Select and map a table to write mail properties to about mail HOT 4 CLOSED

Very nice! Agree with both your proposals @miaulalala @nimishavijay.
Only the icon I would change to table-arrow-right so it’s the small table icon and it denotes the one-way-ness of the connection: https://pictogrammers.com/library/mdi/icon/table-arrow-right/

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Cool idea!

Some questions:

• How would adding to an existing table work? for example, if I want to link my inbox to the existing vacation request table
  • How would you select the column to link message data? eg, I want to link the attachments to the "Vacation request form" column, would that be possible?
  • Could you modify existing tables while setting this up? eg. can I add a "sender" column to the vacation request table while I'm setting up the mapping?
• Once a table is set up is it possible to modify it from the tables app?
  • what happens if I delete the a column from the tables app?
• For creating a new table, how much control does the user have over the table details?
  • can the user set the table and column names?
  • what about constraints for the column (default values, etc)?
  • possible to create columns that are not linked to message data?

Regarding the design itself:

• Since this is a rather niche feature, the entry point can be in the settings
• I would use the word "Connect" or "Link" instead of "Map", as it's easier to understand. MS has "Connect to Outlook" in Sharepoint, so I would go with that
• For icons, to maintain consistency with the Tables app icon, what do you think about tables-large-plus?

rough high level mockups with only very basic functionality, what do you think? is this even remotely close to the scope or did I completely misunderstand what's happening here:

When you click on "Connect to Tables":

Creating a new table:

Connecting an existing table:

What do you think? :) If this is in the right direction I can do more detailed mockups with more functionality, etc

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That is so cool !!
I think this could replace or enhance #44
There is one thing in the original proposal. I personally would map it to a folder instead of the full mailbox.

It's more likely a user place a mail into a folder and the mail triggers a new row into the Tables app.
This would be very useful in ticketing systems.
Like different folders would create different rows for different people.
=> Place it in marketing => Row for the marketing people
=> Place it to design => Row for the design people

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Superseded by #9691

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