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Getting Started - Collaboration

Collaboration is an essential aspect of any successful team project, and Stackby provides a powerful platform for managing data and workflows collaboratively. Whether you're working on a small project with a few team members or a complex project i...

Column types - Collaborators and Multi-Collaborators

The collaborator field type allows you to add your particular workspace or stack collaborator in a cell. It automatically creates a dropdown menu of people who are in your stack.  You can also choose from the configuration, whether you want to not...

Email notifications + specify collaborators on reminders

We have introduced a new Stackby Powerup as an email notification on reminders.          Steps:-  Click on expand row and go to the reminder section.  Now you can choose to add individual collaborators to the reminder and send them a reminder mess...

View Section

Stackby, the all-in-one collaborative workspace, has taken another stride towards enhancing productivity and organizing data with the introduction of its groundbreaking View Section. This feature empowers users to effortlessly create and manage cu...

Primary column

The primary column is always the first column in any of your tables. It cannot be deleted, moved or hidden.  Usually it is meant to give a short and unique representation (thing, task, project name, objects etc) to each of your row. We use the pr...

Commenting on rows and @mentioning users

It is even more easier to stay connected with your team now with our Commenting on Rows and @Mentioning Users. Stackby allows commenting at row level, so you can put in comments for each and every row in your table -- across tables in a stack. Cli...

Email Notifications

We’ve finally  enabled email notifications  on some key actions in Stackby.  Enable email notifications from the top right menu under Notification Preferences.  You can now get email notifications on: When you’re mentioned in a comment on a partic...

GitLab - API Connector

GitLab is a web-based repository manager that lets teams collaborate on code. It also lets you duplicate the code to safely create and edit new projects, then merge finished code into existing projects.  In this article, we will learn: Why Integr...

New Sections in View section

Stackby view sections serve as organizational structures, facilitating swift access and management of all your views. In this article you will learn, Create new section Rename view section Navigating the view Collapse and Expand Delete section Cre...

Stackby Notifications

One of the key features of Stackby is that it is a real-time collaboration platform. It means it helps teams communicate with each other in real time. Here are the ways in which you can communicate in real time on Stackby. Collaborating with Teams...

Column Type: Created By, Updated By

Automatically add who -  1. Created the row  2. Last Updated the row  Check out this quick video:    Last Updated the row for Specific Columns Whenever any change is made to a row, whether it's updating a cell value, adding a comment, or attaching...

Overview of All Column Types

Using columns to structure your data is a breeze with Stackby. Read on to know more. Using column types Importance of column types Basic column types Advanced column types FAQs Using different column types You can choose a new type of column by do...

Contacting us

You can't find what you're looking for? Here are several ways you can reach out to us -  Contact the Stackby Team  When:  Ideas for new features, any issues or bugs, billing questions  Get in touch either by -  Sending us an in-app message by clic...

Watching Comments

One of the features that makes Stackby useful is the ability to add comments to individual cells in your stack. These comments can be used to provide additional context, ask questions, or flag issues that need to be addressed. Expanded row watch s...

Transition from Spreadsheets to Stackby

First let's understand the difference between Spreadsheets & Databases Quick video here: Terminology  Excel  Stackby  Spreadsheet File   Workbook Stack  Tabs  Worksheet  Table Rows  Rows  Rows or Records  Columns   Columns  Columns or Fields  Cell...

GitHub - API Connector

Automate your workflows by managing repositories, issues, branches, pull requests and more with GitHub API.

Integrating with Slack

Slack  allows you to communicate with your team in real-time. It is a great tool for organizational communication and Stackby allows integration with Slack so that you can push your Stackby notifications, reminders and favourite row changes onto t...

Revision history on each row

Working with a big team is not easy and it is even more difficult to keep track of the changes that each team member makes to your documents. But keeping track of changes and who made those changes is easy on Stackby. To see the changes and who ma...

Chart App

The Chart  is a  graphical representation  for  data visualization , in which the  data  is represented by  symbols , such as bars in a  bar chart , lines in a  line chart , or slices in a  pie chart .  Charts allow users to see the results of d...

