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## [Feature Suggestion: Option to Ignore Base Layout in Selections](https://community.tulip.co/t/feature-suggestion-option-to-ignore-base-layout-in-selections/16596)

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**Author:** [@enewton](https://community.tulip.co/u/enewton)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/feature-suggestion-option-to-ignore-base-layout-in-selections/16596 "2026-09-23T16:18:12Z")

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The step settings should have a toggle to allow us to ignore base layout when selecting things in a step. This allows us to edit the features unique to a step without the base layout getting in the way. It also would…

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## [Auto hide/collapse the side panels in the app editor](https://community.tulip.co/t/auto-hide-collapse-the-side-panels-in-the-app-editor/16601)

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**Author:** [@jberner](https://community.tulip.co/u/jberner)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/auto-hide-collapse-the-side-panels-in-the-app-editor/16601 "2026-09-23T16:10:06Z")

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It would be nice to be able to collapse or hide 1 or both of the side panels in the app editor. This would give more viewing for the step.

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## [Station indivdual timeout options](https://community.tulip.co/t/station-indivdual-timeout-options/9529)

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**Author:** [@marek.hoeferlin](https://community.tulip.co/u/marek.hoeferlin)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/station-indivdual-timeout-options/9529 "2026-09-23T15:14:45Z")

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Hey Tulip Team, in our production site we have different use cases like tablets which are used by multiple user accounts (which needs a automatic Timeout set) and we have devices where a machine user should be logged in…

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## [Add a base layout for each step group](https://community.tulip.co/t/add-a-base-layout-for-each-step-group/12056)

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**Author:** [@saga.losman](https://community.tulip.co/u/saga.losman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/add-a-base-layout-for-each-step-group/12056 "2026-09-23T14:57:11Z")

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Hi! I often find myself creating apps with several different functionalities. One step group might be several analysis views and one might have work instructions. The work instructions could use a base layout to quick…

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## [Edge I/O Automatic Firmware Update Support for Gov Cloud Instances](https://community.tulip.co/t/edge-i-o-automatic-firmware-update-support-for-gov-cloud-instances/16600)

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**Author:** [@ktoole](https://community.tulip.co/u/ktoole)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/edge-i-o-automatic-firmware-update-support-for-gov-cloud-instances/16600 "2026-09-23T14:51:10Z")

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Is there a plan to allow Edge I/O Automatic Firmware Updates for Gov Cloud Instances?

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## [Highlight clicked elements and their connections in app diagrams](https://community.tulip.co/t/highlight-clicked-elements-and-their-connections-in-app-diagrams/16599)

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**Author:** [@fti](https://community.tulip.co/u/fti)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/highlight-clicked-elements-and-their-connections-in-app-diagrams/16599 "2026-09-23T11:14:50Z")

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Greetings. App diagrams can be quite useful for debugging. However, they can become hard to read, especially if there are many transitions / steps / tables. As user experience is currently designed (e.g. clicking a step…

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## [Platform Release 386 - September 2026](https://community.tulip.co/t/platform-release-386-september-2026/16595)

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**Author:** [@L\_Churchill](https://community.tulip.co/u/L_Churchill)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 8:10am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/platform-release-386-september-2026/16595 "2026-09-23T08:10:54Z")

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:tada: Exciting news - Release 386 is here! The Tulip team has rolled out fresh updates across the platform, along with some bug fixes. Check out the release notes and dive into what’s new. Share your thoughts and ques…

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## [Add Player Open and Close Events for Running Apps](https://community.tulip.co/t/add-player-open-and-close-events-for-running-apps/16597)

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**Author:** [@thorsten.langner](https://community.tulip.co/u/thorsten.langner)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 7:21am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/add-player-open-and-close-events-for-running-apps/16597 "2026-09-23T07:21:55Z")

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As an app developer, I want to react to app opening and app closing events so that I can execute logic tied to the app lifecycle. These events are different from the existing App Started, App Completed, and App Cancelle…

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## [In-editor Step notes](https://community.tulip.co/t/in-editor-step-notes/16376)

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**Author:** [@jo2026](https://community.tulip.co/u/jo2026)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/in-editor-step-notes/16376 "2026-09-23T01:56:31Z")

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I noticed in the Tulip editor, for each step there is a “notes” section under the step tab (next to app tab). My question is, is there a way to pull all the step notes that are entered, from the entire app? It would be n…

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## [Layers in App Editor](https://community.tulip.co/t/layers-in-app-editor/141)

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**Author:** [@Dan](https://community.tulip.co/u/Dan)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/layers-in-app-editor/141 "2026-09-23T01:10:03Z")

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The ability to use layers when editing/creating application steps, as you would in Photoshop or other image/video editing software, would greatly improve development of our more complex applications. For instance, we mi…

