In September, we caught up on the latest Grist features that you may have missed, including markdown in cells, cumulative functions, the formula timer, and record cards. Learn how these tools can enhance your existing Grist docs, or give you new ideas for future workflows.
Timestamps
00:36 Markdown in cells
02:00 Markdown Guide
04:48 Creating a Markdown column
06:02 Record cards
08:46 Customizing a record card’s layout
10:37 Disabling a record card
11:13 Tip: A saved layout for a record card becomes the default layout when adding a new card to a page
12:23 User question: Is there a way to edit the Markdown cell in full screen for larger notes?
13:07 User question: If you open several levels of record cards, is there any way to go back?
13:34 User question: Do record cards follow access rules?
14:00 Formula timer
17:25 Running the formula timer
26:57 User Question: The formula timer sums up the time taken for a formula to calculate all the values for the table?
27:36 User Question: Can the formula timer take a long time to load?
29:04 User Question: If you’re splitting a formula into two formulas (or formula and summary table), this means we need to add together the calculation times to compare to our original formula?
31:25 Cumulative functions
43:18 User Question: Can you ‘group-by’ two columns?
44:43 User Question: Will you ever support live connections to existing databases?
45:04 User Question: Would love to see some conditional formulas and how those are handled in the system
Links:
- Community Forum: https://community.getgrist.com/
- Discord Server: https://discord.gg/MYKpYQ3fbP
- Help Center: https://support.getgrist.com/
- Markdown: Columns & types - Grist Help Center
- Record Cards: Record cards - Grist Help Center
- Formula Timer: Formula timer - Grist Help Center
- Cumulative Functions: Function reference - Grist Help Center
Documents Shown:
- Markdown: Markdown Cell Formatting Example - Grist
- Record Cards: Class Enrollment - Grist
- Formula Timer: Formula Timer Example - Grist
- Cumulative Functions: Cumulative Revenue Example - Grist