Explore the AppSheet app editor as described in the following sections:
Quick tour
Watch a quick tour of the AppSheet app editor.
Quick Tour: AppSheet app editor
Explore your app
After you create your app, it is opened in the AppSheet app editor and you are greeted by the welcome screen. Try out your live app in the welcome screen, then click Customize with AppSheet to proceed to the AppSheet app editor, as shown below.
As shown in the previous figure, the app editor includes three main areas that enable you to:
- Navigate your app to select the section you want to customize.
- Based on the section selected in the navigation bar, access the learning center or customize your app to change the styles, control how your data is presented or navigated, configure security requirements, and more.
- Preview your live app to interact with and make changes. See Explore the app preview.
- Quickly track down warnings or errors in your app. For example, click
in the tools panel to display the Errors & Warnings dialog. Click Go to problem, to navigate to the issue.
See also:
- My Apps page - View all of your current apps and AppSheet databases and those shared with you.
- Suggestions in the app editor - When creating apps using the app editor, suggestions are provided to assist you with app creation.
- Roadmap for using AppSheet - Step through a roadmap for using AppSheet.
Navigate your app
Use the left navigation to select the section of the app you want to customize.
The following table summarizes the features that you can select in the left navigation.
|
Feature |
Description |
|
Data |
Define how AppSheet connects to and manages your data. See Explore your data and Data: The Essentials. |
|
App |
Style your app, control how your data is presented, and more. See App design. |
|
Actions |
Create buttons for navigating in the app, making data changes, or opening external links. See Actions: The Essentials. |
|
Automation |
Define automated processes to run in response to specific events. See AppSheet Automation: The Essentials. |
| Chat apps |
Create and publish no-code Chat apps with AppSheet. See Chat apps: The Essentials. |
|
Intelligence |
Incorporate machine learning into your app, such as sentiment analysis, predictive analytics, and optical character recognition. See Machine learning. |
|
Security |
Define the security requirements for your app, such as requiring users to sign in. See Security: The Essentials. |
| Settings |
Configure settings, such as theme, performance, localization, and more. See Configure app settings. |
|
Manage |
Manage app versions, monitor usage and performance, and more. See Manage and monitor. |
| Learn |
Get started with AppSheet and learn more about specific features. |
You are opted in to the new editor by default, but you can switch back to the legacy editor at any time.
If you are using the legacy navigation
The following table summarizes the features that are accessible from the navigation bar in the app editor.
|
Feature |
Description |
|
Info |
Manage informational details of your app. |
|
Data |
Define how AppSheet connects to and manages your data. See Data: The Essentials. |
|
UX |
Style your app, control how your data is presented, and more. See App design. |
|
Behavior |
Create buttons for navigating in the app, making data changes, or opening external links. See Actions: The Essentials. |
|
Automation |
Define automated processes to run in response to specific events. See AppSheet Automation: The Essentials. |
|
Security |
Define the security requirements for your app, such as requiring users to sign in. See Security: The Essentials. |
|
Intelligence |
Incorporate machine learning into your app, such as sentiment analysis, predictive analytics, and optical character recognition. See Machine learning. |
|
Manage |
Manage app versions, monitor usage and performance, and more. See Manage and monitor. |
Customize your app
Customize your app in the middle pane based on the feature selected in the left navigation. For example, you can customize the data in the tables on which your app is based.
Each page you see in your app is known as a view. You may notice that AppSheet suggests views based on the data you connected it to. You can change or customize the views in your app, as described in Views: The Essentials. Examples of different views are shown in the following figure.
Whenever you make edits to your app, the save button in the top right corner turns blue. Make sure you click on it so your edits are saved. Saved changes are immediately available to use in your app.
Explore your data
In the app editor, go to Data to view and edit your data structure (tables and columns).
Tables are comprised of columns, which are the attributes that describe each row, such as Item ID, Name, Description, and so on. Rows contain the data for each individual record in your data source. The rows in each table share the same set of columns.
In the app editor, use the table and columns settings to control how your data is displayed in the app, the data types, the initial values, and more. Click View data source to open the data source and see your data.
Your AppSheet app connects to your data source, it doesn't import your data. Your data resides separately from your app. As users interact with your app, all changes are stored directly in the data source.
To learn more about preparing your data, see Data: The Essentials.