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Inter-App Connections: Seamlessly Link Your Buildaible Applications

As businesses grow, their needs often span multiple apps. Buildaible’s planned Inter-App Connections will provide a way to link data across applications, making it easier than ever to share and utilize information between apps while maintaining app independence.

What Are Inter-App Connections?

Inter-App Connections allow tables in one Buildaible app to reference and interact with tables in another app. This feature lets you create relationships across apps, enabling streamlined workflows, enhanced reporting, and seamless data sharing without duplicating data.

How It Will Work

  1. Define Connections:

    1. App Admins can connect specific tables from one app to another. For example, a “Clients” table in your CRM app can link to an “Invoices” table in your billing app.

  2. Establish Relationships:

    1. Use relationships to create lookups or references between tables across apps.

    2. Data remains in its original app but is accessible in related apps.

  3. Control Access:

    1. App Admins can set permissions to control who can view or use the connected data, ensuring privacy and security.

Key Features

  • Linked Data: Access data from another app in real-time, reducing redundancy and improving accuracy.

  • Flexible Relationships: Use connections for lookups, rollups, and reporting across apps.

  • Independence with Connectivity: Apps remain autonomous, but data sharing simplifies cross-functional workflows.

Why This Matters

  • Streamlined Data Sharing: Avoid manually duplicating or syncing data between apps. Inter-App Connections ensure data is always current and accurate.

  • Enhanced Reporting: Generate combined reports and dashboards that pull data from multiple apps.

  • Modular App Design: Keep apps focused and independent while still allowing them to work together.

Use Cases for Inter-App Connections

  • CRM and Billing Integration: Connect a CRM app with a billing app to generate invoices directly linked to customer records.

  • Inventory and Sales: Link an inventory app with a sales app to track stock levels in real-time.

  • Employee Management: Combine HR and project management apps to assign employees to tasks based on availability and role.

Challenges We’re Addressing

We understand the risks of entangling apps together, such as performance concerns or unintended impacts when making changes. That’s why Inter-App Connections will prioritize:

  • Selective Connections: Allowing users to connect only the data they need.

  • Scalability: Ensuring that connections remain performant, even as apps grow.

  • Decoupled Independence: Apps will stay autonomous to avoid overly complex dependencies.

We Want Your Feedback

Inter-App Connections are in the planning stage, and we’d love your input. How would you use this feature in your workflows? What concerns or suggestions do you have? Share your feedback with us at feedback@buildaible.com.

Inter-App Connections will open up new possibilities for collaboration and data management across Buildaible applications. Stay tuned for updates as we work to deliver this feature with the flexibility and simplicity you expect.

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