I have looked everywhere and seen the related questions on this board, but I am really stuck.
I need to capture the actual row value of a Sheet at is iterates through a for loop based on an if statement.
In other parts of the code, I have to create a copy of a Form's response sheet and move it to a folder. I am trying to log the file id of the new file that is being created to a sheet that already exists (and in which the scripts are being called from a menu).
I can get the data and the values and iterate through them and see everything in the Logs. And based on what I saw in other similar questions and such, I tried the getActiveRange().getRow() part - but it only works for the exact row that the cursor is on when the form is open. I need to be able to dynamically set the ActiveRow variable based on the row that the script is currently looking at as it goes through the for loop.
I can not use the for loop variable as my current row (j+1), because the if statement is only looking for a string value "NOT FOUND" in the column - so the "j" variable value would not necessarily match the row value to update.
Thank you so much for any assistance!!
// Get the active spreadsheet and the active sheet
var ssEXD = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName('FormData');
var lastRowEXD = ssEXD.getLastRow();
var lastColumnEXD = ssEXD.getLastColumn();
var formIDValues = ssEXD.getSheetValues(2, 1, lastRowEXD-1, lastColumnEXD);
//Loop through the returned values
for(var j = 0; j < formIDValues.length; j++) {
//if NOT FOUND is true, do stuff
if (formIDValues[j][6] == "NOT_FOUND") {
//need this variable to be the exact row of the sheet value data
var ActiveRow = ssEXD.getActiveRange().getRow();
//I need to use the ActiveRow in the getActiveRange to update the sheet with some information.
ssEXD.getRange(ActiveRow,6,1).setValue("testing");
}
}
If I'm reading your question correctly your data has a column names on the first row and data begins on the second row.
So I think this will accomplish what you want.
var ssEXD = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().getSheetByName('FormData');
var lastRowEXD = ssEXD.getLastRow();
var lastColumnEXD = ssEXD.getLastColumn();
var dataR = ssEXD.getDataRange();
var dataA = dataR.getValues();
for(var j = 1; j < dataA.length; j++)
{
if (dataA[j][6] == "NOT_FOUND")
{
dataA[j][6] = "testing";
}
}
dataR.setValues(dataA);
var ActiveRow = j + 2;
Once an array(formIDValues) has been extracted from sheet, the array has no more relation to that sheet. One must adjust the index of the item being worked on in the array to the row number in the spreadsheet.
j - the array index - starts at zero which is the second row in this spreadsheet, therefore j + 2
Your concern about the j variable is unwarranted. j is incremented for every pass through the loop whether or not any test has been passed.
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I used =QUERY(IMPORTRANGE..) to import data from Sheet 1 to Sheet 2 for Column A, B & C. I have to take note in Column D of Sheet 2 for each entry imported. However, for any new one added, the note (for the previous ones) in Column D stays in the same cells. For example, the formula is in A2, so the new data will be added to A2,B2 & C2. The note is in D2. When a new one is imported, the previous one moved to A3, B3 & C3. However, the note is still in D2.
Is there any way to make those notes to move to the next row automatically when a new entry is added?
Here are the files the data has to be imported to and from: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wbOfW9PbSfJbTBv_CwXOTiyyN_LBTiFq?usp=sharing
If my understanding is correct, you want to accomplish the following:
Import data from one spreadsheet to another using IMPORTRANGE.
Add notes manually to a column in your destination spreadsheet.
When a new row is imported to the destination spreadsheet and make previously imported data, the notes should move too.
To achieve that, you would need to keep track of which note belongs to which row of imported data. Both sets of data should be somehow attached. Considering that you have a timestamp in column A, and that this timestamp is probably unique for each row, this timestamp could be used to attach both (if that's not possible, I'd propose adding another column that will be used to identify each row without ambiguity, via some kind of id).
At this point, I would consider using Google Apps Script to accomplish your needs. With this tool, you could develop the functionality that =QUERY(IMPORTRANGE(...)) is providing right now, and you could use other Apps Script tools to reach the desired outcome. Two tools could be specially necessary to accomplish this:
onEdit triggers, to keep track of when the different spreadsheets are edited and make the appropriate changes if that's the case (basically, copying data from one spreadsheet to another).
Properties Service, to store the information about which note is attached to which row of data.
You could do something on the following lines:
Install two edit triggers, (1) one that will fire a function when the source spreadsheet is edited, and (2) another one that will fire when the destination spreadsheet is edited (a simple trigger cannot be used because you have to reference files to which your spreadsheet might not be bound). You can do this manually or programmatically.