Checklists

Have you ever wished a checklist for each task on your project list to make your work easier? You can now set up checklists for each task/record  (please read that as every row) on Stackby. This helps you meet internal quality aspects for each tas...

Different Types of Permissions

Team members on Stackby can be given specific permissions to determine what they can or cannot edit in workspace or stack. Permissions are a great way of making sure only certain team members can get access to change or update the data and benefit...

Recurring Tasks (via Checklists)

Now there's a quick workaround to building recurring tasks with Stackby.  Step 1: Add a checklist to a row  Step 2:  Duplicate that row  Step 3: Same checklist will be automatically imported in that row  Step 4: Use it as a recurring checklist ...

How to build your Custom Sales Pipeline

Managing your sales process, deals and reps?  Watch this quick tutorial on how to build and manage your custom Sales Pipeline for your business  In this tutorial you'll learn how to-  Create a Client Form  Bring your clients data in tables  Assi...

How to build your Custom Project Tracker

It's not another project management tool. It's different and it's customizable to your needs.  Watch this quick tutorial on how to build your Custom Project Tracker in Stackby. In this tutorial you'll learn how to - Manage your projects, clients...

How to build your Custom Applicant Tracker

Managing your recruitment process?  Watch this quick tutorial on how to build your  Custom Recruitment Tracker  in Stackby. In this tutorial you'll learn how to -  Create your custom applicant tracking form  Collect responses with resumes inside y...

What is Stackby?

We began our journey in 2017, and it all started with our simple observations and experiences:  Why do people still heavily rely on spreadsheets, and use it as a makeshift database? And why do pre-packaged tools out there don’t give users the flex...

Why Stackby?

We started Stackby to solve our own problems.  While working in Corporate R&D at a large fortune 500, I came to realize that large organizations heavily depend on spreadsheets and vertical pre-packaged software to manage their organizational data....

How is Stackby different from spreadsheets?

In this article we will cover: Spreadsheets vs. Databases Why databases matter? Introducing Stackby Tables How to use tables? Getting data in and out of Stackby  Spreadsheets vs. Databases Spreadsheets have been around for more than 40 years, and...

Expand Row

Records or rows in your stack have the power to do a lot more for your stack than just stay as rows. Each row can be expanded into a detailed form style view to show all it's fields and their data.  You can navigate your rows by clicking arrows on...

Guide to Grid View

It all starts with a Table.  The Table or the Grid is the base of everything on Stackby. With the look and feel of a Spreadsheet, it could work for you like a simple spreadsheet or something that works its magic on your data and workflows. This is...

Guide to Kanban View

Kanban boards visually depict work various stages of a process (from left to right) and use cards to represent work items and columns to represent each stage of the process. As work progresses, the cards are moved to next set. Kanban view on Stack...

Inviting a workspace user

Sharing a workspace makes it easy for you to collaborate with team members if they have to work on more than one or all of the stacks within a workspace. It does away with the task of having to share each and every stack in a particular workspace....

Inviting a stack user

Collaborating with your team is as easy as inviting them on to a stack that you want to work on. All you need to do is share the stack with that particular team member. There are two ways to share your stack. One from your Dashboard and the other ...

Due-Date Alerts and Reminders

Never miss a deadline again. Another step to organizing and automating your workflows and projects on Stackby is making sure that you are alerted to your project due dates. Now you can easily set up Due-Date Alerts and Reminders for your project d...

My stack data is missing!

In this article you will know if your stack data is missing and how to retrieve those data. Filtering conditions Filter data Sort data Hide data Firstly we will check if any filtering conditions are added that are preventing data from being visibl...

Billing Overview & FAQs

Let us understand how billing works in Stackby for Personal, Economy and Business plans.  In this article, we'll learn -  Stackby Plans and Pricing   Payments   Billable Users & Collaborators  Add-Ons   Credits   Cancellations   Stackby Plans and ...

