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For example, imagine you are the owner of a car dealership and you need to frequently update your sales inventory. Using AI in automation, the process can be greatly simplified for the end user. Here’s what the experience could be for them:
- Take a photo of the new car on a mobile device.
- Upload the image to your AppSheet app.
Using AI, AppSheet extracts data from the photo, such as car make, model, color, year, and description.
Learn more about using AI in automations in the following sections:
- Review Limitations with AI in automations .
- As an AppSheet admin, consider the following:
- When you use Gemini in AppSheet Solutions, you consume credits based on the number and complexity of the AI tasks that are run by users of the apps owned by creators in your organization. For details, see Manage credits for Gemini usage .
- You can define a governance policy to control which app creators can use AI in automations
Supported AI tasks
The following table summarizes the AI tasks that are supported for AI in automations. Additional AI tasks will be supported in the future.
| AI task |
Description |
Example |
| Categorize |
AI categorizes information into defined categories. You select the columns that you want to evaluate and the column that defines the allowed category values. |
Categorize a support request |
| Extract |
AI extracts information from an image (such as a photo), a file (PDF), or text. You select the information you want to extract and save to your data source. |
Upload photo to add car to sales inventory |
| Extract rows | This is a preview releaseof the Extract rows AI task. AI extracts information from an uploaded image (such as a photo) or file (PDF) and saves it to rows in an existing table. |
Upload PDF file and extract items in the receipt that are above fifty dollars and save to expenses table |
| Summarize | This is a preview releaseof the Summarize AI task. AI summarizes long textual data into a shorter summary. |
Summarize information for a specific customer, highlighting the main points of concern |
Get started using AI in automations
To get started using AI in automations:
Watch a quick tour video
Watch a quick tour of using AI in automations.
Quick tour: Gemini in AppSheet Solutions
Step through a quick start
Step through one of the following quick starts.
| Quick start | Description | AI task |
| Quick start: Extract information from an image using AI | Build an automation using AI to extract information from a car photo and use it to update a car sales inventory. |
Extract AI (image) |
| Quick start: Categorize information using AI | Extend the previous quick start to categorize the cars by body style using AI. | Categorize AI |
| Quick start: Extract information from a PDF file using AI | Build an automation using AI to extract information from a service ticket request PDF file and use it to create a service ticket. | Extract AI (PDF file) |
Explore an app template
Explore one of the Gemini-based app templates.
Automates the input and categorization of books. Showcases use of the following AI tasks:
- Extract AI task to get book-related information based on a photo of the cover.
- Categorize AI task to group the books into fiction, history, mysteries and thrillers, science fiction and fantasy, and so on.