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## [Native ERP translation service](https://community.tulip.co/t/native-erp-translation-service/6438)

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**Author:** [@sebme](https://community.tulip.co/u/sebme)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 9:27am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/native-erp-translation-service/6438 "2026-09-22T09:27:25Z")

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Tulip does not yet seem to offer any automated data import capability which would allow it to receive data, manipulate/interpret this data and write it into its known tables following some logic. Example: Legacy SAP sys…

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## [API endpoint for pulling Record History data](https://community.tulip.co/t/api-endpoint-for-pulling-record-history-data/16586)

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**Author:** [@HCEH](https://community.tulip.co/u/HCEH)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 6:53am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/api-endpoint-for-pulling-record-history-data/16586 "2026-09-22T06:53:41Z")

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Suggesting implementation of API endpoint for pulling Record History data. There are many user scenarios where this can be needed. For example when retrieving information about how many times an entry has been changed, …

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## [Webpage will not load](https://community.tulip.co/t/webpage-will-not-load/16592)

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**Author:** [@Bryce.dahle](https://community.tulip.co/u/Bryce.dahle)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/webpage-will-not-load/16592 "2026-09-21T19:53:20Z")

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my webpage widget will not load the link entered into it. i get nothing whether the link begins with http OR https looking at the developer tools in the content, a link with https returns the error “Unsafe attempt to lo…

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## [Feature Suggestion: Active Users in App Development](https://community.tulip.co/t/feature-suggestion-active-users-in-app-development/16591)

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**Author:** [@telling](https://community.tulip.co/u/telling)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/feature-suggestion-active-users-in-app-development/16591 "2026-09-21T19:12:45Z")

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I think it would be really cool to have an icon or indicator at the top of the Apps screen while developing that shows when another user is currently active in the same app. For example, if I’m working on an app and som…

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## [Files like pdf over connector (input and output)](https://community.tulip.co/t/files-like-pdf-over-connector-input-and-output/13297)

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**Author:** [@Nicolas](https://community.tulip.co/u/Nicolas)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/files-like-pdf-over-connector-input-and-output/13297 "2026-09-21T16:51:47Z")

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Hi We have more and more use case where we need to pass PDF file: from Tulip to a target system (Input on API call) from system to Tulip (Output on API call) Today it works for very small PDF with encode/decode base6…

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## [Hello everyone I have an issue regarding table records](https://community.tulip.co/t/hello-everyone-i-have-an-issue-regarding-table-records/16532)

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**Author:** [@Mohamed](https://community.tulip.co/u/Mohamed)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/hello-everyone-i-have-an-issue-regarding-table-records/16532 "2026-09-21T12:10:56Z")

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When I press the button with this triggers no data is recorded in the table record including the reviewer name

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## [Tulip Agent - connector environment](https://community.tulip.co/t/tulip-agent-connector-environment/16588)

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**Author:** [@Nicolas](https://community.tulip.co/u/Nicolas)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 8:09am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/tulip-agent-connector-environment/16588 "2026-09-21T08:09:53Z")

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I’m testing AI agent with Tools on one my connector-function. How the agent is working with connector environment: development, testing, production? Thanks

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## [AI Agent creation - Tools permission and management](https://community.tulip.co/t/ai-agent-creation-tools-permission-and-management/16587)

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**Author:** [@Nicolas](https://community.tulip.co/u/Nicolas)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 8:03am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/ai-agent-creation-tools-permission-and-management/16587 "2026-09-21T08:03:00Z")

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Hello We are thinking to open Tulip AI Agent for our Apps Builder. However, we see an important risk of accessing some connector-function for Agent and want to govern the usage of Tools for our apps builder community. …

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## [Connector-function Files type as output](https://community.tulip.co/t/connector-function-files-type-as-output/16522)

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**Author:** [@Nicolas](https://community.tulip.co/u/Nicolas)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/connector-function-files-type-as-output/16522 "2026-09-18T21:35:05Z")

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Hello Just discover in the drop-down list in the output of connector-function “file” type available. When this feature was implemented? Is there any knowledge base article about this? I don’t find any. Thanks

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## [Dropped Trigger Events](https://community.tulip.co/t/dropped-trigger-events/16584)

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**Author:** [@enewton](https://community.tulip.co/u/enewton)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 8:16am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/dropped-trigger-events/16584 "2026-09-18T08:16:32Z")

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I am reading the page Best practices for high performance apps and noticed this warning: When triggers enter the queue faster than they exit, the queue builds up. Sustained trigger queue buildup causes app latency and,…

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## [Add a null to expressions](https://community.tulip.co/t/add-a-null-to-expressions/16565)

