Changelog

If you deployed Rowy on rowy.app, you’ll receive the latest updates to Rowy as we release them. View releases on GitHub ↗

v2.6.1

10 Aug 2022

Thanks to our community contributor @htuerker!

• Improved

  Percentage field: customize color scale by @htuerker in #692 (#518)

• Improved

  Filter by the current cell’s value from the context menu

• Fixed

  Row would not be written to database when last required field is filled with value

• Fixed

  Create table collections dropdown is empty instead of showing a text field to enter connection name

• Fixed

  Date filters could be set to filter for null, which causes the table page to be inaccessible

• Fixed

  Single Select filters cannot access options

• Fixed

  Navigation drawer items not accessible with Tab key

• Fixed

  Rich text editor not displaying text styles dropdown correctly in dark mode, and not responding to theme changes correctly by @htuerker in #696 (#537)

• Fixed

  Added /settings/debug page to fix any corrupted table filters or local Firestore cache

• Fixed

  Incorrect read-only rules suggestion

• Fixed

  Windows displaying light mode scrollbars in dark mode

• Fixed

  Page loading with white screen while system is in dark mode

v2.6.0 – New field types, architecture rewrite, quality of life improvements

29 Jun 2022

• New

  Reference field type for Firestore document references (#534)

• New

  GeoPoint field type (#535)

• New

  Markdown field type (#683)

• New

  Duration field type: added side drawer editor (#545)

• New

  Filter by ID (#668)

• New

  Hide and filter columns from the column menu

• New

  Clear cell value and delete field from context menu

• New

  Display sub-tables in modal, so you don’t lose position in the main table (#634)

• Improved

  Import CSV now writes to the database in batches of 500, improving reliability and performance (#607)

• Improved

  Create a table from any page

• Improved

  Show loading indicators when loading another page of the table

• Improved

  Empty table screen now prompts you to add a row

• Improved

  Column sort button now shows current sort state and next sort state on hover

• Improved

  Image field: open images in a new tab even when column is unlocked

• Improved

  Date & Time fields let you filter by same date (#522)

• Improved

  Display browser alert when leaving the page while a table or column modal is open, to prevent losing unsaved changes

• Improved

  Allow table to scroll right far enough such that an open side drawer doesn’t hide columns

• Improved

  Added shareable links for column and table modals, and current table page

• Improved

  Display limited column menu for non-ADMIN and non-OPS users (#580)

• Improved

  Skip confirm dialogs when Alt/Option key is pressed

• Improved

  Show column index and field name when Alt/Option key is pressed

• Improved

  Navigation drawer hierarchy

• Improved

  Standard design when selecting columns for hiding, filtering, and exporting

• Improved

  Toggle design to improve clarity and to match Material 3 guidelines

• Improved

  Add warning when changing field type to one with an incompatible data type, which can result in data loss

• Improved

  Show icon for hidden fields displayed in side drawer

• Improved

  Color pickers match current theme

• Improved

  Display field name in full screen code editor

• Fixed

  Date filters no longer require time values to match

• Fixed

  Resizing fixed columns would resize other columns with the same index

• Fixed

  Unreliable reorder and insert column actions

• Fixed

  Date field: Side drawer field would never disable

• Fixed

  Rating field: Cannot set full star rating when half-star precision is enabled (https://github.com/mui/material-ui/issues/32557)

• Fixed

  Time not selectable in Date & Time side drawer field

• Fixed

  Rowy Run modal crashes when user has no roles

v2.5.0 – Templates, automated onboarding, Connector field

8 Apr 2022

• New

  rowy.app: Create a table from list of templates

• New

  rowy.app: Automated onboarding steps to create Firebase project, Firestore, and Cloud Storage

• New

  Connector field to get data from any data source in searchable list view demo

• New

  rowy.app: Send feedback from within the app

• Improved

  Table settings: Set default table name to be based on selected collection

• Improved

  Table settings: Show EDITOR and VIEWER roles as options in access controls

• Improved

  Display a snackbar while creating a table, resetting table columns, or deleting a table

• Improved

  Copy the URL to a row in the context menu

• Improved

  Color field: Added debounce to in-cell color picker

• Improved

  Home page: Fixed "No tables" appearing before tables load in

• Fixed

  Adding a row to a filtered table causing data to be overwritten

• Fixed

  URL updating whenever a row is selected

• Fixed

  Table settings: Collections list being fetched too many times

• Fixed

  Image field: drag & drop target size not full size of table cell

v2.4.0 – Simplified onboarding, DX improvements

15 Mar 2022

Thanks to our community contributor @n-sviridenko!

