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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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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

Making decisions with Yes/No functions and expressions

Many times, in your app configuration, there will be logic that has just two possible results, Yes or No or TRUE or FALSE. In this section, we will learn about AppSheet functions that lead to these results. Before understanding these Yes/No functions, let us first discuss a few examples of scenarios where a yes or no answer will need to be configured in your apps:

Does a list of flowers, LIST( "Jasmine", "Rose" , "Aster", "Daffodil, "Dahlia"), include "Hibiscus"? The answer, in this case, is No or FALSE.

Does the word ice cream contain the word ice? The answer is Yes or TRUE.

There is a value of skateboard in the [DESCRIPTION] column in record 1 of a table. Now, the question is – is the [DESCRIPTION] column in record 1 blank? The answer, in this case, is No or FALSE.

You can use AppSheet functions that result in a Yes/No or TRUE/FALSE value when applied to...

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