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**Author:** [@thorsten.langner](https://community.tulip.co/u/thorsten.langner)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/add-a-null-to-expressions/16565 "2026-09-17T13:20:20Z")

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In some cases, I want to allow a null value to be the result of an expression. This is already an option for special cases as the NULLIF()funktion. However a common case is something like this: if(@Variable.status = …

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## [How to get trial account for the tulip development environment](https://community.tulip.co/t/how-to-get-trial-account-for-the-tulip-development-environment/16583)

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**Author:** [@deepak](https://community.tulip.co/u/deepak)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 11:34am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/how-to-get-trial-account-for-the-tulip-development-environment/16583 "2026-09-17T11:34:28Z")

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Hi, I am looking for trial account to practice on tulip platform. Also, the looking for new tulip certificate. I got 30 days tulip account last year and completed test to get certificate. I am looking forward to upgrad…

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## [Add "Step Group Cycle Time" Option to Timer Duration Widget](https://community.tulip.co/t/add-step-group-cycle-time-option-to-timer-duration-widget/16547)

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**Author:** [@Jhondy](https://community.tulip.co/u/Jhondy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 11:48am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/add-step-group-cycle-time-option-to-timer-duration-widget/16547 "2026-09-16T11:48:24Z")

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Hello Team, It would be great to have a Step Group Cycle Time option for the Timer Duration widget. Currently, if you want to display the same timer across multiple steps within a step group, the only available option …

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## [AI Composer, Agent Instructions](https://community.tulip.co/t/ai-composer-agent-instructions/16582)

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**Author:** [@breiter56](https://community.tulip.co/u/breiter56)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/ai-composer-agent-instructions/16582 "2026-09-16T10:43:07Z")

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What instructions are you finding helpful for the AI Composer?

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## [Different size Step Resolutions](https://community.tulip.co/t/different-size-step-resolutions/16548)

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**Author:** [@jonp22](https://community.tulip.co/u/jonp22)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/different-size-step-resolutions/16548 "2026-09-16T10:41:03Z")

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I’m trying to print some labels on a 8.5x14 sticker sheet that has qty 4 - 4"x6" labels on it. In making the labels the closest step resolution is 16:10, but that’s not quite right and trying to line things up takes some…

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## [Add capability to reorder If Conditions inside the trigger editor](https://community.tulip.co/t/add-capability-to-reorder-if-conditions-inside-the-trigger-editor/16577)

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**Author:** [@bbradshaw](https://community.tulip.co/u/bbradshaw)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 9:10am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/add-capability-to-reorder-if-conditions-inside-the-trigger-editor/16577 "2026-09-16T09:10:53Z")

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Right now, the order of conditions inside an If statement are locked in the order in which they are created. In specific scenarios, certain factors can cause the default “Error processing trigger…” error if the trigger i…

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## [Using API to read record history data for entries](https://community.tulip.co/t/using-api-to-read-record-history-data-for-entries/16580)

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**Author:** [@HCEH](https://community.tulip.co/u/HCEH)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 8:55am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/using-api-to-read-record-history-data-for-entries/16580 "2026-09-16T08:55:33Z")

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Hello there. Is it possible to use API in order to extract Record history data that is usually shown in Record History Widget? Cheers!

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## [Dynamic Widget Visibility](https://community.tulip.co/t/dynamic-widget-visibility/15730)

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**Author:** [@DarinLamont](https://community.tulip.co/u/DarinLamont)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 7:20am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/dynamic-widget-visibility/15730 "2026-09-16T07:20:52Z")

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Hi all, It would be very useful to implement dynamic visibility on widgets (similar to the enable state). There are a number of workarounds, like triggers to change the transparency or enable conditions of buttons, or c…

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## [Platform Release 385 - September 2026](https://community.tulip.co/t/platform-release-385-september-2026/16568)

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**Author:** [@L\_Churchill](https://community.tulip.co/u/L_Churchill)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 8:39am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/platform-release-385-september-2026/16568 "2026-09-14T08:39:01Z")

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:tada: Exciting news - Release 385 is here! The Tulip team has rolled out fresh updates across the platform, along with some bug fixes. Check out the release notes and dive into what’s new. Share your thoughts and ques…

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## [Simple Add to "Enabled State"](https://community.tulip.co/t/simple-add-to-enabled-state/16566)

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**Author:** [@ktoole](https://community.tulip.co/u/ktoole)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/simple-add-to-enabled-state/16566 "2026-09-10T20:33:08Z")

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I find myself using the expression editor to define my Enabled State condition infinitely more than the default Boolean Variable functionality. Specifically i use !ISNULL(@variable.Input\_Field) or !ISNULL(@table recor…

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