I have a google sheet that I am currently copying into a new file. I was wondering if it is possible to also copy the the Google Script that is associated with the sheet. Basically I have a button that activates some script and I would like that button and associated script to be copied over as well. Currently the button copies but when hitting it, it says the ScriptFunction could not be found. Does anyone have any ideas or know if this is possible?
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I am very new to Google Apps Script. I created a Macro in Excel with VBA. My process is downloading a CSV that I save to my hard drive, opening it (my PERSONAL workbook is open at all times) and then running my macro which will format the list/perform the steps of my macro. I would then save and manually upload that list back to Google Drive.
This is obviously inefficient and The rest of my team uses Google Drive/ Google Sheets and so I am attempting to teach myself how to build out the same macro in Google Apps Script. I understand the difference between bound and unbound scripts - this is similar to Excel in the sense that if I wanted to run my macro on multiple sheets, I would have to save it to my PERSONAL spreadsheet where I stored all of my macros and then have that sheet open at the same time that I ran the macro on a different spreadsheet.
However, for Google Apps Script, it appears as though you simply cannot run a macro through multiple different workbooks without manually copying and pasting your code to every new spreadsheet. Is this true? I see that it could be added in the app store and published as an add-on but my script is painfully basic, I'm just changing some words and formatting. It seems odd that this cannot be applied to multiple spreadsheets the way that it can in Excel. My goal was to use something like:
function onOpen(e) {
SpreadsheetApp.getUi() // Or DocumentApp, SlidesApp, or FormApp.
.createMenu('List Upload')
.addItem('Format List Upload', 'formatListUpload')
.addToUi();
where formatListUpload would run my formatting script so that my coworkers could just click "Format List Upload" as a menu option and the new spreadsheet they had just opened would be quickly formatted. This seems like base-level functionality for macros/ app script. Is there truly no way that this can be done?
Many, many thanks!
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However, for Google Apps Script, it appears as though you simply cannot run a macro through multiple different workbooks without manually copying and pasting your code to every new spreadsheet. Is this true?
No
Is there truly no way that this can be done?
Instead of using a simple trigger you might use an installable trigger, but this option is limited to create 20 triggers by script / user. To make this work you will need somehow to open the spreadsheet i.e. SpreadsheetApp.openById(spreadsheetId)
Options to avoid having to create an add-on
One option that doesn't requires installable triggers is to submit the spreadsheet having the macro to the templates gallery and use the template to create the new spreadsheets
Another option is use script to create a new spreadsheet and the installable trigger for it.
One more option is to create a new spreadsheet, grab the spreadsheet id, either manually or programmatically, then use it to create the installable trigger for the new spreadsheet.
I have an active spreadsheet, I want to select a cell in this spreadsheet and then bring me to another Spreadsheet. I used app.openByUrl to open the spreadsheet and then get my wanted sheet by name and then activate the cell by getRange, the script is finished but it didn't take me from the active spreadsheet to the other spreadsheet, the cursor remains in the cell of the active Spreadsheet. I use the following code. Does anyone has an idea?
app.openByUrl("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S9Kc6foLZ_bXqs4/edit#gid=502179704").getSheetByName("Verification Candidates").getRange('D4:F4').activate();
It's not possible to activate an external spreadsheet by solely using Google Apps Script as
Class Spreadsheet doesn't include like similar to Class Range activate
The Class Spreadsheet "open" methods open the spreadsheet on the server side, not on client side.
You might be able to do what you are looking by using other tools (i.e. a complex bookmarklet)
I would like to create a Google sheet that records any copies that have been made of another Google Sheet even when the user creates a copy by putting 'copy' into the URL (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/"spreadsheet-ID"/copy).
I have found a solution on the post: Track number of copies made from a google spreadsheet but this doesn't record copies made when changing the URL as the above example.
I would like to know the whole URL of the sheet preferably but just the Spreadhseet ID would still be enough for me.
Has anyone got any ideas how I can record all this data onto a spreadsheet please?
Basically you won't have access to see who is copying your sheet if you use the built-in Make Copy.
What you could do is integrate part of the question you have provided, while disabling the built-in sharing method. So the only way to copy your sheet could be through a custom function you can control and register every time it executes.
Is it possible to somehow remove the target=“_blank” from a published google sheet via script or something?
If so what would that script look like and how would I go about inputting it?
The reason I ask is I have many users accessing the Google sheet but they complain that each hyperlink in the sheet opens a new tab rather than the same window.
I need to copy an existing script, which I did not write, into my existing spreadsheet. The script is called "SaveBack", and can be found here: https://docs.google.com/a/levelgroup.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Agcb8bUVVOOodHhoV3BrRGZ6UEdSYnVLSEk3bllxRnc#gid=1.
My existing spreadsheet is too complex (it has many other spreadsheets that link to it) to copy all of its sheets into the spreadsheet that contains the script. I have already copied the SaveBack editor sheet template sheet to my main spreadsheet, but I can't figure out how to copy the SaveBack script that goes along with it into my spreadsheet.
Can anyone help? Thanks!
Open the save back script, select the script text, copy it, go to your sheet, create a new script (blank template), paste the script you copied into your new script, name is SaveBack (assuming it's a project), check the triggers on the original script and make sure your triggers match, and you should be good to go. You will have to change any sheet, document, or other string ID's to match your files' Id's, but that isn't too bad.
I do this sort of thing all of the time when I'm migrating things back and forth between my work and personal account. You could also create a copy of the other person's spreadsheet that you linked above, and it will move the script over with it. Then you can go to the script and get the project key to use it as library in your own scripts. Since you're using your copy as the library, you don't have to worry about someone else changing the script and breaking your functionality.