July Development Update

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Text Blaze

:magic_wand: Improved Snippet Auto Write

Guess what? We've made the snippet Auto Write feature even better! Now called AI Write, it's got two fantastic improvements:

  1. :speech_balloon: AI Write lets you interactively create snippets in a conversational way. If you're not happy with the first version, just give it some guidance on how to tweak the snippet.

  2. :sparkles: Want to polish your existing snippet text? AI Write can do that too! Just tell it what changes you'd like, such as adjusting the tone or length, and it'll work its magic.

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:nesting_dolls: Improved Nested Command Editing

One of the coolest things about Text Blaze is nesting commands within each other. For example, you can set a formtext to use the current date as its default value by using the time command within it.

We've made it even better by improving the display of nested commands in the editor. Now you can view chips for the nested commands right within the editor! :tada:

Here is an example:

Enter a date: {formtext: default={time: LL}}

Data Blaze

:date: New Filters for Dates

Data Blaze now has nifty new date filters that let you filter a date field within a certain number of days, weeks, or months of the current date.

:zap: Performance Improvements

There have been several performance improvements to Data Blaze this month. These updates will make a difference for large tables, tables with lots of views, and tables with lots of link row fields.

Data Blaze indexes are now created for any sorting you've applied to the tables. This means faster loading or scrolling for larger tables. You might not notice it on smaller tables, but for those with hundreds of thousands of rows, it's a huge improvement! :bullettrain_side:

:clapper: Video of the month

Don't miss this awesome new video on how to share Data Blaze views or embed them directly in your website:

As always... :hugs:

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to post in our Question and Answer community forums. And if there's something you'd love to see in Text Blaze or Data Blaze, please suggest it in the Features Ideas section. We're always here to help!

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@scott I tried this for the first time today. Its so amazing that it creates the form fields automatically. This is so great. Thank you for amazing feature.

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Hi guys,
Thanks for the amazing update and, as usual, thanks for everything you continuously do.
This app truly is the gift that keep on giving.

My question regards the new date filter "is within" for data blaze: July Development Update

Can this be used in relation to ANOTHER DATE (not just current date-time) entered at the filter level or, even better, in relation to a date contain within a specific column of the row ??
(like, filtering for all records where the sales happened within 9 days of the 1st cold email)
Cause that would be really neat and helpful.

Secondly,
Can these date filters (especially this new "within range" one) be invoked directly from textblaze's snippet ? Thru BSQL maybe ?
And thru the Data-Blaze API ?

Again, thanks a lot for the product and its ever growing list of features !

Hi @john.n.bas and welcome to the community!

It is possible to set "is within" filter with an exact date. Simply select "exact date" option in third dropdown.
Screenshot 2024-06-26 at 00.07.06

This is not possible. However there is another approach that can work for the case you described.

{dbselect: SELECT Name FROM Table1 WHERE datetimediff(Start, End, "D") <= 2; space=id; menu=yes}

In the table above new filter on Days Passed field can be created - "lower than or equal". Days Passed is a formula field (datetimediff(Start, End, "D")) that calculates number of days between Start and End dates. At the same time you can support that through BSQL and dbselect which is part of the example above. It takes only rows that have End-Start <= 2 days

Thank you very much for this thorough and fast answer ! Very helpful !

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