Sheets Script to copy parts of a row based on Cell value - google-apps-script

Question

So. This should be simple And I can do what I need with (=QUERY(MAIN!A:H, "select A,C,F where H='OPEN'") But I can not sort or edit. So I am trying to make a script that copys over from the "MAIN" tab to the "OPEN" tab Just Column A,C or F when column H is changed to OPEN. I need to put it on a trigger so that the information stays on the open tab and I can edit and sort it. The problem is. I am not great at Scripts and I can not figure out how to do just Column A, C and F. I have so far.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11PfKqDhQnBkDM9qIw3CjVUa9-fOTTVg51TzWzHXUo5w/edit?usp=sharing
function CopyDataToNewFile() {
var sourceSheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById('11PfKqDhQnBkDM9qIw3CjVUa9-fOTTVg51TzWzHXUo5w').getSheetByName('MAIN'),
sourceValues = sourceSheet.getRange(4, 1, sourceSheet.getLastRow(), sourceSheet.getLastColumn()).getValues(),
targetSheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById('11PfKqDhQnBkDM9qIw3CjVUa9-fOTTVg51TzWzHXUo5w').getSheetByName('OPEN');
targetSheet.getRange(targetSheet.getLastRow() + 1, 1, sourceValues.length, sourceValues[0].length).setValues(sourceValues);
sourceSheet.getRange(6, 1, sourceSheet.getLastRow(), sourceSheet.getLastColumn())
}

Answer 1

EDIT:
If you don't want the script to run automatically when the Status column from MAIN is edited, use this function instead:
function CopyDataToNewFile() {
var sourceSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('MAIN');
var values = sourceSheet.getDataRange().getValues();
var targetSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('OPEN');
targetSheet.clear();
for(var i = 1; i < values.length; i++) {
if(values[i][7] == 'OPEN') {
var dataA = values[i][0];
var dataC = values[i][2];
var dataF = values[i][5];
targetSheet.appendRow([dataA, dataC, dataF]);
}
}
}
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If you want the script to run every time column H is edited, use this below. The script does nothing if the edited cell is from column H from MAIN, so don't worry about an edit in OPEN changing the data from MAIN.
All data is copied to the first 3 columns of the OPEN tab. Also, all previous data in OPEN tab is deleted before getting copied:
function onEdit(e) {
var sourceSheet = e.source.getActiveSheet();
var sheet_name = sourceSheet.getName();
var column = e.range.getColumn();
if(sheet_name == 'MAIN' && column == 8) {
var values = sourceSheet.getDataRange().getValues();
CopyDataToNewFile(values);
}
}
function CopyDataToNewFile(values) {
var targetSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('OPEN');
targetSheet.clear(); // This clears previous data in OPEN tab, delete this line if you don't want this to happen.
// Looping through each row in MAIN tab
for(var i = 1; i < values.length; i++) {
// Checking if column H value is 'OPEN'
if(values[i][7] == 'OPEN') {
// Getting values from A, C, F columns
var dataA = values[i][0];
var dataC = values[i][2];
var dataF = values[i][5];
targetSheet.appendRow([dataA, dataC, dataF]);
}
}
}
I hope this is what you wanted to do, and I'm sorry if I misunderstood your purpose.