One of the new features I’m most excited to see in Coda is the ability to have separate databases from our documents for better optimization. I saw this feature announced in Shishir’s latest announcement (unless I misunderstood)! I’d like to know if there’s any estimate for when this feature will be…

I agree completely, this will be so much easier for us and make so much sense not needing to see global company data being parts of docs. This coupled to the ability to filter “cross-doc tables” using active content from the docs themselves rather than from the original doc only would make a big dif…

Hello, in January I suggested something like this :slight_smile: [image] Proposal for hidden data and table | Front < -- > back Suggestion Box I think I understand the difficulty and see the difficulty in managing this. But to ensure security with the search …

merci @Math_24 for the insights seen the various database types /layers it won’t be a walk in the park, but as you demonstrate, Fibery has something that works, so we can have confidence that it will work as well one day in Coda.

Yes, it’s not simple. There’s work to be done, but it could make documents, sharing, and cross-document management more efficient. Coda has additional features, and care must be taken to integrate them properly (packs, FormulaPack, etc.). They’ll get there. :crossed_fingers:

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Christiaan_Huizer November 23, 2025, 4:16pm 2

hi @Paulo_Silva

in this post @Nathan_Penner announced that the split of docs & tables is in the works. No time line was communicated by Coda yet.

Why does this update matter so much to you?

Cheers, Christiaan

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Separating databases from docs

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