Is it possible to use Public Apps & External Apps with the same business account?

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Hi All,

I just paid for a 1 year business subscription for Retool only to find realize that I can't figure out a way to have External Apps and Public Apps within my Retool Account.

Is that true? Has anyone been able to have both external apps and public apps within the same Retool account?

I have built an app that helps External Users send assessments to their clients and the client doesn't need to authenticate or log into the retool app, they just need a link to their unique assessment and then they can fill it out. I would like those links to be public. Is that possible?

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

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You could use a separate public app with a url search or hash parameter.

External App Generates the Report And Stores It

Public App Displays the Report Requested Via the unique URL(report DB uuid, senderID, and a randomly generated unique code?)

yourdomain.link/app/public_viewer/Viewer?reportID=67f50f5ce000aa5fc1081fd5&senderID=132123123&verifyKey=something

Then link those to to variables with url.searchParams.reportID etc and do a db request on them to display the info?

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I have an app for my External Users and then I have a separate app for the assessments. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find a way to make the Assessments app a Public App now that I've enabled External Apps.

Am I just missing something? As soon as I enabled External Apps, I can no longer seem to find the option for making my App Public.

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Welcome to the community @Darrin_Caldwell! Thanks for reaching out.

There isn't any restriction in place that prevents you from utilizing both External and Public apps. What do you see in the "Share" menu when you try to generate a public link?

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Thanks Darren, I finally stumbled across the "Share" area yesterday. That's what I was missing.

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