Auto Sort Data Moved by Script - google-apps-script

Question

My issue is, I have data being moved from one Sheet to another via script when marked "Complete". In the "Completed" sheet is where I want to sort the data. I already have an Autosort script that works only when debugging, not even on edit (tried editing everywhere), Let alone when data is moved to the sheet.
I want to be able to Auto sort whenever data is moved to the new sheet (I don't think its an onEdit function?)
I am not a programmer and I'm fairly new to Google Apps Script. I just dabble into code once in a while because I find it interesting, so I don't even know where to start to get the results I'm looking for.
This is the Auto Sort,
function AutoSortOnEdit() {
var sheetNames = ["Complete"];
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
sheetNames.forEach(function(name) {
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName(name);
var range = sheet.getRange(4, 1, sheet.getLastRow() - 1,
sheet.getLastColumn());
range.sort({column: 2, ascending: true});
});
}
EDIT: I realized I was using a script for multiple sheets. I changed it for one sheet, same issues though.
function AutoSortOnEdit() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName("Completed Returns");
var range = sheet.getRange(4, 1, sheet.getLastRow() - 1,
sheet.getLastColumn());
range.sort({column: 2, ascending: true});
}
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

I managed to get it working by throwing the 2 scripts together under 1 function like so. I could not figure out how to get the event function to run while calling multiple functions, so I just combined them. Above the 2 "}" brackets is the move Script and below them is the Auto sort.
function onEdit(e) {
var ss = e.source;
var s = ss.getActiveSheet();
var r = e.range;
var actionCol = 24;
var nameCol = 24;
var rowIndex = r.getRowIndex();
var colIndex = r.getColumnIndex();
var colNumber = s.getLastColumn();
if (e.value == "TRUE" && colIndex == actionCol) {
var targetSheet = ss.getSheetByName("Completed Returns");
if (ss.getSheetByName("Completed Returns")) {
var targetSheet = ss.getSheetByName("Completed Returns");
var targetRange = targetSheet.getRange(targetSheet.getLastRow()+1, 1, 1, colNumber);
var sourceRange = s.getRange(rowIndex, 1, 1, colNumber);
sourceRange.copyTo(targetRange);
s.deleteRow(rowIndex);
}
}
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName("Completed Returns");
var range = sheet.getRange(4, 1, sheet.getLastRow() - 1, sheet.getLastColumn());
range.sort({column: 2, ascending: true});
}
Thanks Everyone for the response!

Answer 2

You can add your function to one another
function AutoSortOnEdit() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName('Completed Returns');
var range = sheet.getRange(
4,
1,
sheet.getLastRow() - 1,
sheet.getLastColumn()
);
range.sort({ column: 2, ascending: true });
}
function copyData() {}
function userActionRun() {
copyData();
AutoSortOnEdit();
}
At now you can bind it ti EDIT event
function onEdit(){
userActionRun();
}

Answer 3

You can use the Sort function to sort a data-set.
If you have a function that moves data form one sheet to another when the row is marked as complete, then you can add a line at the end of that to sort it.
You could also create a FilterView that sorts the whole sheet based on your parameters. Unlike Filters, FilterViews are saved between sessions.