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Getting Started with the Archive Pack
The Quickstart Guide for the Beta Archive Pack
First,
Copy this doc
!
Overall, here’s what we’ll do in this doc to get you started with the Archive Pack:
Copy the doc
Set up the Archive Pack
Authorize the Archive Pack to access Coda
Archive your first table
See your Archived Table
I’ll walk you through it!
Step 1: Set Up
First, set up the Archive Pack
type
/Archive Pack
Select the Archive Pack
Go to Settings
Under
Private account
, select Connect an account, you’ll paste in your Archive Pack token
Copy and paste the
Archive Pack token
I emailed you
This is what an
Archive Pack token
looks like (but don’t use this one, use the one I emailed):
Our goal is going to be to archive this table!
Your Sample Table 2
Your Sample Table 2
2
Name
Height
Name
Height
1
Betty
000
37
2
Charles
000
17
3
Irina
000
88
There are no rows in this table
You’re making great progress! Now let’s authorize the Archive Pack
Copy the doc
Set up the Archive Pack
Authorize the Archive Pack to access Coda
Archive your first table
See your Archived Table
Step 2: Archive Pack ❤️ Coda
You’ll need to get your Coda API Token. This will be used by the Archive Pack to pull data out of Coda.
For your security, I’ll show you how to limit the permissions of the Coda token you share.
Get your Coda API Token under User Indicator → Triple Dots → Account Settings:
2. Scroll down to
API SETTINGS
, then click
Generate API token
3. Name the token
“Archive Pack”
so you can find it later.
(Recommended: add security restrictions to the token)
Click “Add a restriction”
Select restriction “Doc or table”
Select “Read only” (the Archive Pack doesn’t need write permissions)
Copy and paste the url of the doc where your table lives
(or if you only want the Archive Pack to see one table, use
[Your Table].ObjectLink()
to get the table url)
4. Click
Generate API token
5. Click
Copy token
and paste it below
Paste Your Coda API Token here
5. Finally, send the Coda API token to the Archive Pack with this button
Authorize archive pack
Should see this pop up :)
Step 3: Archive a Table
Nice work! Now let’s archive a table
Copy the doc
Set up the Archive Pack
Authorize the Archive Pack to access Coda
Archive your first table
See your Archived Table
Now we archive! I’ll show you how to get your
Doc Id
Table Id
Workspace Id
Get your
Doc Id
(I’ve already done this for you). In general you can get it with the formula
thisDocument.ObjectLink().Split("_d").Last().Split("#").First()
This Doc Id:
BkfJ-16hBa
(I already got it for you :) you don’t need to do anything)
2. Get your
Table Id
by turning on your developer settings
Account Settings
Scroll to the bottom under LABS turn on
Enable Developer Mode
Click the triple dots next to the Sample Table below 👇
, then clicking
Copy table ID
Sample Table 2
Sample Table 2
2
Name
Height
Name
Height
1
Betty
000
37
2
Charles
000
17
3
Irina
000
88
There are no rows in this table
Paste your table id into the box below.
Paste Your Table Id
👆 here’s your table
4. Get your
Workspace Id
I emailed you your workspace id, it looks something like this:
Workspace Id:
ancient-seahorse-of-gallantry
Paste Your Workspace Id
5. Archive!
I’ve already set up the button for you, but this is an example of what it might look like if you set it up yourself:
Click to archive!
Archive table
View 2 of Sample Table
View 2 of Sample Table
2
Name
Height
Name
Height
1
Betty
000
37
2
Charles
000
17
3
Irina
000
88
There are no rows in this table
Should see this pop up again :)
Step 4: See your Archived Table
Last step! Now let’s retrieve the table you archived
Copy the doc
Set up the Archive Pack
Authorize the Archive Pack to access Coda
Archive your first table
See your Archived Table
Now, to pull in your archives:
type
/Archive
anywhere to open the sidebar
Click Archives under
Tables
:
Click and drag Sample Table onto the page
Your archived table will look like this!
You’re done! Now you’re all ready to do this with your personal table. To recap:
/Archive Pack
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