Hello, I’ve built an app using Glide tables. I would like to know sync it with a Google sheet. My understanding is that, by syncing Google sheet and Glide, each change in a cell is reflected both in Glide and Google Sheet. So I created a Sheet named “My app” and have given each tab the name of a…

It’s mainly performance. I experience regular issues with some Apps I have that use Google Sheets where data doesn’t sync properly. This problem seems to get worse the more data that you have. There are other little things, such as when you delete a row in the Glide Table that’s connected to a Goog…

Native tables do not sync with external data sources such as Google Sheets. As you’ve noticed, you can add a Google Spreadsheet to an existing App, and any sheets in that spreadsheet will appear in the Data Editor with a green icon. But these will be considered new tables, in the same way as if you…

[image] Darren_Murphy: but you just need to ensure you reconfigure your User Profiles correctly when you do. One other point I should make here is that when you change the source of your User Profiles, any and all columns, components and workflows that reference the User Profile row will brea…

[image] Darren_Murphy: Moving from native tables to Google Sheets as a data source is a giant leap backwards, in my opinion. Thanks for your reply, @Darren_Murphy . Can you elaborate on why, in your opinion, “Moving from native tables to Google Sheets as a data source is a giant leap backwar…

[image] Rob_Cap: Can you elaborate on why, in your opinion, “Moving from native tables to Google Sheets as a data source is a giant leap backwards”? To me, for app performance purposes, it’s indeed a giant leap backwards.

Google Sheets are more stable than Glide tables, and you can always rely on them, Glide is an experimental platform that is changing over time with absolutely no consideration of how much time and money you spend to progress your App here… so be careful, best practice will be to fetch your data from…

Please ignore that advice, it’s absolute nonsense.

I am not concerned with performance as the app is pretty basic. I have started with Glide tables as I was working on a free account. I moved this specific app to a paid account, and since the people using it are used to Google Sheets, I was pondering pros and cons of maintaining the source of trut…

Of course it’s your choice to use whatever data source works best for your situation. I’m just speaking from experience. I started building Glide Apps about 5 years ago, when Google Sheets were the only option. I’ve built hundreds of Apps in that time. Although I still have some Apps that use Googl…

Thanks @Darren_Murphy . What’s the drawback of syncing with Google Sheets, besides performance? I’m terrified I’d make some boo boo when trying to move from Glide Tables to Google Sheets, so for the time being I’m keeping data on Glide Tables.

Syncing with Google sheet AFTER building app with Glide tables

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Rob_Cap April 28, 2025, 8:58am 12

Thanks for the heads up.

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Syncing with Google sheet AFTER building app with Glide tables

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