July 25, 2022

[lizlynch]

Deployment Time: 4:30 PM PST

Features & enhancements

Item	Description
Enhancement	Improved experience for adding a table We’re refreshing the look and feel of one of the key components of app creation: adding new tables in the app editor to connect your data with AppSheet. When you add a new table by navigating to Data > Tables and clicking +New Table, the following provides an example of the new dialog: ![add-data.png

Bug fixes

None

Rollout changes

Item

Description

Enhancement

Use return values of a Google Apps Script in an automation Use the return value of a Google Apps Script function within your AppSheet automation Apps Script task and pass it to a later step in the same automation process. For more information, see: - Community post - Use return values from Apps Script tasks. New: Deployed to 100% of free users and 50% of paid users. Previous: Deployed to 100% of free users and 25% of paid users.

Preview announcements

The AppSheet Preview program lets app creators try out new app features that are not yet fully supported. Learn how to participate in the AppSheet preview program for app client features.

• No new preview features were released today.

What’s currently available in the Preview program?

Item	Description
Feature	Table view Table View now supports freezing the first column while scrolling horizontally. For details, see Freezing the first Column of a Table View - in Preview Program.
Feature	Chart Editor App Creators can now make use of our new chart editor and the new and improved charts it can create. Learn more.
Feature	Detail views Rich text formatting is now available in Detail views. For details, see this announcement in the community.

[dbaum]

Is there any update on rollout to paid accounts of the recently released Return Values in Apps Script Tasks The last update was in the July 22, 2022 Release Notes, which only mentioned “New: Deployed to 100% of free users.”. When can we plan on the feature being available to everyone?

I’ve already got several automations with a Call a script step followed by another step that’s currently just using strings like “[StepName].[Output]” and I’m really looking forward to removing those quotation marks so the expressions actually reference the returned values!

[nico]

@dbaum Glad for your enthusiasm!

It’s still rolling out for paid users. I expect the rollout will be out for 100% of users this Thursday July 28th, assuming no problems arise, which hasn’t happened so far.