• New

  Simpler onboarding flow on deploy.rowy.app to get started even faster

• New

  Syntax validation for Derivative, Action, and dynamic default value functions

• New

  Evaluate individual Derivative cells from the context menu on demand, without waiting for builds

• New

  Code completion for JSON fields in code editors based on table data

• New

  Shortcuts to Secret Manager and Cloud Functions on Google Cloud Console from code editor

• New

  rowy utility class for fetching secrets, simplified storage uploads, and access to environment metadata

• New

  Duplicate and delete row from the context menu

• Improved

  Fixed errors and bugs when using Rowy without Rowy Run deployed

• Improved

  Display error snackbar when Firebase Storage permissions denied

• Removed

  Aggregate field type, which was unusable and undocumented

• Fixed

  Single select fields pointing to a nested field key will not write the value to the database, but updates the value in the UI by @n-sviridenko in #659

• Fixed

  Duplicate and Delete row buttons not appearing in read-only tables for ADMINs

• Fixed

  Filters not displaying zero results

v2.3.2

11 Feb 2022

• Fixed

  Deleting columns causes rows to re-order

• Fixed

  Filters not displaying no results

v2.3.1

9 Feb 2022

• Improved

  Show error snackbar on failed cell deletion

• Improved

  Prevent strings from being pasted into Number fields

• Improved

  Support filtering Derivative columns with supported output types

• Fixed

  Deleting columns would only cause them to be reordered

• Fixed

  Status field options

v2.3.0 – Read-only tables, table-level filters, right-click menu

4 Feb 2022

• New

  Read-only tables: for non-ADMIN users, locks all columns and disables adding and deleting rows and columns (#577)

• New

  Table-level filters that can optionally be overridden by users (#587)

• New

  Right-click context menu to cut, copy, and paste cell values (#600, #544)

• New

  Import and export Table settings as JSON

• New

  Table descriptions: support Markdown and display in the table page as a dismissable tooltip (#594)

• New

  Status field: allow edits using dropdown and support filtering (#546, #527)

• New

  View table Cloud Function logs

• New

  Support TSV import and export

• New

  rowy.app: Show templates in home page

• New

  Webhooks: Sendgrid events parser

• New

  Trigger extension based on specific field key

• Improved

  Reorganized table settings modal with a step-based UI

• Improved

  Filter cloud logs by severity

• Improved

  Deep linking for extensions and webhooks modals

• Improved

  Display webhooks error messages in cloud logs

• Improved

  Add Load more button to Cloud logs

• Improved

  Basic search algorithm for Home and User Management pages using match-sorter

• Improved

  Display 404 when incorrect table ID is entered in URL

• Improved

  rowy.app: Hide unnecessary Check for updates button

• Fixed

  Unreliable Add column to left/right behavior (#558)

• Fixed

  Unpredictable behavior of reordering columns (#559)

• Fixed

  Collection group tables not loading more than one page of data if two rows have the same ID but are in collections (#595)

• Fixed

  Add row options dropdown not disabled in collection group tables

• Fixed

  Webhooks not writing audit fields

• Fixed

  Auth redirect ignoring hash in URL

• Fixed

  Case sensitive owner email validation during onboarding

• Fixed

  Type completion for auth in code editor

v2.2.0 – Webhooks, cloud logs

30 Nov 2021

Thanks to our community contributor @lafronzt!

