It can take time to do it on your own and will require a decent amount of learning and tutorials if you are starting from no technical knowledge whatsoever. However, if coding is a new language, doing apps scripts is like learning the alphabet. It looks like code, and it is code, and that is enough to scare many people away. Google Apps Script tends to be a secret among business leaders, mostly because it seems so technical. Why Most People Stay Away From Apps Script If you only have a workflow of a few steps, Apps Script can be a simple, low-cost way to manage that workflow. Rather than using an entirely separate software system, a few lines of code will do all the work for you.įor example, you can set up an app script to send an email to an approver when certain fields in a spreadsheet are updated. When you have a simple data flow that involves systems talking to each other, apps scripts are the simplest way to complete it. How Apps Script Can Help Manage Your Workflows Information that you gather from employees through Google Forms can be automatically added to your HR system. Or a calendar request can be generated after data is received from an online event management system.įor outbound integrations, you can link information in your Google Sheets to trigger events in other cloud-service software that has open APIs.
For example, when someone submits an online form on your website, you can trigger an email response to them. Apps Script is good for system-to-system data flow integrations, whether inbound or outbound. Google Apps Script lets you add small lines of code to any Google workflow App like Sheets or Docs to pull or push data between that app and many other applications.
However, Google Forms really doesn’t address any workflow problems and leaves you needing something else. In our last article, we focused on how using Google Forms can add significant functionality to how you collect and store data for your workflow.
This article continues a series highlighting workflow management options for Google Apps customers.
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