Moving Appsheet Google Drive Folder

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Hello,

I managed to put together my first app
thank you all so much for helping me out along the way

Now I would like to organize the Apsheet Folder which was automatically created in My Drive, however, I don’t want to trial and error this

Out of your experience,

  1. Can I simply cut and paste the Apsheet Folder to where I want it to stay in my Drive? Or do I have to move the folder through the app somehow?

  2. If I will start working on a new app, will it create it’s folders where I moved the Main folder or will it create itself a new one in the old place?

  3. Can I rename these Folders (the main appsheet folder and the folder of each app) or will that distort the communication with the App? Can I rename them through the app?

  4. How can I rename the app itself? (can’t find that option … )

Thank you,
Sorin

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Hi @sorin_mihai,

Congrats on your first app completion on this marvelous platform.

Responses based on my experiences are as follows. I will request you to wait to get more guiding inputs from AppSheet team experts and other community members.

I am also sure you will test and confirm the steps first time with a small test app before trying on your large, work related apps. Responses are with respect to Google drive.

  1. Can I simply cut and paste the Apsheet Folder to where I want it to stay in my Drive? Or do I have to move the folder through the app somehow?

Response: Yes, I believe you can move the AppSheet app folder to the place you wish to stay in your drive through Google drive itself. Of course , the drive needs to be associated with your AppSheet account.

  1. If I will start working on a new app, will it create it’s folders where I moved the Main folder or will it create itself a new one in the old place?

Response: I believe the new app will be created at the default path that you can change as mentioned in the document below .The default app folder path is defined at Account → Settings option in the editor.
https://help.appsheet.com/en/articles/2615244-working-with-google-team-drive

  1. Can I rename these Folders (the main appsheet folder and the folder of each app) or will that distort the communication with the App? Can I rename them through the app?

Response: I believe you can rename the folders ( main and the app folders) without distorting the communication with the app. I tried renaming them in the Google drive itself and the app works. I am not aware if Google drive folders can be renamed in the app itself.

4.How can I rename the app itself? (can’t find that option … )
Response: You can rename the app at option Info - > Properties - > Short Name

Hope this helps.

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To expand on @Suvrutt_Gurjar response for a couple of things.

If your app uses a Workflow to generate attachments/files from a template, these Workflow steps will automatically use the Default App Folder to write the generated files unless you override it in the step. However, if you want to later view that written file within the app, you will need to build the file path including the default.

Renaming the App, if you are only interested in changing the display name fo the app, the the Short Name is the way to go.

But if you want to change the “appname” value as shown in the AppSheet accounting page and used in the app URL’s, the only way I have found (after asking multiple times) is to COPY the app into a new app and give the desired name there. Then delete the old app. CAUTION: Copying the app will change the Install and Browser links. I have also found that there are some “Deep Link” values embedded in some views that do not change when you copy, You have to change them manually.

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