In Jet Academy, you'll be able to learn both the fundamentals of Jet Admin and more advanced topics through a series of short tutorial videos.

To navigate Academy, click on the topic in the menu on the left to open its contents, or get started with the most basic functions:

What is Jet Admin?

Jet Admin is an app builder that allows you to create Client Portals, Business Apps, and Internal Tools with your existing data, whether it's from databases, APIs, or Storages. You can build apps such as Onboarding apps, Admin Panels, Vendor portals, CRMs, and much more quickly and without code.

Building a Business App?

This 2-min video will explain what Jet Admin is and what you can build with it:

1. : Connect Databases, business apps (Airtable, Stripe, Zendesk), Data Warehouses, Internal and external REST or GraphQL APIs, and File Storage.

2. : Create a single source of truth (SSOT) that syncs to your multiple data sources (Stripe, Hubspot, Salesforce, ...).

3. Drag and drop UI components (Tables, Forms, Charts, Details Images) onto Layouts (Modals, Columns, Tavs) and connect them to your data sources.

Building a Portal?

This 5-min video will walk you through the process of building a client portal from scratch:

Ready to Get Started?

This Quickstart Guide will walk you through the necessary steps for building your first app in Jet:

In this section, you'll learn how to connect your Data to Jet Admin.

You can connect as many data sources as you need to create a centralized place for all your operations. You can integrate with anything using native integrations or custom APIs.

Use the submenu to navigate to a particular topic or start with the first one:

In this Crash Course section, we'll learn the fundamentals of the App builder.

App builder is a core part of Jet Admin. It allows you to assemble your UI, and layout as well as bind and transform data to create custom user flows for your app. All this is done through an intuitive Drag & Drop and Point & Click interface.

Go into the submenu to navigate to a particular topic or start with the first one:

In this section, you'll be able to find answers to common questions as well as more advanced troubleshooting.

To navigate FAQ & Troubleshooting, click on the topic on the left menu to open its contents.

In this Crash Course, we'll learn the fundamentals of Jet Admin so you can start building your app today.

We'll also dive deeper into advanced concepts to help you get the maximum juice for the squeeze.

Finally, we'll build some of the most popular kinds of apps together, guiding you step by step from the square one to production-ready.

Data Editor is a key part of the Jet Admin App Builder. Typically you end up in Data Editor right after you connect your data source(s).

In Data Editor you can audit, edit, and refine your data before using it in the App Builder.

This short video will help you understand how to get around Data Editor and start working with your data more quickly.

Once you've connected your Data Source to Jet, you can specify its settings, specify the sync intervals, see audit logs, manage collections (tables), and more:

Before you start working with your data, it makes sense to organize it so you can easily access the relevant parts.

This video covers the basics of sorting, filtering, working with columns, and more.

In this video, we'll learn how to edit your data in Data Editor:

• Edit particular fields

• Add and delete records

• Upload and download data

In this video, we'll learn about the related data – what this means and why relational databases are such a great concept. We'll also learn how to work with related data in Jet, how to set relations, and what to do with these related data sets later on.

This video explains how to change field types so that you can make sure your data is rendered in the correct format.

In this video, we'll learn about the very powerful field types Rollups and Lookups. We'll also go over an example of how to use them to "look into" the related table and get the information you need from there.

This is the overview video on how to work with files in Jet, whether that means connecting an Airtable with files attached to records, connecting a dedicated storage such as Firebase, or using another data source.

In this video, we'll look behind the "no-code" curtain and explore how you can consolidate data from multiple data sources (Non-SQL included) using custom SQL queries.

Any app you'll create with Jet will be built in the Builder mode so it's important to understand what it is and how it interacts with the user mode where your end users will be using the app

Before diving into the features of the builder, it's important to understand the fundamental structural elements of any app you build with Jet: Pages and Overlays.

UI builder is a part of the App builder and allows you to assemble the UI components on the page using pre-made Drag & Drop UI components

To build any app you'll need two things: your UI and the data. But how to link or connect the two in Jet Admin? Learn in this video

In this and the following videos, we'll cover how to bind data and components in various situations. In this video, in particular, we'll learn about the Filter-Table binding use-case: you have a filter component and you want all the inputs in it to be passed over into the Table and used to filter it.

