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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

Sequentially executing multiple actions with grouped actions

At times, the app may need two or more actions to be invoked one after the other. In such a scenario, you can group several actions in the Grouped: Execute a sequence of actions action type.

You can group several actions as a group action. However, there are certain precautions you need to take while configuring the group actions:

  • The actions included in the grouped actions need to be from the same table on which you configure the group action. You can, of course, have a reference action from that table included in the group action. This reference action can, in turn, invoke a data change in another table. However, you cannot directly include other types of actions from other tables in the group actions.
  • The first action of the sequence of group actions cannot be a delete action. A delete action essentially halts any further processing of the group actions.
  • You cannot configure non-row level actions such...
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