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Democratizing Application Development with AppSheet

Democratizing Application Development with AppSheet

By : Koichi Tsuji, Suvrutt Gurjar, Takuya Miyai
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Democratizing Application Development with AppSheet

Democratizing Application Development with AppSheet

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By: Koichi Tsuji, Suvrutt Gurjar, Takuya Miyai

Overview of this book

Many citizen developers regularly use spreadsheets in their business and day-to-day jobs. With AppSheet, you can take your spreadsheets to the next level by enhancing their ease of use. The platform allows you to run your business efficiently and manage it in the field outside of an office or indoor environment. This book enables you to create your own simple or medium to complex hybrid apps for business or personal use. As a beginner to AppSheet, this book will show you how the AppSheet Editor works and how it is used to configure, test, and deploy an app and share it with others as users or co-authors. You’ll learn about widely used features such as how to use data sources, create app views and actions, construct expressions with AppSheet functions, and make your app secure through security and UX options. Next, you’ll create email/attachment templates and develop reports/documents based on templates, store in the cloud, and send files through emails. You’ll also understand how to integrate third-party services and monitor various usage statistics of your app. As you progress, you’ll explore various features with the help of sample apps that you create using the book. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to make the most of AppSheet to build powerful and efficient applications.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
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Part 1 – Introduction and Getting Started
3
Part 2 – App Editor and Main Features
10
Part 3 – Advanced Features and External Services
14
Part 4 – App Templates and Tricks for App Building

Automating Recurring Data Changes and Scheduling Tasks

Automation is one of the buzzwords used in the context of Digital Transformation (DX). RoBotic Process Automation (RPA) is a popular phrase used in the same context as well. AppSheet is no exception; it provides a function to automate the business workflow with a simple setup.

It will help to satisfy the app users’ expectations and requirements in various ways by building a functional business application to improve efficiency and productivity. In this chapter, we will review AppSheet Automation in depth.

This chapter covers the following:

  • What is AppSheet Automation?
  • Understanding a bot and its components
  • Learning about the Events to trigger your bot
  • Deep diving into the Task and Data change actions
  • Conditional workflows using the other Steps

By the end of this chapter, you should be able to create your first Bot, which will automatically send emails, create new files, and make data...

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