Getting data from a column and pasting it in a row - google-apps-script

I'm trying to get the data from an original sheet named "Interface Boletagem" that is column C rows 6 to 28 and paste this data in a new sheet named "Boletador (Dados)" on the last blank row and in different columns. Basically transposing all the data from the original sheet.
I managed to make it work, but the current script is taking a long time to complete... Any tips on how to optimize it?
function submitDataInbound(){
//declare a variable and set the reference of active google sheet
var myGoogleSheet=SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var shUserForm=myGoogleSheet.getSheetByName("Interface Boletagem");
var datasheet=myGoogleSheet.getSheetByName("Boletador (Dados)");
//code to update the data on database sheet
var ui=SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
var columnToCheck = datasheet.getRange("A:A").getValues();
function getLastRowSpecial(range){
var rowNum = 0;
var blank = false;
for(var row = 0; row < range.length; row++)
if(range[row][0] === "" && !blank){
rowNum = row;
blank = true;
}else if(range[row][0] !== ""){
blank = false;
};
return rowNum;
};
var blankRow=getLastRowSpecial(columnToCheck) + 1;
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,1).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C26").getValue());//ID
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,2).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C27").getValue());//DF
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,3).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C11").getValue());//VMN
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,4).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C12").getValue());//VME
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,5).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C21").getValue());//Dea
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,6).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C22").getValue());//PS
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,7).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C23").getValue());//LSBD
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,8).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C24").getValue());//SS
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,9).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C20").getValue());//TID
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,10).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C6").getValue());//Cli
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,11).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C28").getValue());//CV
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,12).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C7").getValue());//Moe
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,13).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C16").getValue());//TFX
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,14).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C8").getValue());//QtME
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,15).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C9").getValue());//TxBco
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,16).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C10").getValue());//TxCli
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,17).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C14").getValue());//IOF
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,18).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C13").getValue());//Tar
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,19).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C17").getValue());//BPar
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,20).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C19").getValue());//Nat
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,21).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C18").getValue());//CBPar
datasheet.getRange(blankRow,22).setValue(shUserForm.getRange("C15").getValue());//IR
ui.alert('Boletado')
shUserForm.getRange("C6").clear();
shUserForm.getRange("C7").clear();
shUserForm.getRange("C8").clear();
shUserForm.getRange("C9").clear();
shUserForm.getRange("C10").clear();
shUserForm.getRange("C11").clear();
shUserForm.getRange("C12").clear();
shUserForm.getRange("C13").clear();
shUserForm.getRange("C14").clear();
shUserForm.getRange("C15").clear();
shUserForm.getRange("C16").clear();
shUserForm.getRange("C17").clear();
shUserForm.getRange("C18").clear();
shUserForm.getRange("C19").clear();
shUserForm.getRange("C6").setBackground('#BEBEBE');
shUserForm.getRange("C7").setBackground('#BEBEBE');
shUserForm.getRange("C8").setBackground('#BEBEBE');
shUserForm.getRange("C9").setBackground('#BEBEBE');
shUserForm.getRange("C10").setBackground('#BEBEBE');
shUserForm.getRange("C11").setBackground('#BEBEBE');
shUserForm.getRange("C12").setBackground('#BEBEBE');
shUserForm.getRange("C13").setBackground('#BEBEBE');
shUserForm.getRange("C14").setBackground('#BEBEBE');
shUserForm.getRange("C15").setBackground('#BEBEBE');
shUserForm.getRange("C16").setBackground('#BEBEBE');
shUserForm.getRange("C17").setBackground('#BEBEBE');
shUserForm.getRange("C18").setBackground('#BEBEBE');
shUserForm.getRange("C19").setBackground('#BEBEBE');
}

I believe your goal is as follows.
You want to reduce the process cost of your script.
In this case, how about the following modification? In order to retrieve the values from the scattered cells, I used Sheets API. And, in order to clear and set background to the cells "C6", "C7", "C8", "C9", "C10", "C11", "C12", "C13", "C14", "C15", "C16", "C17", "C18", "C19", shUserForm.getRange(6, 3, 14).clear().setBackground('#BEBEBE') is used.
