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Democratizing Application Development with AppSheet

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Product type Book
Published in Jan 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803241173
Pages 396 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (3):
Koichi Tsuji Koichi Tsuji
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Suvrutt Gurjar Suvrutt Gurjar
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Takuya Miyai Takuya Miyai
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface 1. Part 1 – Introduction and Getting Started
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with AppSheet 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

Using QuickChart to generate a dynamic chart as an image

AppSheet natively provides a chart-type view where different types of charts are available to present data in a stunning style, such as a bar chart, line chart, or scatter plot.

However, other basic styles, such as a progress bar, radar, and combo chart, are not provided. To present data in these ways, you can use the external open source chart library QuickChart.

To find out more about this service, visit the following URL: https://quickchart.io/

An AppSheet chart view is generated from a table or slice, meaning the chart will be drawn based on a set of rows and columns. This is good but does not fit the possible use case where the app creator just wants to create a simple chart out of single row and column values.

If the data table has columns with numeric values, including percentages, then we are able to draw the chart using values from a single row, to present the progress and occupancy ratio as a chart.

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