Share a specific view (from a table) to a team member

                Collaborating with your team is much easier now as we have introduced view-level sharing. All you need to do is share the specific view with that particular team member. You can share your view only from within the stack. Click ope...

Inviting user via link to a Workspace or Stack

Collaborating with your team has become easier as you can share the stack using the invite link. All you need to do is share the invite link with that particular team member. There are two ways to share invite link one from your Dashboard and the ...

Release 1.5: May 14, 2021

New  INTEGRATIONS: LinkedIn Pages API is now live. Now you can bring your organization's page followers, shares and details directly in your tables and create weekly reports.  INTEGRATIONS: Added date parameters (optional) in Facebook Ads API (...

How to take a Screenshot

All of us have taken a screenshot of something or the other at some point in time. You can take a screenshot on different devices using different methods. Before we get into the intricacies of the process, let us understand the meaning of the term...

Release 1.6 - May 21st, 2021

New  INTEGRATIONS: LinkedIn Pages API is now working fine. You can give it a try.  INTEGRATIONS: Added a new API function for 'Goal Conversions' in Google Analytics API  BIG LAUNCH - POWERUP:  Color Formatting now in Beta, you can color your row...

Release 1.12 - July 8th, 2021

New  LANDING PAGES:   Pabbly Integration LANDING PAGES:   Limited Time Offer Improvements  IMPROVEMENT: Pre-fill for Update form IMPROVEMENT: Added new services in Ahrefs Bug Fixes FIXED: CONCAT column data not showing in the link box FIXED: B...

Release 1.13 - July 16th, 2021

New  LANDING PAGES:   Trello Alternative LANDING PAGES:   Monday Alternative Improvements  IMPROVEMENT: Create new column - Single Option, Collaborator during Kanban View Create IMPROVEMENT: Send information when the user is removed from the sha...

Import from Airtable to Stackby

In this article, we will guide you on how to import data from Airtable to Stackby in a few easy steps. Step 1: Export data from Airtable First, you need to export your data from Airtable. Airtable supports several export formats, including CSV, JS...

Locked Views

We have introduced a new Powerup - Locked View.  Locked view collaborators with creator or owner permissions can prevent all the collaborators from changing any of the view configurations.  Whether you've setup an automated Slack notification, a Z...

Release 1.18 - 1st October, 2021

New        1.  ADDED:  New Power ups- Locked view has been added Improvements   IMPROVEMENT :  Share view, Embed view, Collaborator and Locked view UI/UX improvement and brought under single menu. Bug Fixes FIXED:  Copy-paste issue from excel fixe...

Restrict View Sharing - By Password

You can restrict access to a view share link with a password. If you do this, anyone that wants to view the contents of your share link will need both the randomly generated URL and the password.   Learn step by step on how you can restrict view s...

Time Tracker App

Rather than interrupting your creative flow to track the clock or relying on your memory after the fact, a time tracker app does all the work for you, automatically.   You can track time for existing rows, or create new rows directly from the time...

Release 1.23 - Nov 19th, 2021

Improvements  IMPROVEMENT:   When you add a stack from template page, now it get opened automatically. Bugs  FIXED: Lookup for text throwing error updating field type FIXED:  Gallery View showing Blank screen with Multiple collaborator column FIX...

Personal Views

Personal views are a special view configuration type that allows collaborators with creator, editor, or commenter permissions to create views that can only be customized by the view's current owner.  In other words, only the owner of a personal vi...

Workspaces: Stackby Enteprise Admin Panel

The Workspaces page of the Admin Panel lets Stackby admins manage and view information about Stackby usage from the workspace level.  The Workspaces page allow admins to view: View a list of all of the workspaces owned by users in their organizati...

Stacks: Stackby Enterprise Admin Panel

The Stack management page of the Admin Panel lets Stackby admins manage and view information about usage from the base level.  Overview  The Stack management home page allows admins to view: The ID for each stack connected. The ID of the workspace...

