DLE/docs-en/tables-system.md

Electronic Tables System in DLE

Temporary document for internal analysis

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📋 Table of Contents

1. System Overview
2. Database Architecture
3. Field Types
4. Functional Capabilities
5. Relations Between Tables
6. AI Integration (RAG)
7. API Reference
8. Usage Examples
9. Security

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System Overview

What is it?

The electronic tables system in DLE is a full-featured database with graphical interface, similar to Notion Database or Airtable, built into the application.

Key Features

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│           DLE Electronic Tables                        │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                         │
│  ✅ 6 field types (text, number, relation, lookup, etc.)│
│  ✅ Relations between tables (1:1, 1:N, N:N)            │
│  ✅ Lookup and data substitution                        │
│  ✅ Filtering and sorting                               │
│  ✅ Real-time updates (WebSocket)                       │
│  ✅ AI integration (RAG for search)                     │
│  ✅ Encryption of all data (AES-256)                    │
│  ✅ Placeholders for API access                         │
│  ✅ Cascading deletion                                  │
│  ✅ Bulk operations                                     │
│                                                         │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Differences from Excel/Google Sheets

Feature	Excel/Sheets	DLE Tables
Data typing	Weak	Strict (6 types)
Relations between tables	No	Yes (relation, lookup)
AI search	No	Yes (RAG, vector search)
Real-time updates	Partial	Full (WebSocket)
Encryption	No	AES-256 for all data
API access	Limited	Full REST API
Access rights	Basic	Detailed (by roles)

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Database Architecture

Table Schema (PostgreSQL)

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    user_tables                           │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ id                    SERIAL PRIMARY KEY                 │
│ name_encrypted        TEXT NOT NULL                      │
│ description_encrypted TEXT                               │
│ is_rag_source_id      INTEGER (link to is_rag_source)   │
│ created_at            TIMESTAMP                          │
│ updated_at            TIMESTAMP                          │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                          ↓
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    user_columns                          │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ id                    SERIAL PRIMARY KEY                 │
│ table_id              INTEGER → user_tables(id)          │
│ name_encrypted        TEXT NOT NULL                      │
│ type_encrypted        TEXT NOT NULL                      │
│ placeholder_encrypted TEXT (for API)                     │
│ placeholder           TEXT (unencrypted)                 │
│ options               JSONB (settings)                   │
│ order                 INTEGER (display order)            │
│ created_at            TIMESTAMP                          │
│ updated_at            TIMESTAMP                          │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                          ↓
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     user_rows                            │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ id                    SERIAL PRIMARY KEY                 │
│ table_id              INTEGER → user_tables(id)          │
│ order                 INTEGER (row order)                │
│ created_at            TIMESTAMP                          │
│ updated_at            TIMESTAMP                          │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                          ↓
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                  user_cell_values                        │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ id                    SERIAL PRIMARY KEY                 │
│ row_id                INTEGER → user_rows(id)            │
│ column_id             INTEGER → user_columns(id)         │
│ value_encrypted       TEXT (encrypted value)             │
│ created_at            TIMESTAMP                          │
│ updated_at            TIMESTAMP                          │
│ UNIQUE(row_id, column_id)  ← One cell = one value       │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                          ↓
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│               user_table_relations                       │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ id                    SERIAL PRIMARY KEY                 │
│ from_row_id           INTEGER → user_rows(id)            │
│ column_id             INTEGER → user_columns(id)         │
│ to_table_id           INTEGER → user_tables(id)          │
│ to_row_id             INTEGER → user_rows(id)            │
│ created_at            TIMESTAMP                          │
│ updated_at            TIMESTAMP                          │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Cascading Deletion

Table deletion (user_tables)
  ↓
  ├── Deletes all columns (user_columns)
  ├── Deletes all rows (user_rows)
  │   └── Deletes all cell values (user_cell_values)
  └── Deletes all relations (user_table_relations)

Important: Uses ON DELETE CASCADE for automatic cleanup.

