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Author SHA1 Message Date
Alex Hall
1864b7ba5d (core) Add BulkAddOrUpdateRecord action for efficiency
Summary:
This diff adds a new `BulkAddOrUpdateRecord` user action which is what is sounds like:

- A bulk version of the existing `AddOrUpdateRecord` action.
- Much more efficient for operating on many records than applying many individual actions.
- Column values are specified as maps from `colId` to arrays of values as usual.
- Produces bulk versions of `AddRecord` and `UpdateRecord` actions instead of many individual actions.

Examples of users wanting to use something like `AddOrUpdateRecord` with large numbers of records:

- https://grist.slack.com/archives/C0234CPPXPA/p1651789710290879
- https://grist.slack.com/archives/C0234CPPXPA/p1660743493480119
- https://grist.slack.com/archives/C0234CPPXPA/p1660333148491559
- https://grist.slack.com/archives/C0234CPPXPA/p1663069291726159

I tested what made many `AddOrUpdateRecord` actions slow in the first place. It was almost entirely due to producing many individual `AddRecord` user actions. About half of that time was for processing the resulting `AddRecord` doc actions. Lookups and updates were not a problem. With these changes, the slowness is gone.

The Python user action implementation is more complex but there are no surprises. The JS API now groups `records` based on the keys of `require` and `fields` so that `BulkAddOrUpdateRecord` can be applied to each group.

Test Plan: Update and extend Python and DocApi tests.

Reviewers: jarek, paulfitz

Reviewed By: jarek, paulfitz

Subscribers: jarek

Differential Revision: https://phab.getgrist.com/D3642
2022-09-28 17:58:33 +02:00
Jarosław Sadziński
db57815d2b (core) Improving custom widget API. Changing destroy function signature.
Summary:
Destroy function in TableOperations was throwing error when invoked with a single
record id instead of an array. Now it returns a void type.

Also changing mapColumns function signature as it doesn't require options for a default
behavior.

Test Plan: Updated tests.

Reviewers: alexmojaki

Reviewed By: alexmojaki

Differential Revision: https://phab.getgrist.com/D3404
2022-05-05 16:34:26 +02:00
Paul Fitzpatrick
a5f5ecce19 (core) add grist.getTable(tableId) and a getTableId() method in plugin api
Summary:
Makes the new TableOperations API available for all tables
in the document. Adds methods for discovering the tableId of the
selected table. I was very tempted to implement the select() TODO
in the TableOperations API, but it requires a significant refactor
of the backend.

Test Plan: added test

Reviewers: alexmojaki

Reviewed By: alexmojaki

Differential Revision: https://phab.getgrist.com/D3325
2022-03-17 16:31:19 -04:00
Paul Fitzpatrick
98f64a8461 (core) add grist.selectedTable.create/update/destroy/upsert to custom widget api
Summary: This makes an equivalent of the /records REST endpoint available within custom widgets. For simple operations, it is compatible with https://github.com/airtable/airtable.js/. About half of the diff is refactoring code from DocApi that implements /records using applyUserActions, to make that code available in the plugin api.

Test Plan: added tests

Reviewers: alexmojaki

Reviewed By: alexmojaki

Differential Revision: https://phab.getgrist.com/D3320
2022-03-15 11:11:58 -04:00