Adding an Image to a report

[blueocean]

Hi,

I have a simple workflow notification and I am wondering how to add images to the notification. The notification reads as follows:

<<"A new booting activity has occurred at " & [Properties] & " regarding a(n) " &[Color] & " " & [Make] & " " & [Model] & " with plate number " & [License #] & " initiated by " & [Booting Tech] & ". It was booted for the following reason " & [Boot Reason] & " with boot number " & [Boot #] & “. Notes (if any) are as follows:” & [Notes] & >>

Is it possible to just add the images to the bottom of that text string? Thanks

[MultiTech]

You’ll need to separate out the images into their own <<field>>, but essentially yes!

<<"A new booting activity has occurred at " & [Properties] & " regarding a(n) " &[Color] & " " & [Make] & " " & [Model] & " with plate number " & [License #] & " initiated by " & [Booting Tech] & ". It was booted for the following reason " & [Boot Reason] & " with boot number " & [Boot #] & “. Notes (if any) are as follows:” & [Notes]>> <<Image>>

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Also, you don’t necessarily need to have all the text included inside <<carrots>>, only the columns.

And I would also advice removing the # from the column names - special characters like that can cause problems sometimes.

[blueocean]

Hi!

So “[License #]” can cause issues? I have not seen it yet. If my Image clumns are labeled “Image 1, Image 2, and Image 3” and so on, how would that look like?

[MultiTech]

AppSheet has done an amazing job of covering most scenarios for special characters, but there’s still some out there; and if you plan on integrating with any other SaaS providers you might find difficulties there as well.

I must apologize, I missed the part about this being a NOTIFICATION workflow template and not an email template: I was thinking email, in which you can include the data from any column, it doesn’t matter the type.

For push notifications, there isn’t a way to include images that I’m aware of.

[blueocean]

Well the notification sends an email not a text message. I Just have it listed under workflow. The body of the email is that text string you see above.

[MultiTech · Accepted solution]

Ah, well in that case I would reformat your workflow template as follows:

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 A new booting activity has occurred at <<[Properties]>> regarding a(n) <<[Color]>> <<[Make]>> <<[Model]>> with plate number <<[License #]>>.
Initiated by: <<[Booting Tech]>>

It was booted for the following reason: <<[Boot Reason]>>
Boot Number: <<[Boot #]>> 

<<IF: ISNOTBLANK([Notes])>>
Notes (if any) are as follows:
<<[Notes]>>
<<EndIf>>

<<[Image 1]>>
<<[Image 2]>>
<<[Image 3]>>

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Instead of trying to find a way to get all the details into a single blob of text, if you split elements out you make it easier for the user to pick the details they need.

It makes it easier for speed reading.

But I would go further, by also including formatting to accentuate the labels, tables to better format things, you make it even easier to absorb the data being communicated.

[blueocean]

When I put that into the email body, it gives a text string to the link for the image, not the image itself.

Right Now I am still learning appsheet on this level, so I want to make sure just a standard blod will work before I start tinkering with tables and such.

[blueocean]

And after tinkering around, I got it! Thanks for your help!

[MultiTech]

Excellent.

What was the solution?

[blueocean]

Well there were two: I could add the hyperlink tag to <<[IMAGE]>> so that it produces a clickable link or I could enable the attachments using the image column in the email settings. As I start building a custom form (in a few months), the first solution will likely be employed vs the second so that they sit on a table.