Community Catch-Up (Late May - Early June 2024)

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New Releases and Resources

Tulip Releases

r281 coming this week!

Release 280 - May 2024

Hello everyone I’m excited to introduce Release 280! This release includes updates to the Apps page, Automations, Edge device access, the Tulip Player, and more, plus lots of UI improvements across the platform. Here are some features worth highlighting: Manually test Automations in the editor Access info and configure drivers of a display device by clicking on its name from the display devices page Any apps that need approval will appear in a new Pending approvals folder in the apps list A n…

Library

Check out the latest Library release, hot off the press
https://support.tulip.co/docs/en/library-release-r76

Knowledge Base

Let your voice be heard and help @L_Churchill organize the Knowledge Base in the way that works best for ya’ll - Check out the brief survey in the post below

Give Your Input: Help Tulip Reorganize the Knowledge Base

Hi everyone, I’m Lianna, a technical writer at Tulip who manages the Knowledge Base. I’m looking to reorganize the article hierarchy/navigation on the KB and I need your help! I’ve created a card sorting test to understand how features and actions are grouped together. It takes a maximum of 15 minutes to complete, and you can participate by clicking this link: https://i0yd10u3.optimalworkshop.com/optimalsort/9g1au256 These results will directly impact informat…

Check out the latest use case article: Daily Management Boards!
https://support.tulip.co/docs/daily-management-board-use-case

Events

On June 5th we had a Build Better session for Frontline Copilot! If you missed it, don’t worry! We will be sending out an email with the recording. Here are some helpful resources as well:

• Learn more about Frontline Copilot®: Frontline Copilot® | Tulip
• Get started using AI features: Copilot Trigger Action
• Learn more about availability and usage, and security and governance with Frontline Copilot®

If you have questions reach out to your Tulip representative, or email copilot@tulip.co or post here on Community!

Our upcoming Build Better session, “What’s Next? Developing your Tulip Use Case Roadmap” will be Wednesday June 26 at 11am ET - Mark your calendar now and sign-up on Tulip University!

Build Better Sessions

Community Highlights

Featured threads

This product suggestion from @sebme to be able to show an image based on conditional logic to show the state of the application, step, or data to the end user operator had some really interesting discussion along with some creative workarounds that are worth a read!

Add image widget which allows you to switch images to signal state

Looking for a native widget that lets me easily switch between different images (png/jpeg/svg (!)) depending on variable value to signal state to the operator. Most simple example: switch between loading spinner and loaded checkmark.

@Richard-SNN’s Show & Tell is a very clear demo of how to use object arrays in your apps - check it out and stay tuned for Part 2!

App Reference Tracking Part 1 - Simple Object Arrays

I’ll first describe our actual use case but I created a “demo” application that’s more universal. We have a need to track gauges used to perform inspection on our parts. The idea being that the operator will scan the gauges into the application for DHR purposes. We decided to store this data as part of the app completion data so the only way to accomplish that is to use object arrays. Unfortunately, there’s VERY few methods to deal with or modify object arrays within an application which ended…

@Kris’s question here around table structure was a good one, touching on composable approaches and the use of secondary tables. Not everything can be “black and white” when it comes to solution design!

Merging data from different tables into single Interactive Table

Hi, I would like to display action item from different tables (coming from different applications) in single Interactive table so Operator will have all assign task for him in one place. Columns which I would like to use are common across all tables. Anyone tried something like this?

Community Spotlights

If you haven’t had a chance yet, check out our June Community Spotlight on @zeiglera ! Get to know her and her work with Tulip and feel free to ask her a question on the Community thread below.

Community Spotlight: Meet Abigail Tingley!

Introducing Community Spotlights! These are special features to introduce you to the awesome folks working beside you in the Tulip Community This month, I am so excited to feature Abigail Tingley (@zeiglera), a Development Manufacturing Engineer who has a passion for creative problem-solving, an eagerness to always learn new things, and a human-centric approach focused on serving the operators on the shop floor. [Abigail Tingley] In her 2 years or so with AirBorn, she has alr…

Office Hours tips and tricks

During Tuesday Office Hours last week, there was good discussion around how to edit a record in a Tulip Table from an app.
First, you may want to create a separate step for editing your table. When you select the record you want to update from the interactive table widget, have a button to navigate to that step. From here there are 2 options:

1. Directly edit the table with an input widget, selecting “Tulip table record” as the data type and specify which column you want to update. Whatever you type into this input will automatically update your table record in the Tulip Table
2. In the input widget, load the desired/changes value into a variable, then use trigger logic on a button to upload that variable to the table (this may be preferred, so you can make sure everything is correct before making a change!)

S/O to @jmlowden for being so helpful as always and sharing how he does this in his own apps!