Copy Spreadsheet to a new file, specify tabs - google-apps-script

Question

I am copying a new instance of my spreadsheet without formulas into a folder. I found a script that works great here:
Copy an entire Spreadsheet, Just Preserve the Values.
I was trying to define a specific tab to copy but no luck.
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName('tab to dowload');
and
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
ss.setActiveSheet(ss.getSheets()[2]);
function myFunction() {
var spreadsheetId = "###"; // Please set the source Spreadsheet ID.
var destFolderId = "###"; // Please set the destination folder ID.
// Copy each sheet in the source Spreadsheet by removing the formulas as the temporal sheets.
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById(spreadsheetId);
var tempSheets = ss.getSheets().map(function(sheet) {
var dstSheet = sheet.copyTo(ss).setName(sheet.getSheetName() + "_temp");
var src = dstSheet.getDataRange();
src.copyTo(src, {contentsOnly: true});
return dstSheet;
});
// Copy the source Spreadsheet.
var destination = ss.copy(ss.getName() + " - " + new Date().toLocaleString());
// Delete the temporal sheets in the source Spreadsheet.
tempSheets.forEach(function(sheet) {ss.deleteSheet(sheet)});
// Delete the original sheets from the copied Spreadsheet and rename the copied sheets.
destination.getSheets().forEach(function(sheet) {
var sheetName = sheet.getSheetName();
if (sheetName.indexOf("_temp") == -1) {
destination.deleteSheet(sheet);
} else {
sheet.setName(sheetName.slice(0, -5));
}
});
// Move file to the destination folder.
var file = DriveApp.getFileById(destination.getId());
DriveApp.getFolderById(destFolderId).addFile(file);
file.getParents().next().removeFile(file);
}

Answer 1

Explanation:
Your goal is to pass selected sheets, based on their name, to the newly created file.
You can do that by defining a list with the selected sheets:
var selected_sheets = ['Sheet1','Sheet5'];
and then instead of using ss.getSheets() which gets every sheet, use this to get the sheet object of the selected sheet names:
var tempSheets = selected_sheets.map(sn=>ss.getSheetByName(sn))
.map(function(sheet) {
var dstSheet = sheet.copyTo(ss).setName(sheet.getSheetName() + "_temp");
var src = dstSheet.getDataRange();
src.copyTo(src, {contentsOnly: true});
return dstSheet;
});
Solution:
Please modify this list: var selected_sheets = ['Sheet1','Sheet5']; and replace Sheet1, Sheet5 to the name of your sheets. You can also have one sheet: e.g. var selected_sheets = ['Sheet1'];.
function myFunction() {
var spreadsheetId = "###"; // Please set the source Spreadsheet ID.
var destFolderId = "###"; // Please set the destination folder ID.
// Copy each sheet in the source Spreadsheet by removing the formulas as the temporal sheets.
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById(spreadsheetId);
var selected_sheets = ['Sheet1','Sheet5']; // Add the sheets you want to copy here!
var tempSheets = selected_sheets.map(sn=>ss.getSheetByName(sn))
.map(function(sheet) {
var dstSheet = sheet.copyTo(ss).setName(sheet.getSheetName() + "_temp");
var src = dstSheet.getDataRange();
src.copyTo(src, {contentsOnly: true});
return dstSheet;
});
// Copy the source Spreadsheet.
var destination = ss.copy(ss.getName() + " - " + new Date().toLocaleString());
// Delete the temporal sheets in the source Spreadsheet.
tempSheets.forEach(function(sheet) {ss.deleteSheet(sheet)});
// Delete the original sheets from the copied Spreadsheet and rename the copied sheets.
destination.getSheets().forEach(function(sheet) {
var sheetName = sheet.getSheetName();
if (sheetName.indexOf("_temp") == -1) {
destination.deleteSheet(sheet);
} else {
sheet.setName(sheetName.slice(0, -5));
}
});
// Move file to the destination folder.
var file = DriveApp.getFileById(destination.getId());
DriveApp.getFolderById(destFolderId).addFile(file);
file.getParents().next().removeFile(file);
}