Indexes for Performance

-- Indexes on relations (user_table_relations)
CREATE INDEX idx_user_table_relations_from_row ON user_table_relations(from_row_id);
CREATE INDEX idx_user_table_relations_column ON user_table_relations(column_id);
CREATE INDEX idx_user_table_relations_to_table ON user_table_relations(to_table_id);
CREATE INDEX idx_user_table_relations_to_row ON user_table_relations(to_row_id);

Effect: Fast filtering and search by related tables.

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Field Types

1. Text

Description: Regular text field

{
  "type": "text",
  "options": null
}

Usage:

• Names
• Descriptions
• Email
• URL
• Any text

2. Number

Description: Numeric field

{
  "type": "number",
  "options": null
}

Usage:

• Prices
• Quantities
• Ratings
• Percentages

3. Multiselect

Description: Multiple value selection from list

{
  "type": "multiselect",
  "options": {
    "choices": ["Option 1", "Option 2", "Option 3"]
  }
}

Usage:

• Tags
• Categories
• Statuses
• Skills

4. Multiselect-Relation

Description: Multiple row selection from another table

{
  "type": "multiselect-relation",
  "options": {
    "relatedTableId": 5,
    "relatedColumnId": 12
  }
}

Usage:

• Relation Contacts → Tags (N:N)
• Relation Tasks → Assignees (N:N)
• Relation Products → Categories (N:N)

Storage: In user_table_relations table, multiple records created:

from_row_id=100, column_id=3, to_table_id=5, to_row_id=20
from_row_id=100, column_id=3, to_table_id=5, to_row_id=21
from_row_id=100, column_id=3, to_table_id=5, to_row_id=22

5. Relation

Description: Relation with one row from another table (1:1 or 1:N)

{
  "type": "relation",
  "options": {
    "relatedTableId": 3,
    "relatedColumnId": 8
  }
}

Usage:

• Task → Project (N:1)
• Contact → Company (N:1)
• Order → Client (N:1)

Storage: In user_table_relations, one record created:

from_row_id=50, column_id=2, to_table_id=3, to_row_id=15

6. Lookup

Description: Automatic value substitution from related table

{
  "type": "lookup",
  "options": {
    "relatedTableId": 4,
    "relatedColumnId": 10,
    "lookupColumnId": 11  // Which field to substitute
  }
}

Example:

Table "Orders"
├── order_id (text)
├── product (relation → Products)
└── product_price (lookup → Products.price)

When you select product, price is automatically substituted!

Usage:

• Prices from catalog
• Email from contacts
• Statuses from related tasks

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Functional Capabilities

1. CRUD Operations

Create Table

// Frontend
await tablesService.createTable({
  name: "Contacts",
  description: "Customer database",
  isRagSourceId: 2  // Source for AI
});

// Backend: POST /tables
// Encrypts name and description with AES-256

Add Column

await tablesService.addColumn(tableId, {
  name: "Email",
  type: "text",
  order: 2,
  purpose: "contact"  // For special fields
});

// Backend: POST /tables/:id/columns
// Generates unique placeholder: "email", "email_1", ...

Add Row

await tablesService.addRow(tableId);

// Backend: POST /tables/:id/rows
// Automatically indexes in vector store for AI

Update Cell (Upsert)

await tablesService.saveCell({
  row_id: 123,
  column_id: 5,
  value: "new@email.com"
});

// Backend: POST /tables/cell
// INSERT ... ON CONFLICT ... DO UPDATE
// Automatically updates vector store

Delete Row

await tablesService.deleteRow(rowId);

// Backend: DELETE /tables/row/:rowId
// Rebuilds vector store (rebuild)

Delete Column

await tablesService.deleteColumn(columnId);

// Backend: DELETE /tables/column/:columnId
// Cascading deletion:
// 1. All relations (user_table_relations)
// 2. All cell values (user_cell_values)
// 3. Column itself

Delete Table

await tablesService.deleteTable(tableId);

// Backend: DELETE /tables/:id
// Required: req.session.userAccessLevel?.hasAccess
// Cascading deletion of all related data

2. Data Filtering

By Product

GET /tables/5/rows?product=Premium

// Backend filters rows:
filtered = rows.filter(r => r.product === 'Premium');