Modified script:
Before you use this script, please enable Sheets API at Advanced Google services.
function submitDataInbound() {
var myGoogleSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var shUserForm = myGoogleSheet.getSheetByName("Interface Boletagem");
var datasheet = myGoogleSheet.getSheetByName("Boletador (Dados)");
var ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
var columnToCheck = datasheet.getRange("A:A").getValues();
function getLastRowSpecial(range) {
var rowNum = 0;
var blank = false;
for (var row = 0; row < range.length; row++)
if (range[row][0] === "" && !blank) {
rowNum = row;
blank = true;
} else if (range[row][0] !== "") {
blank = false;
};
return rowNum;
};
var blankRow = getLastRowSpecial(columnToCheck) + 1;
var ranges1 = ["C26", "C27", "C11", "C12", "C21", "C22", "C23", "C24", "C20", "C6", "C28", "C7", "C16", "C8", "C9", "C10", "C14", "C13", "C17", "C19", "C18", "C15"];
var values = Sheets.Spreadsheets.Values.batchGet(myGoogleSheet.getId(), { ranges: ranges1.map(e => `'Interface Boletagem'!${e}`) }).valueRanges.map(({ values }) => values[0][0]);
datasheet.getRange(blankRow, 1, 1, values.length).setValues([values]);
ui.alert('Boletado');
shUserForm.getRange(6, 3, 14).clear().setBackground('#BEBEBE');
}
Reference:
Method: spreadsheets.values.batchGet

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split the sheet into different workbooks by column values with dynamic range in apps script

I want to split the google sheet into different workbooks, not tabs in the same workbook based on values in column A. Although I have got a script that splits the data into different workbooks but the data range in it is not dynamic like the number of columns to be added into each workbook are fixed. I want them to be dynamic like till the last column of the data range. I have tried a lot to make it dynamic by adding loops but it shows The number of columns in the data does not match the number of columns in the range. The data has 1 but the range has 12. this error. The data in the log has almost no difference for the fixed range (which is working fine) and for the dynamic range that I have tried to it But don't know why it is showing error. Have got stuck into it. any help will be highly appreciated.
This the function that I am trying.
function splitSheets() {
var theWorkbook = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var theSheet = theWorkbook.getSheetByName("Master");
var slc = theSheet.getDataRange().getLastColumn()
var slcv = theSheet.getRange("B1:B" + slc).getValues()
var sheets = theWorkbook.getSheets();
for (i = 0; i < sheets.length; i++) {
switch(sheets[i].getSheetName()) {
case "Master":
break;
default:
theWorkbook.deleteSheet(sheets[i]);
}
}
var key = theSheet.getRange("A:A").getValues();
var rows = theSheet.getDataRange().getValues();
var headerFormat = theSheet.getRange("2:2").getValues();
var folderId = '16XVypjB5_PWe2PaBIREpDGCNQlZuWL4k'
var completedSheets = [];
for (var i = 2; i < key.length; i++) {
// if(completedSheets.includes('Blank') && key[i][0] === ""){
// }else{
if(!completedSheets.includes(key[i][0]) ) {
if (key[i][0] === "") {
var name = 'Blank'
var resource = {
title: name,
mimeType: MimeType.GOOGLE_SHEETS,
parents: [{ id: folderId }]
}
var insertedFile = Drive.Files.insert(resource)
var csid = insertedFile.id
var currentSheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById(csid).getSheetByName("Sheet1")
// var currentSheet = theWorkbook.insertSheet("Blank");
} else {
var name = key[i][0]
var resource = {
title: name,
mimeType: MimeType.GOOGLE_SHEETS,
parents: [{ id: folderId }]
}
var insertedFile = Drive.Files.insert(resource)
var csid = insertedFile.id
var currentSheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById(csid).getSheetByName("Sheet1")
// var currentSheet = theWorkbook.insertSheet(key[i][0]);
}
var theNewRows =[];
var b=0;
for(var j = 1; j < rows.length; j++) {
var rown = []
for(var c = 0; c < slcv.length; c++){
// some other trials
// if((rows[j][0] == key[i][0]) || (rows[j][0] === '' && currentSheet.getName() == "Blank")){
// theNewRows[b]=[];
// theNewRows[b].push (
// rows[j][c].toString()
// This although adds the data and range dynamically but also shows the mentioned error.
rown.push(rows[j][c])
// );
// b++;
// }
}
if((rows[j][0] == key[i][0]) || (rows[j][0] === '' && currentSheet.getName() == "Blank")){
theNewRows[b]=[];
theNewRows[b].push (
rown.toLocaleString()
// These are the fixed column for data rnage
// rows[j][0],rows[j][1],rows[j][2],rows[j][3],rows[j][4],rows[j][5],rows[j][6],rows[j][7],rows[j][8],rows[j][9],rows[j][10],rows[j][11]
);
b++;
}
Logger.log(rown)
}
Logger.log(theNewRows)
// Logger.log(theNewRows)
currentSheet.getRange("1:1").setValues(headerFormat)
var outrng = currentSheet.getRange(2,1,theNewRows.length, slc);//Make the output range the same size as the output array
outrng.setValues(theNewRows);
currentSheet.autoResizeColumns(1, slc);
if(currentSheet.getSheetName() == 'Blank') {
completedSheets.push('Blank');
last = "Blank";
}else{
completedSheets.push(key[i][0])
last = key[i][0]
// }
}
}
}
SpreadsheetApp.setActiveSheet(theWorkbook.getSheetByName('Master'));
}
I overhauled and improved your script to be more readable and use a lot less Spreadsheet calls by using array methods instead.
