Buzzy Documentation
  • Welcome to Buzzy
  • Getting Started with Buzzy
    • Getting Started Guide
      • 1. Starting with Buzzy AI
      • 2. The Buzzy Workspace
      • 3. Create a new app
      • 4. Preview and edit your app
      • 5. Manage your app
      • 6. Import your app to Figma
      • 7. Using Buzzy with Figma
      • 8. The Buzzy Figma plugin
      • 9. Creating a simple app
      • 10. Screens and navigation
      • 11. Forms, fields and data
      • 12. Data-driven menus & content
      • 13. Data edit and delete
      • 14. Search, sort and filter
      • 15. User login and registration
    • Buzzy AI or Figma first?
  • Working with Buzzy
    • Buzzy AI
      • About Buzzy AI
      • Kickstart with AI
      • Enhance with Figma
      • Extend with Code
      • Example prompts
      • Tips
      • Troubleshooting Buzzy AI
      • AI tokens and pricing
    • Buzzy for Figma
      • About Buzzy for Figma
      • Learning Figma
      • Creating a new app directly in Figma
        • Step by step version
      • Automarkup
      • Responsive layouts
      • Responsive layout checklist
      • Overflow and scrolling
      • Forms and fields
      • Logging users in to your app
      • Theming
      • Troubleshooting Buzzy for Figma
      • Plugin error messages
    • Buzzy Deployment & App Stores
      • Setting up your custom Buzzy app
      • Connecting your own server
      • Apple & Google App Stores
    • Buzzy Marketplace
      • Buzzy Accreditation
    • Buzzy Project Guide
    • Buzzy App Examples
      • Buzzy Templates
      • AI-Powered Chat App
      • AI-Powered Custom T-Shirt App
      • AI-Powered Strategy App
      • AI-Powered Stock Portfolio App
      • Golf Course Finder
      • Personal Finance App with Figma AI
    • FAQs
  • The building blocks
    • Datatables, Fields & Data
      • Introduction to Fields
      • Basic Fields
        • Text
        • Number
        • Date
        • Location
        • Toggle
        • Checkboxes
        • Checklist
        • Selectlist
        • Rating
        • Attachments
        • Images
        • Signature
        • Audio Recording
        • Embedded Link
      • Advanced Fields
        • Formula
        • Sub tables
        • Linked Table field
        • Button
        • Teams
        • Payment
        • Notification
        • Event
        • User Vote
      • Display Fields
        • Header
        • Display Text
        • Image
        • Divider
      • Metadata Fields
        • Author Name
        • Author Phone
        • Submitted
      • Filter Controls
        • Viewers
        • Tags
        • Condition
      • External Fields
        • IBM Connections File
        • Box File
      • Sort Fields
      • Formulas
      • Datatable to Datatable Relationships
      • Security and Access Control
      • Displaying a field based on the values of other fields
      • Hiding a field based on role using a display formula
      • Importing data from a text file
      • Importing data from a URL
      • Import data from Datatable
      • Export data using Chrome
      • Export data in Browser
      • Export data using Safari
      • Datatable Field Type - Cheat Sheet
      • Troubleshooting Fields & Data
    • Code widget (custom code)
      • Code Widget Fields - Advanced Guide
      • New Async API + React HTML Components
      • Examples
        • Image Galley Slideshow
        • Ratings Average and Distribution
        • Event Locations Map
    • Analytics
  • Troubleshooting
    • App Error Codes
      • Action Error
      • App Not Found
      • Component Missing
      • Component Not Set
      • Component Settings Error
      • Datatable Not Found
      • Datatable Not Set
      • Field Not Found
      • Field Not Set
      • No App Selected
      • No Context Name
      • No Screens Found
      • Runtime Exception
      • Screen Not Found
      • Screen Not Set
    • Troubleshooting Buzzy AI
    • Troubleshooting Figma
  • REST API
    • Buzzy REST API
      • Integrating 3rd party applications
      • REST API
        • login
        • createappwithprompt
        • MicroApp Data Operations
          • microappdata
          • microappdata/row
          • insertmicroapprow
          • updatemicroapprow
          • removemicroapprow
          • microappchild
        • User & Organization Operations
          • userid
          • insertteammembers
          • teammembers
          • insertorganization
          • insertteam
        • enforceteammembership
      • Node.js API Client
      • Datatable Rules
      • Datatabledata Tutorial
      • Integrating with Mailchimp
      • Datatable and Spectrum Dataflow integration
      • Python Access Datatable
  • Enterprise
    • Buzzy Enterprise CMS
      • Getting Started
        • Signing up or logging in
        • Logging in with a password
        • Sign up or login using other credentials
        • Change your password or set a new password
      • Using Buzzy Enterprise CMS
        • Finding a Buzz
        • Following a Buzz
        • Creating a Buzz
        • Editing a Buzz
        • Duplicating a Buzz
        • Deleting a Buzz
        • Adding people to a Buzz (Owner/Author/Audience)
        • Buzz privacy settings (Private/Unlisted/Public)
        • Buzz status settings (Draft/Published)
        • Adding content to a Buzz
        • Rearranging content in a Buzz
        • Adding and editing images on a Buzz
        • Changing the cover image on a Buzz
        • Optimising the cover image
        • Import bulk contacts/email addresses quickly into a Buzz
        • Copying items between Buzzes
        • Uploading a local video to a Buzz
        • Adding a web video (eg Youtube or Vimeo) to a Buzz
        • Buzzy Analytics and message tracking
        • Embedding a Buzz in a website (eg Wordpress, Weebly, Wix, Square)
      • Using Datatables
      • Using Advanced Maps
        • A Guide to Mobile Mapping
        • Vector Layers
        • Tile Layers
        • Adding Data
        • Offline
        • Optimize
        • Integrating GIS data
        • Adding Spectrum Spatial data to maps
        • Export MapInfo Professional CSV and Import into Buzzy
      • Using Templates
        • What are Templates?
        • Creating a Template
        • Using a Template
      • Receiving Payments
        • How to create and connect your Stripe account
        • How to insert a payment button
      • Installation
        • Pre-installation Planning
        • Deployment
          • Introduction to deployment
          • Minikube install guide
          • AWS ECS Fargate install guide
          • HCL Connections install guide
          • Azure AKS install guide
          • Windows container install guide
        • Buzzy settings
        • Whitelabelling Buzzy
        • Certificates
        • Release Management
      • Administration
        • Performance and Reliability
        • Content Management
      • Security
        • Platform
        • Users and Roles
        • Datatables
        • Audit Trail
      • Troubleshooting
        • Controlling Buzzy alerts, notifications and emails
        • Help! I can’t log in!
        • How do I check that someone on my Buzz has been correctly added and is receiving my Buzz updates?
        • I made a Buzz into a template and can’t find it now. Where’s it gone?
        • Inserting a Buzz into your website using an iFrame
        • Switching the Buzzy app to Classic view
        • Why am I not receiving notification or updates about a Buzz?
        • Why can’t I edit this Buzz?
        • Why can’t I see a Buzz that was shared with me?
        • Why can’t people see my Buzz?
        • Why is location map not working?
        • Why is my embedded Youtube or Vimeo video (or other web content) not rendering in the Buzzy app?
      • About Buzzy Enterprise CMS
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