When I work with large Adalo collections as a Maker, sometimes it’s quite cumbersome to find the necessary data, sort and filter the records. That’s why I’ve built Data Explorer - a web app which helps Adalo Makers and power users to manage their data easier.
You will need Adalo Collections API to use it - I know that could be a limitation for many of you, but there is no other way (yet). All your data remains on your device - I do not store any data in the cloud (except authentication email). The tool can work on pretty large collections - you can see 20,000+ records in the demo. Also keep in mind this is a technical preview - now this tool is free to use.
Please don’t hesitate to share your feedback and ideas. I have some plans to expand this tool so any input is welcome!
This is awesome Victor! Working with large collections in Adalo has always been such a pain, and you solved it with class. Gonna try it out right away, thanks for sharing!
@Eugen thanks! Please don’t hesitate to share your feedback! @nadavma2 thanks! Well not directly - it’s primarily a viewer via Collections API now but you can sort by column and you should pretty much see how it looks like using sort in the app. The only unknown for me is what happens if you, say, sort by boolean (and there are many trues and falses) - what will be the next sort logic applied. This logic isn’t disclosed by Adalo.
If you tell me what problem you’re trying to solve from a API viewer standpoint, maybe I could suggest something.
We discussed this before — displaying lists with more advanced filtering than what Adalo currently offers.
I was wondering: since you were able to implement more complex filtering in your custom solution, would it also be possible to achieve that directly within Adalo’s native list components?
@nadavma2 Understood. Well that’s a different story. It won’t be possible to implement the same solution in custom component due to technical RN limitations. But I have some ideas and will share them as soon as I have time to test. The challenge here is not to make the list itself; but to make it work fast.
@Dilon thanks a lot!
TOS - fixed. It’s the case when you prepare everything but forget to push the commit
Horizontal scroll bar - noted, I need to understand what’s the issue and how to implement it as on Mac everything works smoothly.
Sticky bottom components - noted and added to backlog!
but you can sort by column and you should pretty much see how it looks like using sort in the app. The only unknown for me is what happens if you, say, sort by boolean (and there are many trues and falses) - what will be the next sort logic applied. This logic isn’t disclosed by Adalo.
