Hi I’m trying to build a simple to do list app for my kids. I want to type in tasks into a spreadsheet. And in the app I want my kids to say if they did the task or not. And I want that to be written back to the spreadsheet in the row where I entered the task. Can Glide do this?

Sure can! Though, it would be a lot easier if it doesn’t get written back to the sheet. You’d be able to use User Specific columns: [image] User Specific Columns + User Profiles Demo Community Resources call_me_hand Hey all! Wanted to create a quick and very…

Is it possible to write back to the sheet? The person who enters the tasks needs to know if they get done.

Could you have a “parent account” within the app that allows for the entering and checking of tasks?

We really need each user to do that. So the user will receive a task, mark it as complete, and the parent can then see which tasks are completed vs not completed.

Right. This can all be done in the app if you wanted. When parents sign in, they’ll have access to “add a new task” that kids won’t have. Can even build a dashboard for parents to see which tasks have been completed.

the part I dont understand how to build here is…how do you give each kid a task, have them answer Yes or No and then write that back to the gsheet.

I recommend taking a look at the task tracker template for a general sense of the mechanics: https://go.glideapps.com/app/task-tracker-template You’d need a sheet that lists your kids and a sheet that will house the tasks that need completing. You can create a form button that will allow you to c…

Thanks I’ll check that out. this particular example has projects and then projects have tasks I just really wanted tasks and I was confused how to remove projects from that example

I’ve been meaning to try my hand at a legit task tracker. Maybe I’ll throw one together today or tomorrow.

The problem I see with using user specific rows for something like this is that the only one who can uncheck the task is the user themselves. So you can’t write code to uncheck all the routine daily tasks, or have the parent see that they are checked and then uncheck them for the next day.

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Sure can! Though, it would be a lot easier if it doesn’t get written back to the sheet. You’d be able to use User Specific columns:

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