QuickBase in the workplace
May 12, 2017
QuickBase in the workplace
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with QuickBase
It is used mostly to keep track of projects that are going on in the company. That way people have a quick way of seeing what is going on, what stage the project is in, etc. It is also being used as a database for product information. We can get quick details about a product with little effort.
- The search function is very quick. That is important to us so we can find information without having to wait.
- Creating filters, once trained, is very helpful for pulling reports.
- Being able to share with other team members at different security levels is helpful.
- It has somewhat of a steep learning curve.
- Occasionally I have to look 3 or 4 different places to remember where a specific function is. I eventually find it, but it would be nice to be more simplified.
- A better example section or help section would help people to find functions they are looking for more quickly.
- I'm still a bit confused on the terminology that Quickbase uses, but when I update some of the projects we have in Quickbase, it can be done easily, but I feel like there could be a reduction in steps that would help updating become more efficient. It's all about being able to update quickly and easily.
To my knowledge my organization has not yet used these types of functions. I have seen some of the examples when the program first started up, but I have to be honest, between the some of the difficulties of doing the simple tasks, and the way that QuickBase pretty much covers our needs, we have never thought about applying these things.
- Google Sheet and JIRA
Quickbase is much more powerful and it is much easier to find information organized quickly, but Google does have the benefit of being organized into all their other software and it is very easy to share and have others work on at the same time. I understand that they are not completely the same, but we used Google Sheets for a while before we ended up getting Quickbase.
JIRA is very powerful as well, but I feel that Quickbase is set up better and more user friendly.
JIRA is very powerful as well, but I feel that Quickbase is set up better and more user friendly.
As discussed before, I have never developed an applications (that I know of) and that is because it is a little bit daunting. I feel like if there were some easy tutorials that showed you how to create basic applications, it would be nice. If these things do exist, then they may need to be put a bit more prominent so people are aware of them.
- Improving our ability to drive insights from our data
- Improving collaboration across one or more teams
I have found that it is so important to have the data put together to paint a picture of the business's real needs. Quickbase has been able to do this. We save time when looking through databases, and the reports are so helpful to show us what direction we need to be heading in our company.