In this video, we'll learn about the Form-Table binding use-case:

• You have a Form and you want this form to dynamically receive the values from a selected row (a record) of a Table into the fields of this form

Slowly ramping up the complexity of the use-cases, now we'll look at the Table-Table binding:

• You have two related tables and want, in the second Table, to dynamically show the records related to the selected (clicked) record in the first Table

In this video, we'll learn about the Field-Table binding use-case: you have an input field component and you want a value from a specific column from in a selected row of a Table to be fetched into this field

In this video, we'll cover binding UI elements from separate pages:

• You have a Table on Page 1 and an input field on Page 2 and you want, when you click on the specific row in the table to drill down into Page 2. Additionally, as you drill down, you want to "pass" a specific value from a selected record in the Table into the input field on Page 2

In this video, we'll cover binding a UI element in the Modal to the UI component on the Page:

• You have a Table on a Page and an input in a Modal and you want, when you click on the specific row in the table to open up the Modal. Additionally, as the Modal opens up, you want to "pass" a specific value from a selected record in the Table into the input field in the Modal

Nested filters allow you to go through the layers of relations between collections and filter by ANY field from ANY collection (table), that's related to the original one.

To fix this you need to Recreate Scheme.

1- In Jetadmin, open the resource that is failing to sync;

2- Click on the 3 dots button on top-left near the resource name;

3- Choose ‘recreate scheme’ from the menu;

4- Click the ‘recreate structure’ red button;

5- Wait a few seconds till the data is being imported, then click the ‘Start working with …’ blue button.

Now your resource should be synced and working fine.

If you've added new SQL tables to your database, you will need to manually select new tables to load into JetAdmin.

Go to Data -> Your Resource Name -> Three dots -> Edit resource

Scroll down and click on "Choose Tables"

You will see a list of your tables there. You’ll need to click on checkboxes of tables that you want to add and then click on "Update resource".

Custom CRM in 10 mins 🚀

To familiarize yourself with how Jet works, let's build a simple CRM that will allow us to View and Edit the Customers:

We'll go through the whole process of creation step by step. Let's start with our data:

This tutorial will show how to customize the app's primary colors, typography, and menus.

The menu is a great component when you would like to implement navigation between pages.

You can build Portals with data from pretty much Any Data Source: Firebase, Sheets, Airtable, Stripe, REST API, and so on. We'll use Airtable in our example.

In our case, we will use two tables: Projects and Tasks. The projects table has the Link to Tasks column and the Tasks have the Project column in it.

Projects Table:

Tasks Table:

Next, we generate the app:

Join the community here →

The community is where you can meet, get help & support, share resources and discuss what you're working on. The community is filled with thousands of kind and friendly users – many of them experts – who are willing to help each other out.

We have only a few simple guidelines:

• Be polite and kind to other members

If your data is not loading, there might be many potential causes for this. This might as well render differently in the UI component: the infinite load, or the error.

In this article, we'll review the most common causes of this issue and help you identify and fix the problem.

Case 1 - VPN

A user supposedly hasn't changed anything but started to get this error:

A helpful way to think about apps is through how users interact. Two elementary levels of interaction are viewing and editing data, which we built on the previous steps. But often, apps need to be able to perform custom actions with specific workflow.

Initiating a Form is a form of action. Actions such as Open Link and Show notification are native functionalities within Jet, triggering specific processes within your app.

In this tutorial, we'll set up a system to automatically send notifications to the user via email and Slack when a deal is marked as Closed Won.

PM Portal in 5 mins 🚀

As an example, we'll build a Portal for a Consultancy agency's corporate clients where they can View their Projects, Edit the related Tasks, and Update their Profile:

This part focuses on advanced Jet features such as custom HTTP, SQL queries, conditional visibility, and related fields (e.g. single relation). Let's start with the latter:

If you want to allow an input to only receive a certain number or text format, you can use regular expressions.

For example, let's say that you want your input to receive an ID number that is structured like this: “010.124.501-55”. If you don’t know how to write regular expressions, you can simply ask any AI bot to do this for you, for example:

After you get your regular expression, you can input it in the validation field of your component. Click on the component in builder -> Display tab -> Validate -> Use Regular expression

You can also mention your field format in the custom validation error field for easier understanding.