Script:
function splitSheets() {
var folderId = '*** FOLDER ID ***';
var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheets = spreadsheet.getSheets();
var sheet = spreadsheet.getSheetByName('Master');
// delete sheets that are not named 'Master'
sheets.forEach(sheetIter => {
if(sheetIter.getSheetName() != 'Master')
spreadsheet.deleteSheet(sheetIter);
});
var data = sheet.getDataRange().getValues();
// remove 1st row (blank row)
data.shift();
// remove 2nd row from data and assign as headers
var headers = data.shift();
// get unique list of sheet names from column A
var sheetNames = data.map(row => row[0]).filter(onlyUnique);
// loop those unique sheetNames
sheetNames.map(sheetName => {
// filter data by getting only rows with same column A and sheetName
var outputData = data.filter(row => row[0] == sheetName);
// add header from data filtered
outputData.unshift(headers);
var resource = {
title: sheetName || 'Blank',
mimeType: MimeType.GOOGLE_SHEETS,
parents: [{ id: folderId }]
}
var file = Drive.Files.insert(resource);
var currentSheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById(file.id).getSheetByName('Sheet1');
// write data filtered with the header
currentSheet.getRange(1, 1, outputData.length, outputData[0].length).setValues(outputData);
// resize the columns
currentSheet.autoResizeColumns(1, outputData[0].length);
});
}
// function to get unique values from array using filter
function onlyUnique(value, index, self) {
return self.indexOf(value) === index;
}
Sample Output:

Adding a timestamp when specific data is entered from another sheet in Google Sheet

I have a Google Sheet containing two sheets, one named Form and the other Data. Information on the Data sheet is usually entered via the Form sheet, where a button click on the Form sheet sends the data over to the bottom row on the Data sheet.
I'm trying to figure out how I can add a timestamp to the appropriate cell in column E on the Data sheet when a cell on the same row in column D receives the word 'CLEANED' either as a submission from the Form sheet or as a direct manual entry on the Data sheet.
This code currently adds the timestamp, but only when I change a value in column D directly on the Data sheet (not when values are added via the Form sheet), and it adds the timestamp for any value that's added.
var ColumnToCheck = 4;
var DateTimeLocation = [0,1];
var sheetName = 'Data'
function onEdit(e) {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getActiveSheet();
if( sheet.getSheetName() == sheetName ) {
var selectedCell = ss.getActiveCell();
if( selectedCell.getColumn() == ColumnToCheck) {
var dateTimeCell = selectedCell.offset(DateTimeLocation[0],DateTimeLocation[1]);
dateTimeCell.setValue(new Date());
}
}
}
I am using this code to transfer data from the Form sheet:
function submitData() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var formSS = ss.getSheetByName("Form");
var dataSheet = ss.getSheetByName("Data");
var values = formSS.getRange("B2:B5").getValues().reduce(function(a, b) {
return a.concat(b)
});
var partNum = values[0];
var row;
dataSheet.getDataRange().getValues().forEach(function(r, i) {
if (r[0] === partNum) {
row = i + 1
}
})
row = row ? row : dataSheet.getLastRow() + 1;
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return el = values[ind] ? values[ind] : el;
})
dataSheet.getRange(row, 1, 1, 4).setValues([data]);
formSS.getRange("B2:B5").clearContent()
}
What would be the best way to have the date added automatically when only the word 'CLEANED' is entered? The date shouldn't clear if the word 'CLEANED' is removed or changed to a different word.
