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Millions of organization-built apps on YiDA already support half-screen open, custom Cool Card sending, and low-code logic orchestration. Cool capabilities make future app formats simpler to build, and low-code apps produced on YiDA come with Cool App capabilities by default. Organizations can now build their own Cool Apps, while first-party and third-party partners can build template Cool Apps and publish them to the DingTalk Cool App Marketplace.

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YiDA Cool App Developer Guide

For the overall DingTalk Cool App design specification, see 👉 DingTalk Cool App design guide and general design specification.

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YiDA Cool App Template Zone

YiDA Cool Apps now have a dedicated category zone. To review the configuration of an existing Cool App template, enable it and inspect the app’s configuration flow. To test it inside a group, publish the app to the group’s self-built Cool App center. See steps 5 and 6 for details.

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Worked Example: In-Group Meal Ordering

  • Scenario 1: Rapid meal publishing. After a simple activity setup, the cafeteria admin publishes the day’s new dishes to multiple groups as an Interaction Card or a pinned card. Employees in each group can then place their meal orders directly inside the group.
  • Scenario 2: One-click meal ordering. Organizations can add a “One-click order” button to the Interaction Card. When a new dish is published and synced to the group, employees click “One-click order,” fill in the order details, and place the order in seconds. Order details and inventory update on the card in real time.
  • Scenario 3: Order data broadcast. When dishes sell out or the order cut-off time is reached, the system automatically aggregates the ordering data based on the configured rules and syncs it to the group, keeping every member informed.
  • Sold-out meal-ordering card sent to the current group.
  • Scenario 4: Export order data. Once ordering closes, the cafeteria admin can quickly export the order data from the app’s back-end data management page and notify the cafeteria which meals to prepare for which employees.
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Step 1: Build the Core Pages of the Business App

  • Build the activity-launch form in the form designer.
  • Build the meal-order submission form in the form designer.
  • Build the meal-order list page in the custom page designer.
  • Build the in-depth meal-order analytics report in the report designer.

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Step 2: Integration & Automation — Configure the Send-Card Node

  • In integration & automation, configure a form event for the scenario: when a meal-order activity form is created successfully, push the meal-order activity card.
  • Select the card template inside the integration & automation flow.
  • Bind the card in integration & automation.
  • Configure the card send scope in integration & automation.

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Step 3: Build the Cards

  • Meal-order list card designer.
  • Meal-order Kanban card designer.

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Step 6: Use the App

Building a YiDA Cool App (in-group meal ordering) — 0624.mov

In-group meal ordering screen recording.mp4