If you want to duplicate your app, you can save your progress as a backup to a file, create a new app, and restore your app from a backup. Please be aware that created actions won’t be copied, you will need to add them manually.

Go to MyApp in upper right corner -> Environment -> Settings -> Download backup

After that, create a new app and go to the Environment -> Settings to restore your backup.

After you've made the changes to your app, you can preview it to test and, if everything's right, publish it. To preview your app, click on the Preview button at the top.

Great! Now that we're done with the Basics, we can get to the advanced functionality of Jet Admin:

In this section, we'll go over specific apps, building each use-case from scratch to the point when it's up and running.

Go to a specific one in the submenu or start from the first one:

Generate documents for your Jet Admin applications with the Documint.

Jet can automatically generate a user interface when creating a new page. There are several use cases that you can cover:

1. Record Review: allows you to view the details of a record selected from a list.

2. Record Update: update the data of a record chosen from the list.

To set up Frame for Image – add Border to the Rectangle:

1. Select Ellipse

Responsiveness and support of multi-screens refers to the ability of a design to adapt and display optimally across various devices and screen sizes. It ensures a seamless user experience by adjusting layout and content to accommodate different resolutions, promoting accessibility and usability.

To fit your component to different screen sizes, follow the steps:

1. Click to fix the width for the text component.

To customize Cards in the Gallery, follow the steps:

1. Click on the Gallery

2. Click on the Property card button in the right panel

Our Slack channels are available for Pro and Enterprise plan users, including:

• Internal Tool Pro

• Internal Tool Enterprise

• Customer Portal Pro

• Customer Portal Enterprise

Joining our workspace gives you direct access to our team. You can ask any questions related to your app in your dedicated channel.

How to Join Slack

Step 1: Join the Workspace

1. Click the blue question mark button in the bottom-right corner.

2. Select Slack Channel from the support options.

3. Follow the instructions to join the workspace.

Step 2: Access Your Channel

1. Your Slack email may differ from your registered email; you can enter a different email if needed.

2. The default channel name is jetadmin_, but you can change it.

3. Once completed, you’ll be added to your specific Slack channel.

Need Help?

If you have any issues joining, reach out via live chat or email us at [email protected].

The Agent Process

When an agent is triggered, it follows a structured reasoning cycle to complete its task:

1. Task Input The agent receives clear instructions in plain language—for example, “Find all overdue invoices and email the client.”

2. Decision Making with LLM The large language model determines the next step, which could be:

• Responding directly to the task,

• Asking for more information, or

• Activating a connected tool such as a data source, workflow, email, or even another agent.

3. Tool Execution The chosen tool performs its action, and the results are sent back to the LLM for further processing.

4. Agentic Loop This cycle of decisions and tool executions repeats until:

• The agent reaches its maximum allowed steps, or

• The LLM concludes that the task is complete.

Each complete cycle—from input to reasoning to output—is called a run.

In Data, you can set up field types (Number, Text, Select, Date, Rating), define Relations between tables, pull record contents from one linked record into another, perform a calculation on Relation, or calculate the values.

Next, let's set up the field type for the Priority field. We will configure it as a Select type with predefined options: High, Medium, and Low.

1. Click on Priority header in your table to access its settings

2. Choose Edit field to modify the field's properties.

3. Select the field type as Select. This allows you to create a dropdown menu with predefined options.

4. Click on Display to proceed with the visual setup.

5. Add predefined options for the 'Priority' field: High, Medium, and Low.

Use the Link to Record field type to establish a relationship between Deals and Companies. This will enable you to link these two tables, effectively associating specific deals with respective companies.

1. Click on Company id column in your table to access its settings.

2. Choose Edit field to modify the field's properties.

3. Select the field type as Link to record. This option allows you to create a link between the current record and another table.

Once you've established a Relation using the Link to Record field type, you can pull record contents from one linked record into another, and you can perform calculations on this Relation, enabling more complex data manipulations and analyses based on the interconnected data.

Next, we will focus on extracting and inserting the Company logo into the Deals table.

1. Click + New Column on the right-top

2. Select Lookup related field

3. Select Company_id > Logo

If you are having trouble connecting Django to JetAdmin, you will need to check a few things:

• Make sure there are no network restrictions.