EDIT - SOLUTION
Thanks to Sourabh Choraria, I was able to change my UPDATE function to this in order to incorporate my needs (my additions to his code are commented):
function submitData() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var formSS = ss.getSheetByName("Form");
var dataSheet = ss.getSheetByName("Data");
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return a.concat(b)
});
var partNum = values[0];
var row;
dataSheet.getDataRange().getValues().forEach(function(r, i) {
if (r[0] === partNum) {
row = i + 1
}
})
row = row ? row : dataSheet.getLastRow() + 1;
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return el = values[ind] ? values[ind] : el;
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Update the submitData() function with the following code -
function submitData() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var formSS = ss.getSheetByName("Form");
var dataSheet = ss.getSheetByName("Data");
var values = formSS.getRange("B2:B5").getValues().reduce(function(a, b) {
return a.concat(b)
});
var partNum = values[0];
var row;
dataSheet.getDataRange().getValues().forEach(function(r, i) {
if (r[0] === partNum) {
row = i + 1
}
})
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var data = dataSheet.getRange(row, 1, 1, 4).getValues()[0].map(function (el, ind){
return el = values[ind] ? values[ind] : el;
})
// modification begins here
var now = [new Date()];
var newData = data.concat(now)
dataSheet.getRange(row, 1, 1, 5).setValues([newData]);
// modification ends here
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}
Basically, I'm declaring a new array variable (now) and concatenating it to the existing data array, thus forming a "newData" variable and then updating the setValues function to accommodate this change.
Hope this helps and thanks for sharing the view access to the sheet - I made a copy of that and tested the solution directly :)
Edit note1
As for updating the sheet only when the dropdown selected is 'CLEANED', kindly modify your onEdit() function to accommodate the following IF condition -
var statusValue = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Form').getRange("B6").getValue();
if (statusValue == 'CLEANED') {
// update timestamp as required
}

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I have a to-do list app in google sheets. I have functions for filtering by "note type" and "done status" that can be in use at any given moment by the user.
I also have functions to easily add a new note of any given type. However, when running the function to add a new note, and the sheet is already filtered, I'm getting the following error:
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Any advice on how I can add a row to a filtered range?
Here is the code that I am using to add a new note of a particular type:
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Grab the existing filter, remove it from the sheet, add the new row, then recreate the filter using the criteria from the initial filter.
function addNewCueNote() {
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if (criteria != null) {
oldCriteria.push([c, criteria.copy()]);
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var newFilter = dataRange.createFilter();
if (filter != null) {
var newNumColumns = dataRange.getNumColumns();
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newFilter.setColumnFilterCriteria(oldCriteria[i][0], oldCriteria[i][1]);
}
}
}
#Nick there is something wrong with your code logic. In any ways this is a working code
// *** I have to add this for tests ***
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var numColCopy = 2;
var noteTypeCol = 2;
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var sheetName = 'MatchImport';
// ************************************
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var oldNumColumns = filter.getRange().getNumColumns();
var newNumColumns = dataRange.getNumColumns();
var criterias = {};
for (var c = 1; c <= oldNumColumns && c <= newNumColumns; c++) {
var criteria = filter.getColumnFilterCriteria(c);
if (criteria) criterias['_' + c] = criteria;
}
filter.remove();
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// START OF YOUR INSERT LOGIC
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sheet
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I have script that searches through an entire workbook for a specific name and returns all the data on that name. The script works, but only collects data from 1 sheet within the workbook.
I searched for some code to assist me getting all the sheet names. So I have code that does that, but for some reason it still only returns from 1 sheet.
The code below collects all the sheet names.
This function is then called in the query function.
I Suspect that this is where the issue is occuring
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var data = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName(name);
var values = data.getRange(4, 1, data.getLastRow(),
data.getLastColumn()).getValues();
out.push(values);
}
return out;
}
This function then searches for the requested data.
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var uses = sheetnames();
var output = new Array();
var i = 0;
var r = 0;
do{
var from = uses[i];
do{
var row = from[r];
if(row == null){
r++;
continue;
}
if(searchByName != null ){
var newName = row[7];
if(newName == searchByName){
output.push(row);
}
}
r ++;
}while(r < from.length);
i ++;
}while(i < uses.length);
return output;
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This part just prints the data into the cells and is attached to a search drawing, which runs the function in the sheet.
function search() {
var Sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("Search");
var data = query();
var count1 = 0;
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var count2 = 0;
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count2 ++;
}while(count2 < subData.length);
count1 ++;
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The sheet is called the "Daily Payments Sheet." As you can imagine there is A LOT of data. Each sheet name is named by the month and the year that the payment occurred. The more consistent customers would obviously make purchases in more than one month.
So when searching for a customers name, I only get 1 month (1 sheet's data) returned. We have data from May 2018 till date, so again, the script doesn't collect from all the sheets.