Create a function that, for each note that is added to the destination sheet (in this code sample, that's in column D, please change according to your preferences), stores a key-value pair where the key is the value in column A (which should uniquely identify a row of data) and value is the note. This will be used later for the script to know where each note belongs to:
function storeNotes(e) {
var scriptProperties = PropertiesService.getScriptProperties();
var cell = e.range;
var sheet = cell.getSheet();
var rowIndex = cell.getRow();
var column = cell.getColumn();
var noteColumn = 4; // The column where notes are written, change accordingly
// Check whether correct sheet, column and row is edited:
if (column == noteColumn && rowIndex > 1 && sheet.getName() == "Destination") {
var row = sheet.getRange(rowIndex, 1, 1, sheet.getLastColumn()).getValues()[0];
scriptProperties.setProperty(row[0], row[noteColumn - 1]); // Store property to script properties
}
}
Create a function that, every time the source spreadsheet is edited, will delete all content in the destination spreadsheet and copy the data from the source. Then, it will look at the script properties that were store and, using this information, it will write the notes to the appropriate rows (because I see you only want to copy/paste some of the columns, in this sample some of the columns - the ones whose index is in columnsToDelete - are not copied/pasted, you can change this easily to your preferences):
function copyData(e) {
var range = e.range;
var origin = range.getSheet();
var row = range.getRow();
if (origin.getName() == "Origin" && row > 1) { // Check if edited sheet is called "Origin" and edited row is not a header.
var dest = SpreadsheetApp.openById("your-destination-spreadsheet-id").getSheetByName("Destination");
var firstRow = 2;
var firstCol = 1;
var numRows = origin.getLastRow() - 1;
var numCols = origin.getLastColumn();
var values = origin.getRange(firstRow, firstCol, numRows, numCols).getValues();
// Removing some of the columns to get copied/pasted (in this case B and D):
var columnsToDelete = [1, 3];
values = values.map(function(row) {
for (var i = row.length; i > 0; i--) {
for (var j = 0; j < columnsToDelete.length; j++) {
if (i == columnsToDelete[j]) {
row.splice(i, 1);
}
}
}
return row;
})
// Copying content from source to destination:
var firstRowDest = 2;
var firstColDest = 1;
var numRowsDest = values.length;
var numColsDest = values[0].length;
var noteColumn = 4;
var currentValues = dest.getDataRange().getValues();
if (currentValues.length > 1) dest.deleteRows(2, dest.getLastRow() - 1);
var importedRange = dest.getRange(firstRowDest, firstColDest, numRowsDest, numColsDest);
importedRange.setValues(values);
// Writing notes stored in Properties in the appropriate rows:
var properties = PropertiesService.getScriptProperties().getProperties();
for (var i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
for (var key in properties) {
if (key == values[i][0]) {
dest.getRange(i + 2, noteColumn).setValue(properties[key])
}
}
}
}
}
Notes:
All these functions should be in the same script if you want all both functions to use Properties.
In this sample, the sheet with source data is called Origin and the sheet where it is copied is called Destination (from what I understood, they are in different spreadsheets).
In this simplified example, columns A, B, E from source sheet get copied to columns A, B, C of the destination sheet, and notes are added to column D. Please change this to fit your case by modifying the corresponding indexes.
I hope this is of any help.
Thank you everyone for helping me, especially Lamblichus & user11982798. I recently noticed that importrange will import data to the destination in the same order as that of the source file. Before I sorted the data based on the timestamp in descending order so the new entry was always on the first row. If I changed it to ascending order, the new one is added to the last row, so the note/comment order will not be affected.
Is it possible to update the note/comment in the destination file back to the source one?
If the note is string please try to put in D2 like this:
=ARRAYFORMULA(if(row(A2:A) = max(arrayformula(if(ISBLANK(A2:A),0,row(A2:A)))),"Your Note", ""))
This will automatically place your note to last row of data
I am interested in making some alterations to a snippet of the code that allows you to record URLs to edit Google Form's responses.
What I wish to achieve is a repeatable automated process of receiving those URLs upon form submit. However, one condition that I want to follow is to have those URLs pasted in the first column of the spreadsheet, maintaining the integrity of existing data in the following columns.
I think it is the only viable option for me, as the form is still in the development stage, and may receive more variables as the time progresses.
I have attempted:
Manually inserting a column in the Responses' Google Sheet and then try to setup the assignEditUrls{} function, but it yields no results.
Using a one time mini-function to insert the left most column, and then run the code. Also produced no results, unless it was included in the main function, which then inserts the leftmost column every time there is a submission.