Users: Stackby Enterprise Admin Panel

In this article we will learn,  Overview Add Invite Pending Invites CSV download Overview The Users page allows admins to view: The total number of active users  Pending user invites A list of all of the users in user management. The first name, l...

Release 1.36 - Sept 26th, 2022

New BIG LAUNCH - POWERUP: Add email notifications for collaborators in reminder Improvements  IMPROVEMENT: Add row with filter data add in kanban and gallery IMPROVEMENT: Handle 'date' formatting in Aggregation column type Bug Fixes FIXED: Steve -...

Release 1.37: 08 Nov, 2022

New Countdown Tracker App New shortcut on the grid  Improvements  IMPROVEMENT: Add " + Add Description" directly in column configuration Bug Fixes FIXED: Multiple links not working when data comes from Zapier (takes last record only) FIXED: when a...

Workspace Trash

Workspace trash will hold all the deleted workspaces and stacks. You can restore the stack or workspaces from the trash before 7-days.  Click on Trash from your dashboard Here, you will see a list of all deleted stacks and workspaces. You will onl...

Release 1.38: 17 Dec, 2022

New:- Table Permissions Collaboration Features - Need to show which user working on cell when collaborating Improvements:- Add contact sales button on header in Stackby webpage Make layout button hover-able and clickable in column config. Bugs:- U...

Favorite & Recent Stacks

In this article, we will explore the mark as a favorite and recent feature in Stackby and how it can help users streamline their workflows. Stacks are your databases  or use-cases within your workspace. You can completely customize your stack base...

URL Preview App

The URL preview App enables you to directly preview particular types of URLs stored in your records within the stack itself. It works seamlessly with links to popular audio and video platforms. Using the URL Preview App in Stackby is simple and st...

Release 1.57: 31st August, 2023

Bugs FIXED: Forget password remove google Id FIXED: On Stacky By One page searching value issue FIXED: Multiple option, single option colour issue when you drag and drop columns to the form. FIXED: When a cell is empty, it should count as 0 in for...

Release 1.58: 12th Sept, 2023

Bugs FIXED: When removing link values from the expanded model, the last value page is getting broken. FIXED: In page designer app: When we refresh a page, by default first records showing. FIXED: Workspace collaborators are still visible after rem...

Release 1.60: 12th Oct, 2023

Improvements Recent activity history for the last 6 months. Remove app sumo old plan option from dropdown. Bugs FIXED: Unable to add any special characters in slack or workspace name. FIXED: Search box cutting like this in templates page. FIXED: I...

Release 1.62: 10th Nov, 2023

Improvement Grid Toolbar changes Added 'Invite user' on the collaborator menu. In the Workspace setting page, workspace Info tab all billable information was added.  Bug FIXED: Duplicate row not happening. FIXED: The time is not recorded from cale...

Grouping Records

A "group by" feature in the table allows you to organize data based on a specific column or criteria. Grouped records feature allows you to show your records grouped together based on one column. Creating a group Locate the table that contains the...

Release 1.72: 26th Feb, 2024

Bugs Fixed: When a view is shared with any permission able to see hidden columns from an expanded view. Fixed:   When sending Record values via email, in email wrong records are seen. Fixed:   From the link column config, "Limit row selection to ...

Release 1.73: 11th March, 2024

Improvement In the page designer app, add font size option for single option column type. New colors and an brand new stack model to change the appearance of the stack and add icons. Bugs Fixed: In reminder, when we add a message and collaborator...

Troubleshooting Stackby Issues

Sometimes it happens you face issue in your Stackby account or in your stack, issue or errors like  Something went wrong The page you were looking was not found Here are some steps you can use to resolve your troubleshooting issue. Clearing your b...

Getting Started with Stackby Sync

Now create one way sync between stacks (databases) and link them together

Verify Your Stackby Account Email

Verifying your email All Stackby accounts require users to verify the email address used while creating an account. Verifying emails are important for you to invite collaborators to your workspaces or stacks, enable email notifications and much mo...

Stackby Pricing Plans

Choose a right pricing plan for your team's needs.