From App-B, how to access DataTable(s) in App-A

[nmvega]

Hello Friends:

I thought I understood this, but I don’t.

I’ll keep my question concise.

In App-A I just created mytable.

Incidentally, the purpose of App-A is to store DataTables for other Apps to access, such as App-B. Therefore, in this example, a more apt name could be DataTable-App rather than App-A. But I digress.

What do I do to see and programmatically access mytable in App-B? I don’t see it in it’s DataTable area.

I had this working previously (or thought I did), but that may have been a residue of App cloning or something. Or perhaps I’m forgetting a step now that I’m revisiting this weeks later.

BTW: I can see the same Users table in App-A and App-B (i.e. updates to one is reflected in the other), but nothing else is shared between both. Maybe this only works for the Users table.

Thank you!

[p.colbert]

Although the example here

Using the same login Users table across Apps

I use them, its quite simple since anvil/python at times can be so simple that your wouldn’t initially think it would work. Lets say you have two apps, A and B, and you want them to share the same users table. Lets also say you already have the users service installed, working, and have user(s) who have logged in at least once in App ‘A’, but you want app ‘B’ to use the same users. Add the users service to app B Log In to App B by creating a new user. (This will cause the ‘Auto create column…

uses the Users table, sharing is not limited to just that table. Check out the example, and think about what details you’ll need to change, to adapt it to your needs.

[nmvega]

Hi again @p.colbert Indeed. That was our conversation when I first broached this subject a few weeks ago. As far as the Users table goes, it continues to work well. It’s the other DataTables that I had problems with today.

But, Ohhhh, this is what happened…

Between then and now, something (I forget what) forced me to switch to the Beta IDE, and in that context it’s not possible to select DataTables in another App (you can’t even see them),… a gotcha pointed out by @hugetim in that same thread here.

Sigh! Thank you for reminding me about that thread!

[ianb]

You might be in the beta version? I don’t think the sharing tables mechanism is implemented yet, but you can just switch to the classic IDE and switch back.

Edit: I see you got it already

[nmvega]

Exactly. Our posts came one behind the other. LoL