Screenshot during app execution

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Hi Tulip Team, I would like to be able to take screenshots of the app during execution and save them into the tables. Would be great to have this on the roadmap

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Hey @Julian,

I totally agree that this would enable tons of functionality around interfacing with existing systems. A couple pieces of good news-

  1. There is work on the roadmap (coming quickly) to enable a limited set of documents to be stored to tables, this is the first step to be able to do what you’re talking about. Initially this feature won’t come with the ability to use the print step feature to store your form to a table, but it is something we have noted as a very logical next step. Should see docs in tables by mid summer, but unsure of the timeline to get apps automatically storing to tables.
  2. Custom widgets are a new feature where the platform can be extended with highly specialized widgets for specific usecases. I made a widget to do just this. It works but was a bit of a pain to setup. We have a team actively developing these widgets, I will connect with them and see if a more formal version can be developed.

Thanks for the great idea!
Pete

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Hi @Pete_Hartnett,

Sorry, i must have missed your reply.
Thanks for your input. Did you have the change to connect with your widget development team?

Would be great to get some feedback on it.

Best regards
Julian

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Hey @Julian -

Files in tables just launched about a month ago, let me write a req for this. This is significantly easier now that file support is native.

Pete

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HI Pete,

I’m looking for the same feature which Julian requested. Do we have any widget or any way in tulip to take screenshot?

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Hi Jay,

We’ve forwarded this to the right internal Product team to look at after the weekend.

For additional context –

Are you hoping to take a screenshot to save to a Table, print, or something else?

What’s the underlying goal you’re hoping to achieve here? Do you have a workaround?

Saving an Image to a Table is much easier now than in 2022, but we don’t yet natively support taking screenshots. I’ll see if I can track down the Custom Widget @Pete_Hartnett mentioned above, to see how tricky it is to set up and whether it can be shared.

  • Olga
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Hi @OlgaStroilova,

Thank you so much for responding on this topic.

For additional context –

Are you hoping to take a screenshot to save to a Table, print, or something else? - Take Screenshot and save into the Tulip Table

What’s the underlying goal you’re hoping to achieve here? Do you have a workaround? - While we can work around the issue without screenshots, they would be incredibly valuable in streamlining our troubleshooting process.

Technicians often report “Tulip scan failures” via email/Text/Andon, but without specific details like error codes, work order numbers, step names, and station names. While we log every errors in the Tulip table(current mechanism), certain issues, particularly NULL connector failures, can be challenging to capture accurately. This lack of detailed information hinders our ability to investigate and resolve problems remotely, especially during night shifts.

If we could implement a screenshot capture function, we could analyze these errors remotely. This would significantly enhance our ability to provide timely support and reduce the need for on-site visits, especially during off-hours."

Saving an Image to a Table is much easier now than in 2022, but we don’t yet natively support taking screenshots. I’ll see if I can track down the Custom Widget @Pete_Hartnett mentioned above, to see how tricky it is to set up and whether it can be shared. - Pete - We need functionality where as soon as technician face the error system should take the screenshot of that page and store into Tulip table

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Thank you Jay for this detailed response.

I’ll share it internally, and we’ll circle back once we have an update.

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