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Classic apps tutorial: Advanced features

Build upon the classic app you created in part one and add more functionality.

Classic apps

You're viewing documentation for classic apps, which use Retool's original app editor. The new app builder is the recommended way to build apps and where Retool focuses new development.

This part covers more advanced features of classic apps. You'll extend the customer management dashboard by:

  • Adding a second page to view subscriptions.
  • Adding navigation controls to switch between pages.
  • Connecting and querying a second data source to retrieve subscription data.
  • Dynamically map customer data to a dropdown component.
  • Filtering table data based on the selected customer.
  • Storing customer data as a temporary value to use across pages.
Customer and subscription dashboard

Next steps​

Learn how to extend your classic app's user interface with multiple pages.