By Tags

GET /tables/5/rows?tags=VIP,B2B

// Backend filters rows with any of tags:
filtered = rows.filter(r => 
  r.userTags.includes('VIP') || r.userTags.includes('B2B')
);

By Relations

GET /tables/5/rows?relation_12=45,46

// Filter rows related to to_row_id = 45 or 46
// through column column_id = 12

By Multiselect

GET /tables/5/rows?multiselect_8=10,11,12

// All selected values must be present

3. Placeholder System

Automatic generation:

// Function: generatePlaceholder(name, existingPlaceholders)

"Customer Name"     → "customer_name"
"Email"             → "email"
"Email" (2nd time)  → "email_1"
"123"               → "column"  (fallback)
"Price-$"           → "price"

Transliteration:

const cyrillicToLatinMap = {
  а: 'a', б: 'b', в: 'v', г: 'g', д: 'd',
  е: 'e', ё: 'e', ж: 'zh', з: 'z', и: 'i',
  // ... full map
};

Usage:

// API access to data via placeholder
GET /tables/5/data?fields=email,phone,customer_name

4. Row Order

// Change row order (drag-n-drop)
await tablesService.updateRowsOrder(tableId, [
  { rowId: 100, order: 0 },
  { rowId: 101, order: 1 },
  { rowId: 102, order: 2 }
]);

// Backend: PATCH /tables/:id/rows/order
// Updates "order" field for each row

5. Real-Time Updates (WebSocket)

// Backend sends notifications on changes
broadcastTableUpdate(tableId);           // Table update
broadcastTableRelationsUpdate();         // Relations update
broadcastTagsUpdate(null, rowId);        // Tags update

// Frontend subscribes to events
socket.on('table-update', (data) => {
  if (data.tableId === currentTableId) {
    reloadTableData();
  }
});

6. Bulk Operations

// Select multiple rows (checkbox)
const selectedRows = [100, 101, 102];

// Bulk deletion
for (const rowId of selectedRows) {
  await tablesService.deleteRow(rowId);
}

// After deletion: automatic rebuild vector store

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Relations Between Tables

Relation Types

1. One-to-Many (N:1) - Relation

Example: Tasks → Projects

Table "Tasks"                 Table "Projects"
├── task_1 → project_id=5        ├── project_5 (Website)
├── task_2 → project_id=5        └── project_6 (API)
└── task_3 → project_id=6

Storage:

user_table_relations
├── from_row_id=task_1, column_id=3, to_table_id=2, to_row_id=project_5
├── from_row_id=task_2, column_id=3, to_table_id=2, to_row_id=project_5
└── from_row_id=task_3, column_id=3, to_table_id=2, to_row_id=project_6

2. Many-to-Many (N:N) - Multiselect-Relation

Example: Contacts → Tags

Table "Contacts"              Table "Tags"
├── contact_1 → [VIP, B2B]      ├── tag_1 (VIP)
├── contact_2 → [VIP]           ├── tag_2 (B2B)
└── contact_3 → [B2B, Local]    └── tag_3 (Local)

Storage:

user_table_relations
├── from_row_id=contact_1, column_id=5, to_table_id=3, to_row_id=tag_1
├── from_row_id=contact_1, column_id=5, to_table_id=3, to_row_id=tag_2
├── from_row_id=contact_2, column_id=5, to_table_id=3, to_row_id=tag_1
├── from_row_id=contact_3, column_id=5, to_table_id=3, to_row_id=tag_2
└── from_row_id=contact_3, column_id=5, to_table_id=3, to_row_id=tag_3

3. Lookup (Substitution)

Example: Orders → Product Price

Table "Orders"
├── order_id (text)
├── product (relation → Products)
└── price (lookup → Products.price)

Table "Products"
├── product_name (text)
└── price (number)

How it works:

1. Select product = "Laptop" (relation to product)
2. price automatically substituted from Products.price
3. If product price changes, lookup updates

API for Working with Relations

// Get all row relations
GET /tables/:tableId/row/:rowId/relations

// Add relation
POST /tables/:tableId/row/:rowId/relations
Body: {
  column_id: 12,
  to_table_id: 5,
  to_row_id: 45
}

// Add multiple relations (multiselect)
POST /tables/:tableId/row/:rowId/relations
Body: {
  column_id: 12,
  to_table_id: 5,
  to_row_ids: [45, 46, 47]
}

// Delete relation
DELETE /tables/:tableId/row/:rowId/relations/:relationId

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AI Integration (RAG)

Vector Search

Tables are used as knowledge base for AI assistant.