• Check whether your Jet Bridge is the latest version.

• Check your CORS policies in Django.

If your network with Django is okay, and you are using the latest Jet Bridge version but still getting errors like this:

That means that you need to check your CORS policies in Django.

By default, there is a parameter in Jet Bridge for Django that contains CORS in settings.py called "JET_CORS_HEADERS".

It is enabled by default and filled automatically, but if your Django already has an app called “corsheaders” then it turns off. You can configure your CORS settings in the "corsheaders" app instead.

Alternatively, you can try to force "JET_CORS_HEADERS" to be set to True, but it can lead to strange effects, so we would advise trying it only as a last resort.

To pass and bind simple data with the elements, follow the steps:

1. Click on the Gallery

2. Click on the Property card

3. Click on the Change Data Binding

4. Pass the corresponding Data for each of the Custom Components.

5. Click Use Selected Binding for saving.

To pass and bind data with the elements using Functions, follow the steps:

1. Click on the Gallery

2. Click on the Property card

3. Click on the Change Data Binding

Connect your Data Source

After creating a project, you'll be prompted to start with the Blank app or your Data. Select your chosen Data Source, fill in the credentials, and finish the process.

1. Click on the Data Source icon

2. Click on the Add Resource icon

3. Choose Airtable

Choose the Page

You can navigate through pages and create new ones in the top left tab. Now, let's pick another page:

1. Click on the Pages icon

2. Choose and Navigate to the Page

Now let's test how it works by

1. Clicking on the Table to select it

2. Clicking on a Row to drill down to the record view

Next, let's set up the Layout:

To pass data of type Image from Visual Builder to Component Designer, use the Parameters:

1. Click on Parameters in Toolbar

2. Click on Add Parameter in the Parameter sidebar

3. Click on Edit button to rename the Parameter

4. Change the type of the parameter to Image

5. Drop a test value for the Parameter

6. Save the test value

To show an image in the design, follow the steps:

1. Click on the shape you want to add an image to.

2. Go to the fills on the Right Sidebar.

3. Click on the Image button.

Jet Admin provides a library of pre-built UI components, such as Table, Map, Gallery, or Charts that you can drag and drop to display your data. As well as the Layout components that are used to assemble other components on the page.

Set the Layout

Columns are used to set the horizontal component of the layout. You can add multiple columns and resize them.

To add columns, follow the steps:

1. From the Layout menu, drag and drop Columns

2. Drag and Drop the Tasks Table in the Right Column

3. Drag and Drop a Form in the Left Column

We also can change the position of the individual fields in the record view. For that, drill down into the record and drag and drop the fields you want to reassemble:

Now, let's add our Project table and link it to the Tasks table:

To add text to your design, follow the steps:

1. From the menu on the top left, click on the Text button.

2. Locate the field in your design.

3. Add a test value to the field and save it.

To connect the text field to the parameter using the formula, follow the steps:

1. Click on the field you want to connect a parameter to.

2. Click on the Function button.

3. Click on the Function button inside the field to specify the parameter.

Single relations help you fetch data from the related collections.

To illustrate how it works, let's imagine we have the Transactions table that doesn't contain a customer's email and the Users table that contains the customer information including the email:

And we want to display the email in the Transactions list:

First of all, we identify how our tables are related: for each user, there are several transactions that are related to the users list by the ID and Customer ID fields:

Now, let's create a new custom column in the Transactions table:

Then change the column type to Link to record

Now, we need to select where we'll get the user email from (a related Users table), what field in the Users table is used to set relations with the Transactions table (the ID field), and what field from the Users table we'd like to display (the Email field):

And the final step is to get our custom field value from the Transactions table field that sets relations to the Users table (the Customer ID field):

Now, let's make UI components dynamically visible based on a rule:

You can link different tables as long as there's a common field in both of them. In our case, we'll link by the Unit name field.

Display the Projects

Drag the Table component and change the mock data to your own. Select the data source you've connected and the page you want to display:

1. Drag and Drop the Table Component to the page

2. Choose the Resource and the Collection

Link the Tables

Each Unit has many Tasks and we want to see the list of Tasks for a given Unit. To create this flow, follow the steps:

1. Click on the Table

2. Click on the Filter icon

3. Choose Unit ID -> ID equals

Now, let's customize our Portal:

In Jet Admin, you can make certain components visible or invisible depending on the values or combination of values from your data or user attributes.

