Create solutions

Access to this feature can change based on your Quickbase plan. Learn more about feature availability and plans in Quickbase capabilities.

Solutions are a collection of apps and pipelines in a realm that app admins use to make changes safely with tools like:

If you have connected apps and pipelines that work together in a workflow, use a solution to manage them so that all components always remain compatible and the workflow is never broken.

Create a solution

Open the global navigation menu
Select Solutions
Select Create Solution
Select Edit details to add a name and description
Add apps, pipelines, and contributors

Contributors, realm admins, and account admins, can add and remove apps and pipelines, and edit the solution details, including:

Label	Definition
Name	Up to 250 characters
Alias	Must be unique in the realm and cannot contain spaces. Up to 1000 characters.
Description	Up to 4000 characters
Owner	The user who created the solution
ID	An automatically generated ID unique within Quickbase platform
Created Date	The date the solution was initially created
Last Modified Date	The date the solution was last modified

Only solution owners, realm admins, and account admins can add or remove contributors from a solution.

Add apps and pipelines to a solution

Adding app and pipelines to a solution does not immediately change how they behave. When you add them to a solution:

The app or pipeline continues to function as it does today
Existing users, roles, and permissions are not affected
No schema or data changes are applied

Changes to schema or data follow the application lifecycle workflow after you:

Create environments for the solution, or
Start using versioning and publishing

Until then, apps and pipelines remain unchanged in their current state.

Delete a solution

Deleting a solution permanently removes the solution, Development and Testing environments, including all apps and pipelines within them. You must also choose what happens to your Production apps and pipelines.

Only solution owners and super users can delete a solution.

To delete a solution:

Select the delete icon next to the solution name.
Choose one of the following options:
- Keep Production apps and pipelines—They will be detached from the solution and continue running independently
- Delete Production apps and pipelines—They will be permanently deleted with the solution
Review the full list of apps and pipelines that will be deleted.
Type DELETE to confirm.

Delete environments

You can delete Development and Testing environments without deleting the solution or affecting Production.

Deleting these environments permanently removes all apps and pipelines within them.

Solution owners and contributors can delete Dev and Test environments.

To delete Dev and Test environments:

Open the solution and go to the Environments page.
Select Actions, then select Delete environments.
Review the list of apps and pipelines that will be permanently deleted.
Confirm the deletion.

Permissions

Realm admins grant access to Solutions on the Permissions page of the Admin Console. By default, only realm and account admins are granted access, and have solutions admin privileges.

Realm admins and super users

To fully create and manage a solution—including adding any apps and pipelines without restrictions—you must have:

Realm admin access
Super user permissions

This combination allows you to:

Create and delete solutions
Add any apps and pipelines in the realm
Create environments
Add and remove contributors
Create versions and execute rollbacks

Without both permissions, you can only add apps or pipelines you own or manage.

Solution admins and solution owners

Solution admins and solution owners have permission to:

Create and delete solutions
Add and remove apps
- App managers and app admins can add apps they manage
- Super users can add all apps in the realm, except for for private apps they are not the manager of
Add and remove pipelines
- Pipeline owners can add all pipelines they are the owner of
- Realm admins can add all pipelines in the realm
Create environments
Add and remove contributors
Create versions and execute rollbacks

Solution contributors

Solution contributors are added within a particular solution. Contributors have permission to:

Create environments
Add and remove apps (must also be an app manager, app admin)
- App managers and app admins can add apps they manage
Add and remove pipelines
- Pipeline owners can add all pipelines they are the owner of
- Realm admins can add all pipelines in the realm
Create versions and execute rollbacks

Solution action	Realm admin + super user	Solution admin or solution owner	Solution contributor
Create Solution	Yes	Yes	N/A
Delete Solution	Yes	Yes	No
Delete environments	Yes	Yes	Yes
Add App	Yes Can add all apps in the realm, except for for private apps they are not the manager of	Yes App managers and app admins can add apps they manage Super users can add all apps in the realm, except for for private apps they are not the manager of	Yes App managers and app admins can add apps they manage Super users can add all apps in the realm, except for for private apps they are not the manager of
Remove App	Yes	Yes	Yes
Add Pipeline	Yes Can add all pipelines in the realm	Yes Pipeline owners can add all pipelines they are the owner of Realm admins can add all pipelines in the realm	Yes Pipeline owners can add all pipelines they are the owner of Realm admins can add all pipelines in the realm
Remove Pipeline	Yes	Yes	Yes
Add Contributor	Yes	Yes	No
Remove Contributor	Yes	Yes	No
Create Versions	Yes	Yes	Yes
Execute Rollbacks	Yes	Yes	Yes

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