Automatic Indexing

On row creation/modification:

// Backend: POST /tables/:id/rows
const rows = await getTableRows(tableId);
const upsertRows = rows
  .filter(r => r.row_id && r.text)
  .map(r => ({
    row_id: r.row_id,
    text: r.text,              // Question (question column)
    metadata: { 
      answer: r.answer,         // Answer (answer column)
      product: r.product,       // Product filter
      userTags: r.userTags,     // Tags filter
      priority: r.priority      // Priority
    }
  }));

if (upsertRows.length > 0) {
  await vectorSearchClient.upsert(tableId, upsertRows);
}

On row deletion:

// Backend: DELETE /tables/row/:rowId
const rows = await getTableRows(tableId);
const rebuildRows = /* ... */;

if (rebuildRows.length > 0) {
  await vectorSearchClient.rebuild(tableId, rebuildRows);
}

Special Fields for RAG

// Columns with purpose
{
  "type": "text",
  "options": {
    "purpose": "question"  // Question for AI
  }
}

{
  "type": "text",
  "options": {
    "purpose": "answer"  // AI Answer
  }
}

{
  "type": "multiselect",
  "options": {
    "purpose": "product"  // Product filter
  }
}

{
  "type": "multiselect",
  "options": {
    "purpose": "userTags"  // Tags filter
  }
}

Manual Index Rebuild

// Frontend (admins only)
await tablesService.rebuildIndex(tableId);

// Backend: POST /tables/:id/rebuild-index
// Required: req.session.userAccessLevel?.hasAccess
const { questionCol, answerCol } = await getQuestionAnswerColumnIds(tableId);
const rows = await getRowsWithQA(tableId, questionCol, answerCol);

if (rows.length > 0) {
  await vectorSearchClient.rebuild(tableId, rows);
}

How AI Uses Tables

1. User asks AI question:
   "How to return product?"

2. AI does vector search:
   vectorSearch.search(tableId, query, top_k=3)

3. Finds similar questions in table:
   - row_id: 123
   - text: "How to process product return?"
   - score: -250 (close to threshold 300)
   - metadata: { answer: "Return within 14 days..." }

4. AI returns answer from metadata.answer

5. If not found (score > 300):
   AI generates answer via LLM (Ollama)

Filtering by Products and Tags

// Search only by product "Premium"
const results = await vectorSearch.search(tableId, query, 3);
const filtered = results.filter(r => r.metadata.product === 'Premium');

// Search only by tags "VIP" or "B2B"
const filtered = results.filter(r => 
  r.metadata.userTags.includes('VIP') || 
  r.metadata.userTags.includes('B2B')
);

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API Reference

Tables

GET /tables

Get list of all tables

Response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Contacts",
    "description": "Customer database",
    "is_rag_source_id": 2,
    "created_at": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z"
  }
]

POST /tables

Create new table

Request:

{
  "name": "Contacts",
  "description": "Customer database",
  "isRagSourceId": 2
}

Response: Created table object

GET /tables/:id

Get table structure and data

Response:

{
  "name": "Contacts",
  "description": "Customer database",
  "columns": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "table_id": 1,
      "name": "Email",
      "type": "text",
      "placeholder": "email",
      "options": null,
      "order": 0
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "id": 100,
      "table_id": 1,
      "order": 0,
      "created_at": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "cellValues": [
    {
      "id": 500,
      "row_id": 100,
      "column_id": 1,
      "value": "user@example.com"
    }
  ]
}

PATCH /tables/:id

Update table metadata

Request:

{
  "name": "Customers",
  "description": "Updated description"
}

DELETE /tables/:id

Delete table (admins only)

