Quick Base Inc., a low-code platform for operational agility, today announced the addition of drag-and-drop integration and new workflow automation functions that will allow business users to build and execute workflows connected to third-party apps.

These new functions will compliment Quick Base’s existing application programming interface integrations and are designed to allow anyone, even those without expert coding knowledge, to connect with dozens of cloud and on-premises data center solutions.

Potential third-party solutions that can integrate through Quick Base include HubSpot, Dropbox, DocuSign and many more.

“Today’s disruptive environment has left every business looking for ways to be more agile and move faster,” said Jay Jamison, chief product and technology officer at Quick Base. “Teams are seeking ways to work more effectively together — having data locked in siloed systems and relying on manual, slow processes are both nonstarters now.”

Last year, the company acquired Cloudpipes, a cloud-based integration and automation solution, and its Pipelines technology. These updates represent part of combining that technology with Quick Base’s capabilities, including prebuilt integration channels that connect with third-party tools with no configuration necessary.

“The integrations and workflow automation enabled through Pipelines represent the fastest way for businesses to transform the way their data is used,” said Jamison. The goal, he added, is “empowering problem solvers at the edges of the enterprise to work safely alongside their partners in IT to modernize unique processes and take action on information from across their operations.”

The complex systems needed to connect data pipelines between third-party apps traditionally requires expert knowledge and IT specialists. Quick Base’s platform strips away the complexity and allows business users to manage their own integrations, these people the company calls “citizen developers.”

These citizen developers can now use a drag-and-drop interface to create their own workflow pipelines and using preconfigured logic. This also provides a visual overview of the entire workflow process and makes it easier to debug any potential bottlenecks or snags that might exist.

The low-code platform democratizes development and data integration between apps and empowers information technology professionals and business developers to collaborate in order to create custom workflows across multiple systems that can then automate repetitive tasks.

Quick Base’s solution also centralizes governance through a common, secure platform designed with easy maintenance in mind.

In one recent use case, Elite Studio E, a design and consulting firm, needed to communicate with contacts about the impacts of the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Using Pipelines technology, the company was able to integrate customer outreach in a matter of minutes instead of days.

“We have struggled with maintaining our database for email outreach — in general, we do not do a lot of mass emails, but when we do, it involves pulling together multiple spreadsheets and we end up with high bounce rates, duplicate data and other problems,” said Ivan J. Weiss, executive vice president and chief operations officer of Elite Studio E. “With Pipelines, we easily synced our contact database to our email marketing platform. It worked flawlessly, and we were able to share updates related to COVID-19 within 15 minutes, something that usually would have taken a few days.”

Pipelines users can currently integrate with over 13 different channels, listed on Quick Base’s website, and the company intends to continue to develop new integrations according to customer demand.

Additionally, Quick Base has included a Webhooks channel to make it easier for knowledgeable developers to create their own custom bidirectional integrations using third-party API. In the near future, the new platform functions will also strengthen support for developers by including advanced capabilities, such as the addition of JavaScript Object Notation support and sandbox development.

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