Create local datasource or DB from Google sheet

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#1

I have searched through a lot of posts but couldn’t find, or didn’t know if I’d found something that would help me.

I have my app connected to google sheets which is working, however it is slow when creating and displaying a list once an object has been selected. The app deletes rows in a specific sheet, then reads data from elsewhere and updates that sheet.

I would create local data sources but that would be time consuming as i would have to rename each column header, I would also have to push out an app update each time the local data changed.

How can I best sync the data from the google sheet and create local data in the app please? I feel like it would be better for my app to have the data stored locally, but open to cloud options if i can get the sync speed faster.

I want to try and keep the amount of screens i use to a minimum also.

https://x.thunkable.com/copy/eaee5feaaf987d7a057604984a6b26f2

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#2

By sharing your app, you actually make a local copy of your Google sheet files.

See your app from my side and notice that all tables are now local

https://x.thunkable.com/projectPage/62c456ae8019a00011b68f29

Use this project now to get the local and sync with your Google sheet.

If you ask me, I would use Firebase Firestore to accomplish this. Currently Thunkable does not support Firestore but you can easily manage it using APIs which would be less cumbersome from sync-ing between Google sheets and local tables.

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#3

I didnt know that. That save a lot of manually editing the column titles and i can just copy and paste the data into the local spreadsheet.

I did keep seeing a lot of firebase threads so I’ll try that out and see how it goes. If I can’t figure it out I’ll do the sharing trick to make a local sheets.

Thanks for your help

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