Product updates

What's new in RowFold

The improvements we've shipped, newest first — and a look at what's coming next. Everything here is written to be useful, not to be a release note.

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July 2026
Improved

Import into existing tables, and smarter handling of split files

Importing no longer always means new tables. Point a sheet at a table you already have, map its columns to existing fields (matched up for you), and nominate a column to match on so a re-import updates rows instead of duplicating them — blank cells never overwrite what's there. Several files with identical columns are now combined into one table instead of becoming one table each, which is what you want when an export arrives split by year or region. Large imports also no longer hit a size limit.

New

Subitems — build line items inside the record they belong to

Records that only exist inside another record — the line items on an order, the serial numbers on a line item — can now be created and edited right there, in an editable grid on the parent, instead of being made separately and linked up after. Mark a table as subitems from the parent's field editor, nest as deep as the work really nests, and let rollups total them. Delete a parent and its subitems go with it; restore it and they come back. Build with AI marks the hierarchy for you on new schemas, and Suggest hierarchy on the Schema page finds it in workspaces you've already built.

New

Automations that can do inventory maths

An Update step can now follow a relation and write to the linked record, and set / increase / decrease a number by an amount like {{record.qty}}. So “when a dispatch is created, take the dispatched quantity off that part's stock” is a rule you can build in the automation editor. The arithmetic is done by the database in one operation, so simultaneous runs can't overwrite each other's totals, and an optional guard fails the step rather than writing negative stock.

New

Dashboards — build a board of live widgets

Compose your workspace data into a dashboard: KPI cards, line, bar and donut charts, tables, an AI summary, and an activity feed, arranged on a drag-and-drop grid. Point a widget at a saved report or build a metric on the spot, narrow everything by date range, and let Claude lay out a whole board from a single sentence. Then share a dashboard with your team — or make it everyone's workspace home. Look for Dashboards in the sidebar.

New

A live, interactive API reference

The developer docs now include a full reference for every endpoint, with copy-ready cURL, JavaScript, and Python samples — and a built-in console. Paste a token and run any request against your own workspace right from the page. Find it on the Developers page under "API documentation".

Improved

One documentation home, fully up to date

Our public docs and the in-app Help Center now draw from a single source, so they can never drift apart. That means everything — including Automations and the API — is documented in one place, always current. Press F1 anywhere in the app for help about the page you're on.

New

Automations — when this happens, do that

Set up rules that watch your data and act on it: when a record is created, updated, deleted, enters a state you care about, or on a schedule, RowFold can update fields, create records, send an email, call a webhook, or generate text with AI. Every run is logged so you can always see what happened and why. Look for Automations in the sidebar.

New

A public REST API, with webhooks

Connect RowFold to everything else. Workspace admins can mint secure API tokens to read and write records, tables, and fields over HTTPS, and subscribe webhooks that push every record change to your systems the moment it happens — signed, retried, and logged. It's all on the new Developers page.

Improved

A calmer, clearer look

We refreshed the whole app around a single, light sidebar — no more switching between modes. Everything you build, connect, and govern lives in one place, a click away, so the workspace is easier to move through.

New

Ask RowFold, and AI throughout

Ask questions about your data in plain language and get answers that cite the exact records they're based on. AI also suggests fields for new tables, designs whole schemas from a description, and helps you import spreadsheets — and every AI feature falls back gracefully when it isn't configured.

New

A 14-day free trial and guided setup

New accounts start a 14-day trial with every feature unlocked — no card required — and a short guided tour points out the essentials on your first visit. Onboarding walks you from sign-up to your first workspace in three steps.

New

A proper Help Center

Every part of RowFold is now documented — every view, field type, keyboard shortcut, and permission rule — searchable at /Help, with an F1 drawer that shows help about wherever you are in the app.

On the horizon

What's next

Things we're actively working toward. Plans shift as we learn, but this is where our heads are — and why.

Multi-link relation fields

Planned

One relation cell that links to many records at once, shown as a row of chips — no join table required.

Filtered rollups

Planned

Aggregate only the linked records that match a condition — "sum of Amount where Stage is Closed Won" — instead of every linked record.

Shared, named views

Exploring

Save a filter-and-sort as a named view the whole team sees, not just you on this device.

Chained lookups

Exploring

Follow more than one relation in a single lookup — "this deal's company's account manager" — without adding an intermediate field.

Per-workspace AI controls

Exploring

Admin switches to turn AI features on or off for a whole workspace, for teams that want to decide deliberately.

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