Hey there and thanks in advance.
I'm exporting the API of an application onto my spreadsheet, which works fine. Due to how the API was programmed however, some of the columns now contain the TypeID (an integer representing the "name") and not the actual name. I know what TypeID represents what Name, so what I'm looking for is a way to substitute all entries of said column with the actual name.
I have already begun to make a humongus switch case in the script editor that just checks every cell in that column and based of the contents substitues the right name, but as you can probably imagine that would take a while.
Just wondering if there is a "cleaner" and more effective way.
I'd recommend making a JSON object to represent your switch case and call that
i.e :
var jsonMap = {"TYPEID":"NAME"};
Then call :
jsonMap[fieldValue]
To return the correct value for that field
You could have the script trigger on row modification and have it translate that way.
Alternatively I'd recommend mapping the field before it is exported into sheets using the language you're exporting in and have the data enter the sheet correctly
Related
I need to append data to a new column of a spreadsheet, every day.
But I want to make it automatically, just like spreadsheets.values.append does: but for columns.
spreadsheets.values.append will only append data to new rows, not columns!
I have tried these params:
majorDimension does work for me:
Invalid JSON payload received. Unknown name "majorDimension": Cannot bind query parameter. Field 'majorDimension' could not be found in request message.
InsertDataOption doesn't seem to make any difference
I'm sending data to a named range called "foo". When foo is already filled, the API places data at the bottom. I need the data to be place to the right.
You could push each element of the new column into each row of the 2d array with something like this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/68886835/7215091 In that case I used splice but you could probably use push instead.
I'm trying to filter my users list by comparing two parameters
query="EmployeeData.EmployeeID=externalId"
EmployeeData.EmployeeID is a custom schema that is populated, with a cron job, with the same value as externalId.
Of course I let the cron do the field copy only if necessary, this is the reason I'm trying to filtering the users list.
In the way i wrote seems that the query trying to looking for a value "externalId" into the EmployeeData.EmployeeID ignoring that "externalId" is a even a field
any suggestion?
The way your code is written, the query sent to Google's servers is as you correctly guessed the following:
EmployeeData.EmployeeID=externalId where your actual externalId is not sent but rather the string "externalId".
To replace this string for the actual value of your variable, you can use what is called "string concatenation" 1. To do it, you just need to modify your code as shown below:
query="EmployeeData.EmployeeID=" + externalId;
This way, the query will be sent as you need to Google's servers.
I had a working Excel spreadsheet that used indirect() in the data validation and it worked fine. I uploaded it to sheets and converted it, now the indirect does not work.
I have found a link on the support forum that explains it does not work in Chrome but appears to work in Firefox, and the answers and workarounds seem to be for generating a secondary list... which is what I want, but in a data validation across a row.
I have knocked up a simple test sheet, hopefully public and the script editor is visible:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KUgrdXKIKlk1DWvDOX9cY3B2VnRH_5h_vKuZJlqUlN8/edit?usp=sharing
Hopefully you can see what I'm after. I want the validation in C8 to be the list of items in the category based in B8; C9 based on B9 etc.
EDIT and Update
The question is about a replacement to indirect() in a data validation rule. While I did find a way round this by using indirect(), I preferred the version mentioned by Desire (to whom I have attributed the answer), but I thought I'd document my solution in case the sheet above becomes unavailable, or you cannot access it, or you just wanted a bit more detail.
So, for My Demo I have this:
In A1:C5 are my lists of data with the titles.
In the range B8:B12 I applied a data validation rule of value in range of A1:C1 - this gives the first dropdown.
In Cell E8 I put the formula =transpose(filter($A$2:$C$5, $A$1:$C$1 = B8)) and then copied this down to E12
Finally I put the following in a function and ran it in the script editor.
function runMeOnce() {
var dst = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName('Sheet1').getRange('C8:C12');
var rules = [];
for (var i = 8; i < 13; i++) {
var src = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName('Sheet1').getRange("E" + i + ":H" + i);
var rule = SpreadsheetApp.newDataValidation().requireValueInRange(src).build();
rules.push(rule);
}
dst.setDataValidations(rules);
}
That's all there is, no more onEdit() triggering.
NOTE There is one downside I bumped into with this method though. I have this in place for 6000+ rows in my actual spreadsheet, and across multiple sheets, with some dropdowns having 50-100 items in. This solution seriously eats into the (current) 2 million cell limit.
Hope this helps someone.
Data Validation rule of the type "List of items" takes only a comma-separated list of values as its parameter, and does not evaluate any formulas you try to put there. It does not matter what the function returns, because it will not be called. If you put, say "=sqrt(A10)" in the field "List of items", that only means that the validation rule will require the string "=sqrt(A10)" to be entered in the cell.
Similarly with "List from a Range". Either what you enter parses as range notation, or it does not. The string "=getValidationRange(B8)" does not parse as range notation, hence the error. The function is never called.
The only type of validation that calls a function is "Custom formula". If you use it, then the validation can be performed as intended: for example,
=match(C8, filter(A2:C5, A1:C1 = B8), 0)
requires the content of C8 to be in the column of the table A2:C5 under the heading that matches the category in B8. However, with a custom formula you do not get a dropdown in a cell.
