Integrations / Spreadsheets
Manage Retable rows from WhatsApp
Flann connects Retable to the WhatsApp chat you already run your business from. You ask, and Flann picks the right Retable action. Every business keeps paperwork somewhere, and most of yours now lives in Retable. Connect it to Flann and those files answer to a WhatsApp message. Ask for a contract, a menu, a certificate or a supplier quote, and it arrives in the chat while you are still standing at the counter.
11 actions in Retable. 6 only look things up, and 5 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Retable
Type it or say it in a voice note. Flann works out which Retable action you mean.
“Find rows in Retable.”
“Show me my project tables in Retable.”
“Look up the table in Retable.”
“Delete the rows in Retable.”
“Add columns in Retable.”
What Flann can work with in Retable
Retable gives Flann 11 actions across 4 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Rows | deletelook upaddsearchupdate | 5 |
| Columns | adddelete | 2 |
How the same row job compares, in Retable directly and through Flann.
| Compare | Opening RetableLog in, find it, do it | Retable through FlannAsk and get it done |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started on a job | Open the app and find the right page | A WhatsApp message, typed or spoken |
| Finding answers about rows | Filters and searches you run yourself | 6 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | 5 changes, made from a message |
| Retable records | All of them, one screen at a time | 4 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Your Retable API key, once |
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Step by step: Retable jobs you can hand to Flann
What happens between your message and the result in Retable.
Create a row from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a row in Retable with these details.”
- Flann runs
Search Rowsin Retable and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Delete Rowsin Retable. - Flann creates it in Retable and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your tables
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our tables in Retable?”
- Flann runs
Get Tablein Retable and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Retable is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your project tables from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our project tables in Retable stand.”
- Flann runs
List Project Tablesin Retable and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Retable is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
The Retable jobs you can stop doing yourself
You stay in charge of what goes out. Flann does the reading, the drafting and the chasing.
Logging the day’s takings
Today
At closing you are meant to add takings, card totals and petty cash to a spreadsheet in Retable. Tired, you skip it, and the gaps show up at month end.
With Flann
“Here’s the till slip. Add today’s totals to the takings sheet in Retable.”
Cash, card and refund totals are read off the slip and matched to the columns already in your takings sheet in Retable.
What you stop doing: Typing up the till slip after a long shift is off your list.
Catching documents before they expire
Today
Insurance certificates, hygiene inspections, staff training records and supplier agreements all have renewal dates. They hide inside documents in Retable until the week one lapses.
With Flann
“Is anything in Retable expiring or up for renewal before Christmas?”
Certificates and agreements in Retable are read through for every expiry and renewal date Flann can find. You get a short list in date order, with the document linked against each.
What you stop doing: Remembering renewal dates buried in paperwork is no longer on you.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Retable
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find Retable.
- Paste your Retable API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Retable account settings.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in Retable whenever a request needs it.
Reading from Retable is instant. Retable stays connected until you remove it in Connectors.
Ways to use Retable with Flann
Keep things in order
Tell Flann where something belongs.
Summarise before you read
Ask what a long document says. Flann reads it in Retable and gives you the points that matter.
Start a document by voice
Send Flann the gist in a voice note. It prepares the document in Retable for you to check.
Everything Flann can do in Retable
All 11 Retable actions, as Flann sees them.
Looks up 6
- Get Rows
- Get Table
- List Project Tables
- List Workspace Projects
- List Workspaces
- Search Rows
Changes 5
- Add Columns
- Delete Columns
- Delete Rows
- Insert Rows
- Update Rows
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Common questions
What can Flann do with rows in Retable?
Flann can delete, look up, add, search and update rows in Retable, using 5 actions (Delete Rows, Get Rows, Insert Rows, Search Rows and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change rows in Retable.
What can Flann do with columns in Retable?
Flann can add and delete columns in Retable, using 2 actions (Add Columns, Delete Columns). Each one changes something in Retable.
How does Flann connect to Retable?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Retable and paste your Retable API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Retable account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 11 actions in Retable.
How do I ask Flann to do something in Retable?
Message Flann on WhatsApp the way you would message a colleague, or send a voice note. Flann picks the Retable action that fits and asks if anything is missing.
Which Flann plan do I need for Retable?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes Retable and every other app.