Say, we want to show two different status change buttons depending on the status value of the selected row of the users table:

To achieve that, let's first drop two buttons: one that changes the status of a user to "active" and the other that changes it to "inactive":

Then, we proceed to the "Activate" button's settings to the "Visible" section:

Next, we type in the condition: IF the status value from the selected row equals "inactive", then return true, otherwise, return false. Returned true will make the component visible and false will make it invisible:

Here's the expression: =IF(EQ(elements.users["0"].selected_item.Status, "inactive"), 1, 0)

Then we do the same for the "Deactivate" button, grabbing the "active" value from the selected row:

=IF(EQ(elements.users["0"].selected_item.Status, "active"), 1, 0)

And we get our buttons being dynamically hidden based on the status value from the selected row:

An agent can:

• Handle or delegate tasks based on reasoning from LLM.

• Be triggered through chat, workflows, or directly from other agents.

• Continuously evaluate and improve its own process (the "agentic loop").

With Agents, you can embed AI-driven decision-making directly into your apps, workflows, and automations.

Accessing Agents

You can set up and access agents in several ways:

• From Triggers: Choose Agent as an action when configuring triggers.

• Search: Type “Agent Chat” in the component search box and drag it into your page.

• Left Menu: In the left-hand menu, click the Agents icon and then select Add Agent.

👉Before we jump into the thick of it, there is one thing that needs to be clarified:

Internal Tools vs Customer Portals

Both Client Portals and the Internal Tools are the same in their essence - they are just web or mobile apps built on Jet Admin. However, they differ from the usage perspective: end-users of the Portal are external users, e.g. Vendors, Partners, Merchants, or Individuals, whereas end-users of the Internal App are internal users, i.e. your organization's employees. They also differ in .

Typical use-cases for the Client Portal and for the Internal Tool also differ, that's why we've created two separate quickstart journeys based on the common use-cases:

If you want to save time building your app, you can apply one of the templates that you can find on the dashboard. You can preview the templates .

Agents don’t run on their own—they need to be triggered manually or programmatically using one of the following methods:

• Agent Chat Component: Add this to your app’s UI to let users interact with the agent directly.

• Ask Agent Action: Use this Action within workflows or automations to run the agent at the right moment.

• Another Agent: You can chain agents together, allowing one agent to call another as part of its logic.

Jet Email allows you to send emails via Action or Workflow/Automations. All emails will be sent through [email protected] (unless you have set up a custom From email address in App Settings).

Use the following guide to set up emails, and specify the next operation:

1. Choose operation -> App built-ins

2. Action -> Send email

3. Specify inputs:

• to – receiver email (allows only email's format)

• subject – text field to specify the email subject

• text – text field without markups

Hiding elements is useful for optimization, such as concealing large navigation menus on smaller screens. Conditional visibility improves user experience by showing only relevant content.

Hide elements in Component Designer using Conditional Visibility:

1. Click on the element you want to set conditional visibility to.

2. Go to the Right Sidebar.

3. Click on the Conditional Visibility button.

4. Scroll and choose the option that fits the best for your requirements.

Dynamically change elements in Component Designer using Conditional Fill:

1. Click on the element you want to set the conditional fill to.

2. Go to the Right Sidebar.

3. Go to the Fill section.

In this article, we'll review the integration with Airtable, and its characteristics and will go through the steps necessary to connect it to Jet Admin

Components are prebuilt UI elements your users engage in, such as Tables, Forms, Buttons. In this example, only a limited number of components are used; you can explore 50+ Components in the UI Component Library. Drag-and-drop components within Layout Columns, Tabs, and Modals, facilitating the building of your app.

You'll be building an app that enables the creation and updating of Deals data. To enable this functionality, you'll add Table

In Jet Admin, you can customize the appearance of your Portal for better usability. Let's start with the Units table.

Let's disable unnecessary columns and rearrange the order.

1. Click on the Units Table

Writing and Generating Queries

You can type SQL directly in the editor or click Ask AI to describe what you need in plain language. AI will generate the SQL for you—for example, “show tickets created in 2019 with low priority.”