To get a dynamic dropdown, one can either
Use an auxiliary range
For example, enter filter(A2:C5, A1:C1 = B8) in cell F1, so that the F column is for the categories currently selected. The data validation would be "List from a Range", F1:F. This is a fine workaround for one validation rule, but takes more work when you have multiple ones.
Use a triggered script
Use a script that is triggered on edit and sets data validation rules accordingly; this is discussed in How do you do dynamic / dependent drop downs in Google Sheets? among other places.
Based on the sacrificing a goat issue, I did find a simple(ish) way around the problem that still uses indirect().
Set up the named ranges as previously using the titles in CamelCase. In my example I have CatA, CatB, and CatC - i.e. the white space needs removing.
At the end of a row (or in another sheet) transpose the chosen named range (in cell E8: =transpose(indirect(substitute(B8, " ", ""))) copy this down as far as you need.
At this point it's good to note that because we are unsing builtin functions, the speed is so much better, as can be seen by my example.
Now the painful bit. For each subcategory cell (C8, C9 etc in my example), you need to add the validation independently as a range of E8:ZZ8 (obviously ZZ8 needs reigning in a bit) and E9:ZZ9 etc. It doesn't seem to do referential so if you select all the cell in the column, they all only look at the data you specifically type in the box... I might just not have worked out R1C1 notation here, however. I tried.
This can be scripted on GAS to create the R1C1 validation function and then apply it to the range.
I wanted to ask what's the difference between the value in the adressline and the id I get when i use getId().
For example for one document the getId() value is:
t8K_TLQPmKzgB72pY4TblUg
while in the adressline the key is:
0Amu7sNvd2IoudDhLX1RMUVBtS3pnQjcycFk0VGJsVWc
what i figured out so far is that when you encode getId in base64 you get more or less the last part of the key in the adressline
(base64Encode(t8K_TLQPmKzgB72pY4TblUg) = dDhLX1RMUVBtS3pnQjcycFk0VGJsVWc=).
But I still don't know what 0Amu7sNvd2Iou stands for, because i have the impression that this parts also is different in older documents, therefore i can't just combine the key using all the time 0Amu7sNvd2Iou at the beginning
Why I need to know this: my scripts use the getId method but some users fill in their ids manually (they just copypaste it from the key from the adressline). The result is that when i try to compare them although they refer to the same document i can't match them like they are completly different...
thanks a lot for bringing light into this problem
edit #taras:
i can also open the document with the key and the id. It's just weird that there are kind of two different id's for one document. If for example i want to compare if a value somebody copypasted from the adressline to a document is the same as the file i have opened i won't get a true, even it is the same file
var keyFromHeadline = "0Amu7sNvd2IoudDhLX1RMUVBtS3pnQjcycFk0VGJsVWc"
var id = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet.getId();
if (keyFromHeadline==id) Browser.msgBox("blabla")
Therefore i would be interested what is the reason for the two different values and how i could match them
If you need to have unique file IDs just normalize them. Everytime a user enters an ID manually just run it trough the fileIdNormalize function:
function fileIdNormalize(id) {
if (typeof id == 'string' && id.length > 0)
return DocsList.getFileById(id).getId();
return '';
}
Just a suggestion :
Since base64Encode seems to give you a significative part of the adress url you could use a match to check if the document is the same.
Something like :
if('manually_entered_key'.match(base64Encode('the_value_obtained_by_getId')==base64Encode('the_value_obtained_by_getId')){
// consider as the same doc ...
Is it possible to define a function in Google Spreadsheets that can be used in any cell?
It would be helpful if I could define and use functions that refer to other cells in the same way that I can use native functions, e.g. by entering =myfunction(C1, C2, C3)
Yes - there's a tutorial. Just use javascript functions by name in your spreadsheet. Define them using Tools > Script editor.
Watch out for name restrictions; I was confused by the behavior of functions that I created with names like "function x10() {}" not being found. Renaming to a longer name fixed it. There are probably documented rules for what isn't allowed, but I don't know where they are.
I am a "newbee". But is is my experience that you can only access a "cell"
via the "range" object. You must define the range as a single cell.
For example "A1:A1", will give you access the the cell at "A1".
A RANGE is an object associated to a "SHEET".
A SHEET is an object associated to a "SPREADSHEET".
Here is some sample code to access cell A1 in the current active sheet:
var cell_A1 = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange("A1:A1");
From here you can pass the object like any other parameter.
myFunction(cell_A1);
The receiving function must "know" that it is dealing with a "range".
It can only access its values by calling "methods" associated to the
"range" object.
Be careful! A "range" can consist of more than one cell. Your called
function should test to see that it is working with a single cell.
If you pass a range of more than one cell, your function might not
act in the way you expect.
The two methods of a range object: "getNumRows()" and "getNumColumns()"
returns the numbers of Rows and Columns in a range object.
In general, if you use methods that are limited to changing or accessing
a single cell, and operate on a larger range set, the function will only be
performed on the upper-left cell member. But be careful. While you
might assume a method will only change a single cell, it may actually
affect all cells in the range. Read the documentation closely.
There is another method to obtain a range of a single cell. Its instruction
looks like this:
var cell_B2 = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange(2, 2, 1, 1).
The first two parameters tell the "getRange" function the location of the
cell (in row, column format). The second two parameters define the number of
"rows" and "columns" to associated with the range. By setting them both to
"1", you access a single cell.
Hope this helps.