ARC126

Overview

In a challenge lab you’re given a scenario and a set of tasks. Instead of following step-by-step instructions, you will use the skills learned from the labs in the course to figure out how to complete the tasks on your own! An automated scoring system (shown on this page) will provide feedback on whether you have completed your tasks correctly.

When you take a challenge lab, you will not be taught new Google Cloud concepts. You are expected to extend your learned skills, like changing default values and reading and researching error messages to fix your own mistakes.

To score 100% you must successfully complete all tasks within the time period!

Setup and requirements

Before you click the Start Lab button

Read these instructions. Labs are timed and you cannot pause them. The timer, which starts when you click Start Lab, shows how long Google Cloud resources will be made available to you.

This hands-on lab lets you do the lab activities yourself in a real cloud environment, not in a simulation or demo environment. It does so by giving you new, temporary credentials that you use to sign in and access Google Cloud for the duration of the lab.

To complete this lab, you need:

• Access to a standard internet browser (Chrome browser recommended).

Note: Use an Incognito or private browser window to run this lab. This prevents any conflicts between your personal account and the Student account, which may cause extra charges incurred to your personal account.

• Time to complete the lab---remember, once you start, you cannot pause a lab.

Note: If you already have your own personal Google Cloud account or project, do not use it for this lab to avoid extra charges to your account.

Challenge scenario

You are a junior cloud engineer tasked with helping teams create and manage Google Cloud resources. As part of your duties, you have been tasked with using AppSheet and App Scripts to create chat apps, which are web applications or services that run in Google Chat. Creating a chat app with AppSheet or App Scripts lets you interact directly with the app in Google Chat rather than opening it in a separate window.

Your first challenge is to use AppSheet to create a no-code application to report and manage automated teller machine (ATM) issues. You start by copying a simple maintenance app to use it as a template for adding functionality. You then add a chat component, so you can interact with the app directly in Google Chat.

Your second challenge is to use an App Scripts template to create a chat bot that is more customizable using event handlers.

You are expected to have the skills and knowledge to complete the tasks that follow.

Your challenge

In this lab, you are asked to create two applications that run in Google chat:

1. No-code chat app using AppSheet
2. App Scripts app with event handlers

You need to:

• Create the apps based on templates.
• Customize the apps (such as adding some automation).
• Publish the bots.

Task 1. Create and customize an AppSheet app

For this task, copy and customize an existing ATM Maintenance app, which technicians use to perform ATM maintenance. Be sure to deploy your app after you have customized it.

Create the app

1. Open the ATM Maintenance app in AppSheet.

2. Set the following values, leaving all others at their defaults:

   Property	Value (type value or select option as specified)
   App name	ATM Maintenance Tracker

Customize the first message

• Set the following values, leaving all others at their defaults:

  Property	Value (type value or select option as specified)
  message text	Welcome to the ATM Maintenance Tracker app. What would you like to do today?

Create a slash command

• Set the following values, leaving all others at their defaults:

  Property	Value (type value or select option as specified)
  App View	Issues Reported By Me
  Name	/myissues
  Description	Lists tickets that include your email address

Click Check my progress to verify the objective. Create and customize an AppSheet app

Task 2. Add an automation to an AppSheet app

For this task, create and test an automation added to the ATM Maintenance app.

1. In the Settings panel, provide the following information:

Event name	New ticket
Event type	Adds only
Table	Tickets

2. During the custom steps, in the Message Text box, type the message: You have created a new ticket.

3. At the top right of the page, click Save to update your app.

4. To test your automation, in the First Name box, type Freeda and provide information of your choosing for ATM ID and Symptom, respectively.

Click Check my progress to verify the objective. Add an automation to an AppSheet app

Task 3. Create and publish an Apps Script chat bot

1. Create a new Apps Script Chat App project with the following details:

Property	Value
Project name	Helper Bot

2. Update the MESSAGE event handler to prompt logging of the event.

3. Use the following values to configure the Google Cloud project and update the script to use it.

Field	Value
App name	Helper Bot
User support email	Select the email ID from the drop-down. This is also your User Email in the left panel of the lab instructions.
Developer contact information

4. Use the following values to publish the bot.

Field	Value
App name	Helper Bot
Avatar URL	https://goo.gl/kv2ENA
Description	Helper chat bot
Functionality	Select Receive 1:1 messages and Join spaces and group conversations
Connection settings	Check Apps Script project, and then paste the Head Deployment ID for the test deployment into the Deployment ID field
Visibility
App Status	LIVE – available to users

Test the bot

Search for Helper Bot in Google Chat, and start a new chat.

Click Check my progress to verify the objective. Create and publish an Apps Script chat bot

Congratulations!

You have successfully developed chat apps that run in Google Chat using Apps Script and AppSheet.

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Manual Last Updated August 4, 2024

Lab Last Tested August 4, 2024

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