• New

  Add webhooks using a UI to add new rows from third-party services (#566)

• New

  View cloud logs for webhooks, auditing, and builds/deploys in the table view

• New

  Add rows with custom ID

• New

  Revamped Action field settings with step-based UI, support for form inputs (alpha), and emoji as button icon

• New

  JSON fields can now be edited with the Monaco code editor in the Side Drawer (#509)

• New

  Firestore Rules are now edited with the Monaco diff editor in setup

• Improved

  Monaco code editors can be resized and appear full screen, use GitHub themes, and tooltips no longer get cut off

• Improved

  Import CSV will import in the same order as the CSV file

• Improved

  Import CSV wizard will not suggest to import to ID field as it cannot write custom document IDs

• Improved

  Column settings will not close on backdrop click or escape key press to prevent unsaved changes

• Improved

  Derivatives field settings do not list field being edited in the listener field dropdown

• Improved

  Derivatives Field listener and render fields are required in column settings (#564)

• Improved

  Copy for “Loading chunk failed error” caused by a new update being ready is more user-friendly and suggests the user reloads the page (#530)

• Improved

  Added Side Drawer toggle to show fields hidden in table (off by default)

• Improved

  Setup rules step removes an insecure Firestore rule that allows anyone to access any part of your database

• Improved

  Display project ID in user menu

• Improved

  Home page welcome text to emphasize you can create tables from existing Firestore collections

• Fixed

  Document ID generation algorithm eventually breaks and can’t create new rows after 000...undefined (#567)

• Fixed

  Import CSV writes all CSV rows into one row (#583)

• Fixed

  Connect Service (Alpha) field shows item field name instead of value by @lafronzt in #570 (#569)

• Fixed

  Connect Service (Alpha) dropdown shows white gradient in dark theme

• Fixed

  Side Drawer crashing when document contains a Firestore DocumentReference as an array value or in a nested field (#565)

• Fixed

  Hidden fields & filters not working with multiple table views

• Fixed

  Import CSV wizard preview error when importing dates that are strings

• Fixed

  Cloud build log snackbar not appearing for Derivative function deploy

v2.1.0 – New Extensions UI, table auditing

15 Oct 2021

Thanks to our community contributors @fabricio-godoi, @nandinikaregowdra, @doilie, @DariaNico, @jmutt78, @coder-mina, and @yashodha03!

• New

  Step-based Extensions UI with updated copy and links to docs

• New

  Table auditing: track when a user creates or updates a row. View this data with the new Created By, Updated By, Created At, and Updated At field types in your table or disable auditing if you don’t want these fields written to your documents.

• New

  Connect Table field supports single selection without arrays (#504)

• New

  Allow users to add custom options in Single and Multi Select fields

• New

  Add initial columns in Create table modal

• Improved

  Side Drawer scrolls to the selected cell and focus if available

• Improved

  Filters UI now shows Side Drawer fields and supports more field types

• Improved

  Long Text field supports multiline in-cell text editing

• Improved

  Import CSV will suggest matching table column if CSV field name matches by @DariaNico in #558 (#536)

• Improved

  Add not equal to filter by @nandinikaregowdra in #547 (#528)

• Improved

  Rating field shows configuration modal after creation by @coder-mina in #556 (#540)

• Improved

  Slider field shows configuration modal after creation by @yashodha03 in #557 (#541)

• Improved

  Show cap on number of rows loaded in table header

• Improved

  Switch monospace font from IBM Plex Mono to JetBrains Mono for improved clarity

• Improved

  Set text field caret color to theme primary color for improved clarity

• Improved

  Table settings: Show collection name in Copy columns from existing table instead of ID

• Fixed

  Table settings: fix Table ID being automatically edited when changing table name, causing creation of new table

• Fixed

  Side Drawer crashing when document contains a Firestore DocumentReference

• Fixed

  Add row will not add to top of table after deleting any row

• Fixed

  Missing in-cell editing of Date Time fields to match Date fields

• Fixed

  Position of tooltip for column header name

• Fixed

  Collections list in Table Settings empty on first load

• Fixed

  Import previews in Import Wizards have misaligned column headers by @jmutt78 in #553 (#531)

• Fixed

  Export not working for subcollections by fabricio-godoi in #499

• Fixed

  Status field resetting operator on edit

• Fixed

  PopoverCell: fix double causing cell to appear blank

• Fixed

  Side Drawer not loading the correct row’s values for some fields after clicking the navigation buttons

• Fixed

  Array and object fields not updating correctly if an element or property is removed

• Fixed

  Last frozen row not showing selection outline

v2.0.0 – Introducing Rowy

30 Sep 2021

Thanks for your continued support in us. We’re now working on Rowy full time and we plan to have more frequent updates than ever before!

v2 introduces breaking changes that require you to perform a migration.

