Is there a plan to add versioning? It now happened twice that I’ve lost all the details of one screen that takes to individual screens and I had to do the work all over again, spent a couple of hours restoring all this. It is unclear why this happened, but it could be related to me changing the tab …

+1 desire for versioning. Because I made a mistake when making some major changes and lost something – I never figured out what I lost – I’ve had spend several nervous hours recreating work that I had done before.

Do you mean saving drafts of your app as you work on it?

https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/definition/versioning#:~:text=Versioning%20is%20the%20creation%20and,are%20improved%2C%20upgraded%20or%20customized .

Not a perfect solution, but occasionally I will make a duplicate of my app, so I at least have a backup to refer to if absolutely needed. A native solution would be better though. As for my sheet, I have a script that makes a backup copy weekly, so I can restore data if it’s ever lost.

Google sheets have versioning so no need to make a backup copy @Jeff_Hager , that said you can never be too careful :laughing: [Screen Shot 2020-09-23 at 4.06.49 PM]

Yes, from time to time the app should take a snap shot of your work and save it. This is pretty common practice in many apps, for example: Word Press, Google docs, Google sheets, etc. If something goes wrong, you can go back to the version that is the closest to where you were before things fall apa…

Yeah, I’ve definitely referred to the google sheet version history a few times, but it can be painful to parse through if the sheet has a lot of updates, or background refresh is turned on, which can make a version history ever few minutes. But yes, like you said, can’t be too careful. I like that…

Hi @Jeff_Hager , What is the backup script like?

[Jeff] How do I make copy of spreadsheet and save it to particular folder? google-apps-script, google-sheets, google-drive-api asked by Jeff on 05:19PM - 26 Jun 15 UTC You can check out this thread.

This is what I use. [image] Backup My Data In My Spreadsheet Glide FAQs First of all, google does keep a history of any changes. You can access them by clicking the link at the top of the sheet: [Capture] I also use this script to backup my sheet every week. The only…

Versioning

Feature Requests

Jeff_Hager October 7, 2020, 12:03pm 11

This is what I use.

Topic		Replies	Views
WARNING: Don’t restore your google sheets to earlier time Ask for Help	10	1625	December 12, 2019
BACKUPS - make it part of your routine Project Showcase	13	3122	April 10, 2020
Duplicating sheet which option is best? Ask for Help	5	580	July 25, 2020
End to End Backups Feature Requests	13	888	February 13, 2024
Backup My Data In My Spreadsheet Ask for Help	5	2337	November 28, 2022

Versioning

Related topics