Creating CRM in Appsheet Part 1
In the realm of business, efficiently managing customer relationships is paramount. AppSheet provides a robust platform for creating a custom CRM system tailored to your unique needs. This tutorial kicks off our series by guiding you through the initial steps: designing your database, implementing key features, and leveraging custom expressions. The first step in creating your CRM is to design a comprehensive Contacts table. Essential fields to include are: ContactID: A unique identifier for each contact. Name: The full name of the contact. Email: The contact's email address. Phone: The contact's phone number. Additional
Using OCR in Appsheet
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology has revolutionized the way we interact with digital data, and AppSheet's OCRTEXT function stands at the forefront of this innovation. This powerful tool enables AppSheet applications to extract text from images, transforming image-based data into actionable, searchable text. OCRTEXT allows developers to seamlessly integrate OCR capabilities into their AppSheet applications. By analyzing images for recognizable text, OCRTEXT converts these images into a string of text that can be used within the app for various purposes, from data entry to content analysis. The versatility of OCRTEXT opens up numerous
Switch ( ) function
The SWITCH() function in AppSheet is a powerful tool that simplifies decision-making processes in your applications. Unlike traditional IF() statements that can get complex and hard to manage with multiple conditions, SWITCH() offers a cleaner, more readable alternative. This function evaluates a given expression and matches its result to a list of cases, returning the corresponding value for the first matching case. Using the SWITCH() function in AppSheet is straightforward. Here’s a simple syntax to get you started: SWITCH(expression, case1, value1, case2, value2, ..., default_value) expression: The value or expression you want to evaluate.
