I’ve developed several apps with underlying Google Sheets, but I want to transfer ownership of the apps and GS so there are no issues if I ever leave the organization.
I tried to transfer ownership to another account, but I don’t know what to put in for “New owner’s ID”. I’ve already added the user as a co-author and given editor rights to the GS.
What am I missing?
You’ll need to know the id of the user you want to transfer ownership to. You can find that id from the top of the this page:
https://www.appsheet.com/account/account/Settings
@Roland_White @Marc_Dillon
Would it be better to transfer ownership and move all the files to the new owner’s drive or create a copy and share the new app? We are gearing up for deployment and I want the company account to be the owner.
Neither is obviously better than the other.
Having the new owner account create a copy of the app along with the data, is probably less steps. Assuming the app copying process works (it often fails for very large apps).
If you want to do a transfer, know that you can also transfer ownership of entire GDrive folders.
@Marc_Dillon I would’ve thought a copy is superior for a transfer of ownership since a co-author/owner separated from the company could still interact with their former company’s data or in the worst case act maliciously. Plus only an owner can delete.
[Can a Co-Author I invited can delete the app](https://community.appsheet.com/t/can-a-co-author-i-invited-can-delete-the-app/31104/2) Questions
Only the app owner can delete an app. Also know that you can revert to previous versions of the app (with a history limit) if anything gets majorly messed up.
Wesley:
I would’ve thought a copy is superior for a transfer of ownership since a co-author/owner separated from the company could still interact with their former company’s data or in the worst case act maliciously.
Which is why I said this:
Marc_Dillon:
If you want to do a transfer, know that you can also transfer ownership of entire GDrive folders.
Wesley:
Plus only an owner can delete.
How does this lend superiority to one of the methods over the other? In both cases, there is a new app owner.