Requirements: req.session.userAccessLevel?.hasAccess === true

Columns

POST /tables/:id/columns

Add column

Request:

{
  "name": "Email",
  "type": "text",
  "order": 2,
  "purpose": "contact"
}

PATCH /tables/column/:columnId

Update column

Request:

{
  "name": "New name",
  "type": "text",
  "order": 5
}

DELETE /tables/column/:columnId

Delete column (cascading deletion of all values)

Rows

POST /tables/:id/rows

Add row

Response: Created row object

DELETE /tables/row/:rowId

Delete row

PATCH /tables/:id/rows/order

Change row order

Request:

{
  "order": [
    { "rowId": 100, "order": 0 },
    { "rowId": 101, "order": 1 }
  ]
}

Cells

POST /tables/cell

Create or update cell value (upsert)

Request:

{
  "row_id": 100,
  "column_id": 5,
  "value": "new@email.com"
}

Logic:

INSERT INTO user_cell_values (row_id, column_id, value_encrypted) 
VALUES ($1, $2, encrypt_text($3, $4))
ON CONFLICT (row_id, column_id) 
DO UPDATE SET value_encrypted = encrypt_text($3, $4), updated_at = NOW()

Filtering

GET /tables/:id/rows

Get filtered rows

Parameters:

?product=Premium               // Filter by product
&tags=VIP,B2B                  // Filter by tags
&relation_12=45,46             // Filter by relation (column_id=12)
&multiselect_8=10,11           // Filter by multiselect (column_id=8)
&lookup_15=100                 // Filter by lookup (column_id=15)

RAG Index

POST /tables/:id/rebuild-index

Rebuild vector index (admins only)

Requirements: req.session.userAccessLevel?.hasAccess === true

Response:

{
  "success": true,
  "count": 150
}

Relations

GET /tables/:tableId/row/:rowId/relations

Get all row relations

Response:

[
  {
    "id": 1000,
    "from_row_id": 100,
    "column_id": 12,
    "to_table_id": 5,
    "to_row_id": 45
  }
]

POST /tables/:tableId/row/:rowId/relations

Add relation or relations

Single relation:

{
  "column_id": 12,
  "to_table_id": 5,
  "to_row_id": 45
}

Multiple relations (multiselect):

{
  "column_id": 12,
  "to_table_id": 5,
  "to_row_ids": [45, 46, 47]
}

Logic:

• Deletes old relations for column_id
• Adds new relations

DELETE /tables/:tableId/row/:rowId/relations/:relationId

Delete relation

Placeholders

GET /tables/:id/placeholders

Get placeholders for table columns

Response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Email",
    "placeholder": "email"
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "Customer Name",
    "placeholder": "customer_name"
  }
]

GET /tables/placeholders/all

Get all placeholders across all tables

Response:

[
  {
    "column_id": 1,
    "column_name": "Email",
    "placeholder": "email",
    "table_id": 1,
    "table_name": "Contacts"
  }
]

---

Usage Examples

Example 1: FAQ Knowledge Base for AI

Create Table

const table = await tablesService.createTable({
  name: "FAQ",
  description: "Frequently asked questions for AI",
  isRagSourceId: 2  // RAG source
});

Add Columns

// Question (for vector search)
await tablesService.addColumn(table.id, {
  name: "Question",
  type: "text",
  order: 0,
  purpose: "question"
});

// Answer (for AI)
await tablesService.addColumn(table.id, {
  name: "Answer",
  type: "text",
  order: 1,
  purpose: "answer"
});

// Product (for filtering)
await tablesService.addColumn(table.id, {
  name: "Product",
  type: "multiselect",
  order: 2,
  purpose: "product",
  options: {
    choices: ["Basic", "Premium", "Enterprise"]
  }
});

// Tags (for filtering)
await tablesService.addColumn(table.id, {
  name: "Tags",
  type: "multiselect",
  order: 3,
  purpose: "userTags",
  options: {
    choices: ["Payment", "Delivery", "Return", "Warranty"]
  }
});

Add Data

// Add row
const row = await tablesService.addRow(table.id);

// Fill cells
await tablesService.saveCell({
  row_id: row.id,
  column_id: 1,  // Question
  value: "How to return product?"
});

await tablesService.saveCell({
  row_id: row.id,
  column_id: 2,  // Answer
  value: "Product return is possible within 14 days of purchase..."
});

// Automatically indexed in vector store!

