As an AITable User and Bika Tier 4 Buyer, I Strongly Request Improvements

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I’ve now been using the product for over two months, and after spending an entire morning working through it, I’m honestly facing far too many issues compared to my experience with AITable. Below are the specific problems I’ve encountered:

  1. When creating a form, changing the default database doesn’t apply properly.
  2. I would prefer the sidebar not appear in the form view. In AITable, only the form itself was shown, without any distractions.
  3. When using a link field, the input form unexpectedly reverts to a single-line text input.
  4. When creating mirror data and choosing “Select an existing view,” the existing database views often fail to appear.
  5. There is no option to duplicate an existing database view, which makes reusing formats very inconvenient.
  6. Whenever I input new data or modify settings, I must press F5 to refresh for changes to take effect.
  7. Copy-paste only works for a single field at a time. There’s no way to paste multiple fields at once. That means if I want to import data from another source, I have to manually paste field by field. Is this really how it’s supposed to work?

To be honest, I never had to worry about any of these issues when using AITable. That’s why I confidently purchased the highest Tier 4 plan on AppSumo — because I had such a positive experience with AITable. But now, I’m honestly very disappointed.

The product advertises automation capabilities that should eliminate the need for tools like Make.com or Zapier, but there’s still no proper manual available. Even the “variable input” guide doesn’t actually apply in practice — is this just me?

I’ve checked the roadmap, and I don’t see any mention of user interface or usability improvements.
Will the issues I listed above be addressed at all?
As things stand, it’s very difficult to use the product the way I envisioned.
I sincerely hope these fundamental usability issues will be improved soon.

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Hi @Headchef.Yang , thank you for the detailed and honest feedback, it really helps us improve. I’ve forwarded all your points to our product and engineering team for review. Some of these items may require further clarification or bug verification, so the team might reach out again if needed.

A few quick clarifications in the meantime:

  • The sidebar in form view can be collapsed to minimize distractions.
  • The ability to duplicate views has already been submitted as a feature request.
  • For automation variables, we’re continuing to update the documentation, this guide might help: Variable Selector | Bika.ai

Some of the issues you mentioned are likely bugs, while others are already on our internal request list. We really appreciate your time and patience as we work through these.

Thanks again for helping us make Bika better.

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Thank you for your detailed feedback. To help us better investigate and resolve issues #1, #3, and #4, could you please provide:

  1. Detailed steps to reproduce (e.g., click sequence, field inputs);
  2. Screenshots (highlighting where the issue occurs);
  3. If possible, a screen recording (for clearer reproduction).

This will help us quickly identify and address the problem. Thank you for your support!

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