Or consider using AI to refine or write your SQL query for enhanced accuracy and efficiency.

Jet allows you to connect and sync with 50+ data sources: business apps (Airtable, Stripe, Zendesk), Data Warehouses, Internal and external REST or GraphQL APIs, and File Storage. Once a is set up, you can utilize your data to create apps.

This guide focuses on using as the data source. Jet Table offers a quick and secure method for storing and modifying data specifically for Jet applications. It integrates the robustness of a PostgreSQL database with the user-friendly aspect of a spreadsheet interface, enabling efficient data management.

To insert test data into the Jet Database, first download the following provided CSV files:

To familiarize yourself with how Customize with Designer works, let's build a simple design:

We'll go through the whole process of creation step-by-step.

1. Design your component

Where is my data stored, and is it secure?

Yes, your data is secure and is always stored by you, whether that be with your chosen data resources or on your own servers. We provide Jet Bridge that makes our architecture secure. Jet Bridge is a free and open-source app that generates an API and proxies the requests to databases and business apps. We don’t collect, copy, or host your private data on our side. Jet follows best practices to ensure that important data is only accessed by you and your users. Jet encrypts all data and credentials that go through our servers using an HTTPS connection. Jet Admin offers you the ability to , which is a PostgreSQL database hosted by Jet. Jet Tables, like other top-tier PostgreSQL databases, uses best practices to keep your data secure. Using Jet Tables is the only case in which your data would be stored on Jet servers, but there is no difference between the way Jet Admin allows you to access data in Jet Tables and the way that Jet allows you to access your data in other PostgreSQL databases, so your data remains secure, regardless of which databases you choose to use. You can learn more about Jet Tables

The Ask AI feature converts plain text instructions into working API requests, SQL queries, transformation scripts, and a variety of other outputs. It saves time, reduces errors, and delivers clean, usable results, all without the need to remember complex syntax.

Ask AI for API

Ask AI simplifies working with APIs. You can type a request in plain English, provide a curl command, or link to Swagger documentation, and it will generate the correct API call.

What it can do:

If you need to make your own API request, simply select "Make an HTTP request" as the operation. This allows you to connect to any external API and display the response data using available components, such as tables or charts. Just configure the request method, URL, headers, and any necessary parameters based on your API.

Make an API request using API Builder

1. Go to the Component Settings then Add Data Resource

When configuring an agent, you’ll find these key sections:

1. Instruction

   • Define the main goal or purpose of the agent.

To add shapes, follow the steps:

1. Click on the Shape icon in the Toolbar at the top-left.

2. Select Rectangle as a Shape

The key functionality of any Portal is that any user or group of users see and interact only with their data. In this step, we'll invite our users and set permissions to turn our Airtable app into a secure portal.

Invite Users

Click Share and add the email of a user. Then we can invite this user to the existing team or create a New Team by clicking Add a new Team. In our example, we build a portal for corporate clients, so we'll create separate teams for every company we work with.

1. Click on the Share button

2. Paste the Email you want to send an invite to

3. Click on the Team Icon

Then send invites to the users.

Set the Data Separation

Team Properties and User Properties are used to set the data separation in Jet Admin. For each team or user, we add a Property that uniquely identifies a company or a client, such as domain or email. In our case, we use the company name:

1. Click on the Add Property

2. Choose the Name of the Property

3. Click on the Create button

Next, we need to filter our Portal's data by the property. Select the component you want to separate data for, proceed to filters, and set them Client field to match Client property what we've created.

1. Choose the Table

2. Click on the Filter icon

3. Choose Client -> Client equals

Set Permissions

Additionally, we want our Coffee Beans employees to interact only with the portal page we've created. For this, go to the Teams and set page-level permissions to allow access to the Tasks , Tasks-edit and the Tasks-create pages:

Now, let's check how that works: the Beans Coffee employee that we've invited can see only their company's projects:

The primary benefit of using the AI prompter is its speed and intuitive nature. You no longer need to memorize specific function names or syntax. Just type your goal, and the AI will generate the formula for you, streamlining your workflow and making data manipulation more accessible than ever.

How to Use AI Formulas: A Step-by-Step Guide

Creating a formula with AI is straightforward. The AI assistant translates your text prompt into a valid formula and places it in the formula editor for your review.