Approval Button Direct in Email

[alhazen]

Hi Guys,

Is it possible to create a button approval direct via email?

I have a bot to send an automatic email to the client. My clients are not app users. So when the users press that button, it will update a column in my app. 

Please let me know if you have similar ideas or experiences in this case. Thank you so much.

[dbaum]

Explore Send embedded app view email from an automation - AppSheet Help. 

[Marc_Dillon · Accepted solution]

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@alhazen wrote:

My clients are not app users

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AFAIK, they won't be able to use an email-embedded app then.

I can suggest one option, but it's not trivial. Create a web-deployed Google App Script, with a doGet() function. That function will accept a row key through URL parameters, and make the approval edit on the indicated record, either by directly changing the data in the source, or by Appsheet API. The email will include a basic URL link to click on if they want to approve it, which will open up in their browser.

[dbaum]

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@Marc_Dillon wrote:

AFAIK, they won't be able to use an email-embedded app then.

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Yes, it looks like that's correct. I found the following in the help article I suggested to review:

To view the embedded app view email content, email recipients must be app users.

[alhazen]

Thanks, @Marc_Dillon