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Democratizing Application Development with AppSheet

You're reading from   Democratizing Application Development with AppSheet A citizen developer's guide to building rapid low-code apps with the powerful features of AppSheet

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803241173
Length 396 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Suvrutt Gurjar Suvrutt Gurjar
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Koichi Tsuji Koichi Tsuji
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Takuya Miyai Takuya Miyai
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1 – Introduction and Getting Started
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with AppSheet FREE CHAPTER 3. Part 2 – App Editor and Main Features
4. Chapter 2: Understanding App Editor and Data Sources 5. Chapter 3: Presenting App Data with UX/Views 6. Chapter 4: Manipulating Data with Functions and Expressions 7. Chapter 5: Manipulating Data with Behaviors and Actions 8. Chapter 6: Controlling App Users and Data Security 9. Chapter 7: Managing the App Environment 10. Part 3 – Advanced Features and External Services
11. Chapter 8: Automating Recurring Data Changes and Scheduling Tasks 12. Chapter 9: Using Intelligence and Advanced Features 13. Chapter 10: Extending App Capabilities with Third-Party Services 14. Part 4 – App Templates and Tricks for App Building
15. Chapter 11: Building More Apps with App Templates 16. Chapter 12: Tips and Tricks 17. Chapter 13: Appendix 18. Index 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Learning about Bot setup through a practical example

Using what we have learned so far, let’s create a new Bot using the sample app. These exercises will guide you through the creation of a Bot that will manage the most frequently used Task (Send an email) as well as invoke an Action from the Step.

Sending an email is one of the basic requirements many app creators seek to implement with AppSheet apps. It is often used when you call for actions by other app users, such as giving approvals to the document and applications or you just simply share information by sending mails, and for many other purposes, an automated email is used. When the Bot is run, an email attachment can automatically be created. File creation is another frequently used functionality within Automation. We will cover the Step to create an email attachment file – however, creating an attachment file is almost identical to the Create a new file Task type, so once we go through this exercise, you will...

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