Search via AI

// User asks AI
const userQuestion = "can I return my purchase?";

// AI does vector search
const results = await vectorSearch.search(table.id, userQuestion, 3);

// Finds similar question "How to return product?" (score: -200)
// Returns answer from metadata.answer

Example 2: CRM System

Structure

// Table "Companies"
const companies = await tablesService.createTable({
  name: "Companies",
  description: "Company database"
});

await tablesService.addColumn(companies.id, {
  name: "Name",
  type: "text",
  order: 0
});

await tablesService.addColumn(companies.id, {
  name: "Website",
  type: "text",
  order: 1
});

await tablesService.addColumn(companies.id, {
  name: "Industry",
  type: "multiselect",
  order: 2,
  options: { choices: ["IT", "Finance", "Retail", "Manufacturing"] }
});

// Table "Contacts"
const contacts = await tablesService.createTable({
  name: "Contacts",
  description: "Contact database"
});

await tablesService.addColumn(contacts.id, {
  name: "Name",
  type: "text",
  order: 0
});

await tablesService.addColumn(contacts.id, {
  name: "Email",
  type: "text",
  order: 1
});

// Relation: Contact → Company
await tablesService.addColumn(contacts.id, {
  name: "Company",
  type: "relation",
  order: 2,
  options: {
    relatedTableId: companies.id,
    relatedColumnId: 1  // Company name
  }
});

// Lookup: Company Website
await tablesService.addColumn(contacts.id, {
  name: "Company Website",
  type: "lookup",
  order: 3,
  options: {
    relatedTableId: companies.id,
    relatedColumnId: 2,  // Relation through "Company"
    lookupColumnId: 2    // Substitute "Website"
  }
});

Usage

// Add company
const company = await tablesService.addRow(companies.id);
await tablesService.saveCell({
  row_id: company.id,
  column_id: 1,
  value: "Microsoft"
});
await tablesService.saveCell({
  row_id: company.id,
  column_id: 2,
  value: "https://microsoft.com"
});

// Add contact
const contact = await tablesService.addRow(contacts.id);
await tablesService.saveCell({
  row_id: contact.id,
  column_id: 1,
  value: "John Doe"
});

// Link contact to company
await api.post(`/tables/${contacts.id}/row/${contact.id}/relations`, {
  column_id: 3,  // "Company"
  to_table_id: companies.id,
  to_row_id: company.id
});

// Lookup automatically substitutes "https://microsoft.com"!

Example 3: Task Management

Structure

// Table "Projects"
const projects = await tablesService.createTable({
  name: "Projects",
  description: "Active projects"
});

await tablesService.addColumn(projects.id, {
  name: "Name",
  type: "text",
  order: 0
});

await tablesService.addColumn(projects.id, {
  name: "Status",
  type: "multiselect",
  order: 1,
  options: { choices: ["Planning", "In Progress", "Completed"] }
});

// Table "Tasks"
const tasks = await tablesService.createTable({
  name: "Tasks",
  description: "Project tasks"
});

await tablesService.addColumn(tasks.id, {
  name: "Name",
  type: "text",
  order: 0
});

await tablesService.addColumn(tasks.id, {
  name: "Project",
  type: "relation",
  order: 1,
  options: {
    relatedTableId: projects.id,
    relatedColumnId: 1
  }
});

await tablesService.addColumn(tasks.id, {
  name: "Priority",
  type: "number",
  order: 2
});

await tablesService.addColumn(tasks.id, {
  name: "Status",
  type: "multiselect",
  order: 3,
  options: { choices: ["To Do", "In Progress", "Review", "Done"] }
});

Filter Tasks by Project

// Get all tasks for project with ID = 5
const tasks = await api.get(`/tables/${tasks.id}/rows?relation_2=5`);

