now g…

Here are some videos that may be useful if you haven’t seen them. [image] 🛡️Roles and Row Owners DEMYSTIFIED Community Resources wave Hey all, I meant to share this earlier today—I spent some time last night playing around with Row Owners and Roles (two Glide …

[image] Jeff_Hager: There are some minor limitations as far as using some computed columns with them. [image] Big Tables Scale your app with up to 10 million rows of data. Above is the list of limitations. You have to deal with many things and if you p…

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I have tried implementing the import data feature to add new data to my original table and am not able to get it to work, it crashes in all the methods i have tried. Continued Problems replacing data

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