Move Rows From Multiple Tabs With a Historic Date in Column A to a Single Tab - google-apps-script

Question

I have a spreadsheet with multiple tabs all with a date in column A.
I need a script that I can run using a trigger each night to move all rows with a historic date in Column A to a single tab for historic rows.
I have been successful in getting historic rows in my first sheet to move to the historic tab however I cannot seem to make the script work for multiple tabs.
function HistoricDates() {
SHEET_NAME = "Area1" || "Area2" || "Area3"||"Area4";
// Initialising
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var Sheet = ss.getSheetByName(SHEET_NAME);
var PastSheet = ss.getSheetByName("Historic Sheet");
var lastColumn = Sheet.getLastColumn();
// Check all values from sheets
for(var i = Sheet.getLastRow(); i > 0; i--){
// Check if the value is a valid date
var dateCell = Sheet.getRange(i, 1).getValue(); //Dates in column 1
if(isValidDate(dateCell)){
var today = new Date();
var test = new Date(dateCell);
// If the value is a valid date and is a past date, we remove it from the sheet to paste on the other sheet
if(test < today){
var rangeToMove = Sheet.getRange(i, 1, 1, Sheet.getLastColumn()).getValues();
PastSheet.getRange(PastSheet.getLastRow() + 1, 1, 1, Sheet.getLastColumn()).setValues(rangeToMove);
Sheet.deleteRow(i);
}
}
}}
// Check is a valid date
function isValidDate(value) {
var dateWrapper = new Date(value);
return !isNaN(dateWrapper.getDate());
}
The expected result would be for all historic rows in Area 2,3 & 4 to move to move to the single historic tab.
My spreadsheet with script is available on the following link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WiZWok4onddTErdAxlWmU82KRSGfVJr5wi1p-rlbY5E/edit?usp=sharing

Answer 1

The way you defined SHEET_NAME, it will always be "Area 1". You can test this.
function test() {
SHEET_NAME = "Area1" || "Area2" || "Area3"||"Area4";
Logger.log(SHEET_NAME);
}
Instead, SHEET_NAME should be an array, and then you need to loop through that array. Below I've included a sample for how to define that array and get the sheets.
function loopThroughSpecificSheets() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheetNames = ["Area1", "Area2", "Area3", "Area4"];
for (var j in sheetNames) {
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName(sheetNames[j]);
// Do other stuff
}
}
Assuming that the rest of your code works correctly (I haven't analyzed it), your modified script would look like this:
function HistoricDates() {
// Initialising
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var pastSheet = ss.getSheetByName("Historic Sheet");
var sheetNames = ["Area1", "Area2", "Area3", "Area4"];
for (var j in sheetNames) {
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName(sheetNames[j]);
var lastColumn = sheet.getLastColumn();
// Check all values from sheets
for(var i = sheet.getLastRow(); i > 0; i--) {
// Check if the value is a valid date
var dateCell = sheet.getRange(i, 1).getValue(); //Dates in column 1
if(isValidDate(dateCell)){
var today = new Date();
var test = new Date(dateCell);
// If the value is a valid date and is a past date, we remove it from the sheet to paste on the other sheet
if(test < today) {
var rangeToMove = sheet.getRange(i, 1, 1, sheet.getLastColumn()).getValues();
pastSheet.getRange(pastSheet.getLastRow() + 1, 1, 1, sheet.getLastColumn()).setValues(rangeToMove);
sheet.deleteRow(i);
}
}
}
}
}
// Check is a valid date
function isValidDate(value) {
var dateWrapper = new Date(value);
return !isNaN(dateWrapper.getDate());
}