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// return all rows from all sheets except Search sheet
function sheetValues(ss) {
var out = [];
var sheets = ss.getSheets();
for (var i = 0; i < sheets.length; i++) {
var sheet = sheets[i];
if (sheet.getName() == 'Search') continue;
var values = sheet.getRange(4, 1, sheet.getLastRow() - 3, sheet.getLastColumn()).getValues();
out.concat(values);
}
return out;
}
// search all rows for given term and return results
// look for term in H column of every row
function query(ss, term) {
if (!term) return;
var values = sheetValues(ss);
var output = [];
for (var i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
var row = values[i];
var name = row[7]; // 7 = col H
if (name == term) {
output.push(row);
}
}
return output;
}
// get search results and print into Search sheet
function search() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Search');
var searchByName = sheet.getRange(4, 8).getValue(); // search term is in H4 cell
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My spreadsheet is composed of a main sheet that is populated using a form plus several other sheets for the people who work with the responses submitted through the form. A script delegates the form responses to these other sheets depending on the type of item described in the response.
The problem is, when Person A deletes an item from their respective sheet, it doesn't delete in the main sheet.
My idea is that when you type a set password into the corresponding cell in row 'Q' in Person A's sheet, it matches the item by timestamp to the original form submission and deletes both the version of the item in Person A's sheet as well as the main sheet. However, I can't figure out what to set the range to to get it to point to the row in the array. Everything I have tried has sent back "undefined" in the debugger and won't delete anything. I think the problem is that I don't know how to get the row from the array that I have made. See my code below:
function onEdit() {//copies edited items from individual selector sheets back onto main spreadsheet
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var actSheet = ss.getActiveSheet();
var responseSheet = ss.getSheetByName("Item Request");
var actCell = actSheet.getActiveCell();
var actRow = actCell.getRow();
var actVal = actCell.getValue();
var actLoc = actCell.getA1Notation();
var last = actSheet.getLastRow();
var respLast = responseSheet.getLastRow();
var dataA = responseSheet.getRange(1, 1, respLast, 1).getValues(); //compiles an array of data found in column A through last row in response sheet
var tstamp1 = actSheet.getRange(actCell.getRow(), 1);
var tsVal1 = tstamp1.getValue();
var colEdit = actCell.getColumn();
//===========THIS IS WHERE I'M STUCK=======================
if ((actVal == "p#ssword") && (colEdit == 17)) {
for (i = 1; i < dataA.length; i++) {
if (dataA[i][0].toString == tsVal1.toString()) {
responseSheet.deleteRow(i + 1);
actSheet.deleteRow(actRow);
break;
}
}
}
else if (colEdit == 15) { //checks the array to see if the edit was made to the "O" column
for (i = 1; i < dataA.length; i++) {//checking for timestamp match and copies entry
if (dataA[i][0].toString() == tsVal1.toString()) {
var toEdit = responseSheet.getRange(i + 1, 16);
toEdit.setValue(actVal);
}
}
}
else if (colEdit == 16) { // checks the array to see if the edit was made in the "P" column
for (i = 1; i < dataA.length; i++) {//checking for timestamp match and copies entry
if (dataA[i][0].toString() == tsVal1.toString()) {
var toEdit = responseSheet.getRange(i + 1, 17);
toEdit.setValue(actVal);
}
}
}
else {return;}
}//end onEdit
I don't believe these are proper commands delRow.deleteRow();actCell.deleteRow(); Take a look at the documentation;
Okay I rewrote that function for you a bit but I'm stilling wondering about a couple of lines.
function onEdit(e)
{
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var actSheet = ss.getActiveSheet();
var responseSheet = ss.getSheetByName("Item Request");
var actCell = actSheet.getActiveCell();
var actRow = actCell.getRow();
var actVal = actCell.getValue();
var colEdit = actCell.getColumn();
var respLast = responseSheet.getLastRow();
var dataA = responseSheet.getRange(1, 1, respLast, 1).getValues();
var tstamp1 = actSheet.getRange(actRow, 1);
var tsVal1 = tstamp1.getValue();
for(var i=0;i<dataA.length;i++)
{
if(new Date(dataA[i][0]).valueOf()==new Date(tsVal1).valueOf())
{
if (actVal=="p#ssword" && colEdit==17)
{
responseSheet.deleteRow(i + 1);
actSheet.deleteRow(actRow);
}
else if(colEdit==15)
{
var toEdit = responseSheet.getRange(i + 1, 16);//?
toEdit.setValue(actVal);//?
}
else if (colEdit == 16)
{
var toEdit = responseSheet.getRange(i + 1, 17);//?
toEdit.setValue(actVal);//?
}
}
}
}
Can you explain the function of the lines with question marked comments?