// Get tasks with priority > 5
const highPriority = tasks.filter(task => {
  const priority = cellValues.find(
    cell => cell.row_id === task.id && cell.column_id === 3
  )?.value;
  return parseInt(priority) > 5;
});

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Security

Data Encryption

All sensitive data encrypted with AES-256:

// Encrypted:
name_encrypted          // Table name
description_encrypted   // Description
value_encrypted         // Cell values
placeholder_encrypted   // Placeholders

// NOT encrypted (for indexes and performance):
placeholder             // Unencrypted placeholder
options                 // JSONB settings
order                   // Order

Encryption functions in PostgreSQL:

-- Encryption
encrypt_text(plain_text, encryption_key)

-- Decryption
decrypt_text(encrypted_text, encryption_key)

-- Usage example
INSERT INTO user_tables (name_encrypted) 
VALUES (encrypt_text('Contacts', $1));

SELECT decrypt_text(name_encrypted, $1) as name 
FROM user_tables;

Access Rights

// View: all authorized users
GET /tables
GET /tables/:id
GET /tables/:id/rows

// Editing: users with rights
if (!canEditData) {
  return res.status(403).json({ error: 'Access denied' });
}
POST /tables/:id/columns
POST /tables/:id/rows
POST /tables/cell
PATCH /tables/column/:columnId

// Deletion: administrators only
if (!req.session.userAccessLevel?.hasAccess) {
  return res.status(403).json({ error: 'Administrators only' });
}
DELETE /tables/:id
DELETE /tables/column/:columnId
DELETE /tables/row/:rowId
POST /tables/:id/rebuild-index

Token-Based Rights Verification

// Backend checks token balance
const address = req.session.address;
const dleContract = new ethers.Contract(dleAddress, dleAbi, provider);
const balance = await dleContract.balanceOf(address);

if (balance === 0n) {
  return res.status(403).json({ 
    error: 'Access denied: no tokens' 
  });
}

// Determine access level
const accessLevel = determineAccessLevel(balance);
req.session.userAccessLevel = accessLevel;

SQL Injection Protection

Parameterized queries:

// ✅ Safe (parameters)
await db.getQuery()(
  'SELECT * FROM user_tables WHERE id = $1',
  [tableId]
);

// ❌ DANGEROUS (concatenation)
await db.getQuery()(
  `SELECT * FROM user_tables WHERE id = ${tableId}`
);

Input Validation

// Type check
if (typeof name !== 'string') {
  return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Invalid name' });
}

// Existence check
const exists = await db.getQuery()(
  'SELECT id FROM user_tables WHERE id = $1',
  [tableId]
);
if (!exists.rows[0]) {
  return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Table not found' });
}

// Uniqueness check (placeholder)
const duplicate = await db.getQuery()(
  'SELECT id FROM user_columns WHERE placeholder = $1 AND id != $2',
  [placeholder, columnId]
);
if (duplicate.rows.length > 0) {
  placeholder = generateUniquePlaceholder();
}

Cascading Deletion (Protection from Orphaned Data)

-- All relations with ON DELETE CASCADE
CREATE TABLE user_columns (
  table_id INTEGER NOT NULL 
    REFERENCES user_tables(id) ON DELETE CASCADE
);

CREATE TABLE user_rows (
  table_id INTEGER NOT NULL 
    REFERENCES user_tables(id) ON DELETE CASCADE
);

CREATE TABLE user_cell_values (
  row_id INTEGER NOT NULL 
    REFERENCES user_rows(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
  column_id INTEGER NOT NULL 
    REFERENCES user_columns(id) ON DELETE CASCADE
);

-- Result: table deletion automatically deletes EVERYTHING

Rate Limiting

// Can be added in backend/routes/tables.js
const rateLimit = require('express-rate-limit');

const tablesLimiter = rateLimit({
  windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000,  // 15 minutes
  max: 100,                   // 100 requests
  message: 'Too many requests to tables'
});

router.use(tablesLimiter);

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Performance

Optimizations

1. Parallel Queries

// Instead of sequential queries:
const tableMeta = await db.query('SELECT ...');
const columns = await db.query('SELECT ...');
const rows = await db.query('SELECT ...');
const cellValues = await db.query('SELECT ...');