👉 You can easily migrate to Rowy using this one-click deploy button and instructions here.

⚡️ We have a brand new documentation website here.

🚣‍♀️ Read about why we built Rowy and GIFs of different features here.

• New

  New design focused on clarity, a more compact desktop UI, and focusing on your data

• New

  Rowy Run, a Cloud Run instance providing backend functionality to Rowy

• New

  Setup UI to guide you through setting up Rowy Run, user roles, Firestore Rules, and migrating from v1

• New

  Support for multiple tables pointing to the same collection (#209)

• New

  Rowy Extensions and Extensions UI

• New

  User management UI to set roles, invite and delete users

• New

  Theme customization on the project and user levels

• New

  List of available collections when creating a table

• New

  Auto-suggested Firestore Rules when creating a table

• New

  User settings and project settings pages

• New

  Search tables in the home page

• New

  List view for tables on home page

• New

  Pin navigation drawer on large screens

• New

  Count of how many rows are loaded and if all rows are loaded

• New

  Favorites list in navigation drawer

• Improved

  Configuration collections moved to single top-level collection, _rowy_ (#402)

• Improved

  Faster build times by switching to swc, a Rust-based JS/TS compiler

• Improved

  Updated layout for Create table/Table settings modal

• Improved

  Navigation drawer standardized across home page and table page

• Improved

  Column menu can be opened by right-clicking column header

• Improved

  Show Side Drawer in mobile

• Improved

  Standardized snackbars using notistack

• Improved

  Date and time pickers now use MUI v5 pickers

• Improved

  Color picker now uses react-color-palette

• Improved

  Added launch button for URL cells to match Side Drawer field

• Improved

  Multi Select, Connect Table, and File cells display values on multiple lines

• Improved

  Grouped field types in dropdown and updated field type icons

• Improved

  Renamed Checkbox field type to Toggle

• Improved

  Added support for AVIF and JPEG XL in image fields

• Improved

  Delete rows immediately by holding Alt/Option key

• Improved

  Hide field type icon from column header if column is narrow

• Improved

  Experience on phones with notches

• Improved

  Remove Starbucks names for row heights and add more options

• Fixed

  Nested fields no longer write to a top-level field in dot notation (#497, #161)

• Fixed

  Side Drawer up/down navigation

• Fixed

  Percentage cell allows user to input % value like the Side Drawer field

• Fixed

  Ensure table creation and config updates are restricted to ADMINs

• Fixed

  JSON field setting to default to array (#414)

v1.4.0 – Build logs, FirebaseUI auth, required fields

27 Jul 2021

• New

  Build logs of Cloud Functions used to run Derivative fields, default values, and other backend functionality

• New

  Support for all sign-in methods supported by Firebase Authentication with FirebaseUI, editable in Project Settings

• New

  Required fields, which can prevent rows from being written to the database

• New

  One-click deploy for Cloud Functions using Google Cloud Run

• New

  Dynamic default values: values can be set for each new row using code

• New

  Derivative fields can re-evaluate cells based on changes from other columns

• New

  Status field

• New

  Force Refresh to re-execute derivatives and spark functions

• New

  Check for updates in User Menu

• Improved

  Settings open automatically when adding a new field that requires configuration to work (#483)

• Improved

  Prompt to re-deploy table’s Cloud Functions when column default value is edited

• Improved

  Filters support Derivative and Number fields

• Improved

  ConnectTable: snapshotFields config and support filters

• Improved

  More links to Wiki pages

• Improved

  Consistent styling for auth pages

• Improved

  Updated Material-UI global theme

• Improved

  File cells show tooltip with upload timestamp

• Improved

  Connect Table field supports user-specific Algolia search keys

• Improved

  Added date format setting in Date and Time & Date fields

• Improved

  Added Slider field setting for step size

• Improved

  Short Text field supports regex validation

• Improved

  Subcollection parent label settings

• Fixed

  Multi Select columns missing table settings for setting options

• Fixed

  Date and Time and Date fields not saving

• Fixed

  table row height not updating

• Fixed

  users with ADMIN role not seeing all tables

• Fixed

  Firebase Console links

• Fixed

  node.js maximum version requirement

v1.3.2

12 Mar 2021

• Fixed

  Added ErrorBoundary to all table cells to prevent full table crash

v1.3.1

10 Mar 2021

• Fixed

  ValidationError on all Form Builder forms (#317) caused by incorrect yup version (#318)

