Google Apps Script: How to update range on several slicers at once? - google-apps-script

Question

Problem: Cannot update the ranges for two or more slicers with Google Script
Info: The sheet contains two slicers
Code:
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Tracking');
var slicers = sheet.getSlicers();
var slicerRange = sheet.getRange('A3:A160'); //current slicer range A3:A165
slicers[0,1].setRange(slicerRange);
}
Error: Two slicers can either have zero or all common rows.
What is wrong? The code works if I only work with one slicer in the sheet and code.
Thanks so much in advance for any help!

Answer 1

I dont think you can edit their range.
But you could probably remove and create them again with your new range:
function test(){
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Tracking');
var slicers = sheet.getSlicers();
var newRange = sheet.getRange('A3:A160'); // your new range
var slicersCount = 0;
for (i=0;i<slicers.length;i++){
slicers[i].remove();
slicersCount ++;
}
for (i=0;i<slicersCount;i++){
sheet.insertSlicer(newRange, 5, 3); // choose anchorRowPos and anchorColPos you want
}
}
And then you can modify the rest of their settings as you wish.
Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Thanks a lot for your help! It eventually helped me to make it work.
This is the code I ended up with, which is without counter on the insertSlicer() since I need to give individual settings:
function test() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Tracking');
var slicers = sheet.getSlicers();
var rowValue = sheet.getLastRow();
var newRange = sheet.getRange('A3:X'+rowValue); //new range
for (i=0; i<slicers.length; i++){
slicers[i].remove();
}
//Slicers to column A and D
destinationSheet.insertSlicer(newRange, 2, 1); // choose anchorRowPos and anchorColPos
destinationSheet.insertSlicer(newRange, 2, 4);
//Get new slicers
var slicers = destinationSheet.getSlicers();
var filterCriteria = SpreadsheetApp.newFilterCriteria().setHiddenValues(['']).build();
slicers[0].setColumnFilterCriteria(1, filterCriteria);
slicers[0].setTitle('Title1');
var filterCriteria2 = SpreadsheetApp.newFilterCriteria().setHiddenValues(['1']).build();
slicers[1].setColumnFilterCriteria(24, filterCriteria2);
slicers[1].setTitle('Title2');
}