// Use parallel:
const [tableMeta, columns, rows, cellValues] = await Promise.all([
  db.query('SELECT ...'),
  db.query('SELECT ...'),
  db.query('SELECT ...'),
  db.query('SELECT ...')
]);

// Speedup: 4x

2. Indexes on Relations

CREATE INDEX idx_user_table_relations_from_row 
  ON user_table_relations(from_row_id);
  
CREATE INDEX idx_user_table_relations_to_table 
  ON user_table_relations(to_table_id);
  
-- Result: fast filtering by relations

3. UNIQUE Constraint

CREATE TABLE user_cell_values (
  ...
  UNIQUE(row_id, column_id)
);

-- Advantages:
-- 1. Prevents duplicate cells
-- 2. Speeds up upsert (ON CONFLICT)
-- 3. Automatic index

4. WebSocket Instead of Polling

// ❌ Polling (slow)
setInterval(async () => {
  const data = await fetchTableData();
  updateUI(data);
}, 5000);

// ✅ WebSocket (instant)
socket.on('table-update', (data) => {
  if (data.tableId === currentTableId) {
    updateUI(data);
  }
});

// Result: real-time updates, no server load

5. Caching

// Backend can add cache for frequently requested tables
const NodeCache = require('node-cache');
const tableCache = new NodeCache({ stdTTL: 300 }); // 5 minutes

router.get('/:id', async (req, res) => {
  const cacheKey = `table_${req.params.id}`;
  const cached = tableCache.get(cacheKey);
  
  if (cached) {
    return res.json(cached);
  }
  
  const data = await fetchTableData(req.params.id);
  tableCache.set(cacheKey, data);
  res.json(data);
});

Metrics

Typical response times:

GET /tables           → 50-100ms   (all tables)
GET /tables/:id       → 150-300ms  (with data, Promise.all)
POST /tables/cell     → 100-200ms  (upsert + vector update)
DELETE /tables/row/:id → 200-400ms (deletion + rebuild vector)
POST /tables/:id/rebuild-index → 1-5s (depends on size)

Optimal table sizes:

Rows: up to 10,000    → Excellent
Rows: 10,000-50,000   → Good
Rows: >50,000         → Need additional optimizations (pagination, lazy load)

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Limitations and Future Improvements

Current Limitations

1. No pagination: All rows loaded at once

   • For large tables (>1000 rows) may be slow

2. No formulas: Cannot create calculated fields

   • Workaround: use lookup

3. No grouping: Cannot group rows

   • Workaround: filtering on frontend

4. No change history: Not tracked who and when changed

   • Can add audit trail

5. Limited sorting: Only through order field

   • No column sorting on backend

Possible Improvements

// 1. Pagination
GET /tables/:id/rows?page=1&limit=50

// 2. Sorting
GET /tables/:id/rows?sort_by=column_id&order=asc

// 3. Formulas
{
  "type": "formula",
  "options": {
    "formula": "{{price}} * {{quantity}}"
  }
}

// 4. Change history
CREATE TABLE user_cell_history (
  id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
  cell_id INTEGER REFERENCES user_cell_values(id),
  old_value TEXT,
  new_value TEXT,
  changed_by INTEGER,
  changed_at TIMESTAMP
);

// 5. Export/import
POST /tables/:id/export → CSV/Excel
POST /tables/:id/import ← CSV/Excel

// 6. Table templates
POST /tables/templates/crm → Create CRM from template
POST /tables/templates/tasks → Create Kanban from template

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Conclusion

The electronic tables system in DLE is a powerful tool for managing structured data with:

✅ Flexible structure (6 field types)
✅ Relations between tables (relation, lookup)
✅ AI integration (RAG, vector search)
✅ Real-time updates (WebSocket)
✅ Security (AES-256, access rights)
✅ Performance (indexes, parallel queries)

This is not just Excel, but a full-featured database with convenient interface and AI assistant!

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Document version: 1.0.0
Creation date: October 25, 2025
Status: Temporary (for internal use)