v1.3.0 – Fields refactor

8 Mar 2021

• New

  Set default values for columns: undefined, null, static, and dynamic (evaluated by Cloud Function)

• New

  Option to set default value for JSON fields to empty array (#293)

• New

  JSON export for tables

• New

  Download attachments in Export modal

• New

  Sparks as alpha preview

• Improved

  Refactored code implementing all field types. This improves maintainability and makes it easier to add new features related to fields and add new fields entirely. See guide on how to add a new field type

• Improved

  PopoverCell components to render heavier editor cells (such as Multi Select and Color) only when the user has clicked the lighter InlineCell, improving performance

• Improved

  Added column settings to more field types

• Improved

  Support for cell “Lock”/disabled mode for all field types

• Improved

  Locked fields show lock icon in Side Drawer

• Improved

  Show red/green color scale to Slider table cell component

• Improved

  Modal component to standardize modal design

• Improved

  Form Builder matches Modal design

• Improved

  Switched code editor from Ace editor to Monaco editor

• Improved

  Code editor support dark theme

• Improved

  Renamed updatedAt and updatedBy fields being written to the database in favor of _ft_updatedAt and _ft_updatedBy

• Improved

  Show version number to User Menu

• Fixed

  Side Drawer showing contents of previously-selected row, potentially causing rows to be overwritten with another row’s data

• Fixed

  Field types using SideDrawerEditor having cell contents disappear when double-clicked to open the Side Drawer

• Fixed

  Side Drawer not getting Firestore document ref of first row

• Fixed

  “Edit Type” column menu item using internal, user-unfriendly field type names

• Fixed

  Side Drawer writing default or initial values to fields the user did not touch

• Fixed

  Side Drawer not showing permissions errors when attempting to write to the database

• Fixed

  compressedThumbnail Cloud Function not rotating image based on EXIF orientation tag

v1.2.1

25 Jan 2021

• Fixed

  Unreadable ErrorBoundary in dark theme

• Fixed

  Updated Slack onCreate message

• Fixed

  Added settings for Actions field

• Fixed

  Added support for Derivative fields in Sub-Tables

• Fixed

  Derivatives "-" naming error

• Fixed

  Crash occurring when a table is first created

• Fixed

  Home page not checking permissions

• Security

  Bump highlight.js from 10.3.1 to 10.4.1 in /e2e (#274)

• Security

  Bump date-and-time from 0.14.1 to 0.14.2 in /e2e (#284)

• Security

  Bump ini from 1.3.5 to 1.3.8 in /cloud_functions/functions (#281)

v1.2.0 – Copy column config from existing table

24 Nov 2020

• New

  Initialize table from an existing table’s column configuration

• New

  Support Derivative functions for collection groups

• Fixed

  Missing key prop in Filters component (#262)

• Fixed

  System theme causing flickering between light and dark themes

• Fixed

  Number cell saving values as strings (#270)

• Fixed

  Number Side Drawer field forcing empty values to 0 (#268)

v1.1.0 – Performance improvements, Import CSV Wizard, Dark theme

9 Nov 2020

• New

  Import CSV Wizard with ability to add new columns, preview, and import CSV from URL and clipboard

• New

  Dark theme

• Improved

  Improved performance massively by updating the react-data-grid dependency from 7.0.0-alpha.29 to 7.0.0-canary.27

• Improved

  Added Basic Cells to improve scroll performance

• Fixed

  Dates not being parsed when importing from CSV (#219)

• Fixed

  MultiSelect keyboard navigation issue (#260)

• Fixed

  Pressing tab key not scrolling table horizontally (#257)

v1.0.0 – Initial public release

3 Nov 2020