Here's that:
function insertLeftMostColumn(){
//insert a column before the first one
sheet.insertColumnBefore(1);
//rename the header for the new column
var cell = sheet.getRange("A1");
cell.setValue("columnName");
}
This is the function.
function assignEditUrls() {
var form = FormApp.openById('1cg7bGRQjsv91sSCjYCwNJyoB3wN_MZ_9raV3tP3v1MA');
//enter form ID here
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Form Responses 1');
var lastColumn = sheet.getLastColumn(); // This logs the value of the very last column of this sheet (without the values)
//Change the sheet name as appropriate
var data = sheet.getDataRange().getValues();
var urlCol = 5;
var responses = form.getResponses();
var timestamps = [], urls = [], resultUrls = [];
for (var i = 0; i < responses.length; i++) {
timestamps.push(responses[i].getTimestamp().setMilliseconds(0));
urls.push(responses[i].getEditResponseUrl());
}
for (var j = 1; j < data.length; j++) {
resultUrls.push([data[j][0]?urls[timestamps.indexOf(data[j][0].setMilliseconds(0))]:'']);
}
sheet.getRange(2, urlCol, resultUrls.length).setValues(resultUrls);
}
current result
expected result
If my understanding is right, you want to know how to insert the edit URLs in the first column instead of the last one.
If so, you need to implement some small modifications in your code:
Insert an empty column into the sheet, e.g. with the function insertLeftMostColumn(), as you intended above. Keep in mind that if you want to run the function only once, it needs to be called separately from assignEditUrls(), so you have to define sheet one more time within the function
urlCol is the column number, where the URLs shall be pasted. To change the column to the first one, modify var urlCol = 5; to var urlCol = 1;
data[j][0]?urls[timestamps.indexOf(data[j][0] tries to find timestamps in the first column.
Given that you inserted an empty column and the timestamps have been shifted to the second column - you need to change the code to data[j][1]?urls[timestamps.indexOf(data[j][1];
If you want the new URLs to be inserted every time upon form submit, you need to incorporate into your assignEditUrls() function a Form Submit trigger. Here you can find information about how to incorporate installable triggers.
I've been making slow but steady progress on this app that creates the daily bulletin for the school where I teach.
Data is submitted by staff via a form, and is then naturally in a sheet. I already created a script to purge old data from the sheet, thanks in part to help I've gotten here. An additional script orders content on the data sheet by bulletin category, creates a copy of a template sheet, names it by the desired date, puts the date at the top. That's about as far as I've gotten. It also adds the first category heading by default, which is mostly a test.
What I'm attempting to do now is loop through each row of the data sheet to determine if any of the three date columns contains the desired date (entered via a dialog box earlier in the script). If any of them match today's date, we then will check to see if the current category and the category in the row are the same. If they are not, we change the current category and add a new heading to the bulletin sheet. If they are the same, we get the announcement itself and add that to the bulletin sheet. I suspect I'll use embedded functions for these two purposes.
Right now I'm stuck on the loop portion. Again, this should cycle through each row of the data sheet. There are three columns containing the dates (C, D, E). If I can get it to recognize date matches from one of the cells in this range, I can move forward with the rest.
function writeBulletin() {
//get the bulletin date
var bullSheet = todayDay;
//make the bulletin sheet active
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
ss.setActiveSheet(ss.getSheetByName(todayDate));
//set var for needed sheets
var responses = ss.getSheetByName("Form Responses 1")
var bulletin = ss.getSheetByName(todayDate)
//get the date from the sheet title and apply it to the date range
var dateCell = bulletin.getRange(3,1);
var sheetDate = bulletin.getName();
dateCell.setValue(sheetDate);
//works
//Now we start building the bulletin
//currentDataRow is a reference to the Responses sheet. Used in later for loop
var currentDataRow = 2;
var currentBulletinRow = 11;
var catCurrent = "01 Administration";
var catCurrentSS=catCurrent.substring(3,30);
var lastRow = responses.getLastRow(); //get last row of data sheet
var lastBull = bulletin.getLastRow(); //get last row of bulletin sheet
var nextBullRow = lastBull+2;
var testOutput = bulletin.getRange(6,3);
var nextBullItem = bulletin.getRange(nextBullRow,1);
nextBullItem.setValue(catCurrentSS);
//testOutput.setValue("dude"); //this works
if(responses.getRange(2,3).getValue()==todayDate) {
testOutput.setValue("dude");
}
//bulletin.getRange(2,3).setValue("dude"); //test row
for(var i = 2; i<=lastRow; i++) {
if(5>3) {
//if(responses.getRange(i,3).getValue()==sheetDate||responses.getRange(i,4).getValue()==sheetDate||responses.getRange(i,5).getValue()==sheetDate){
//bulletin.getRange(nextBullRow,3).setValue("dude");//works
bulletin.getRange(nextBullRow,1).setValue(responses.getRange(i,7).getValue());
nextBullRow+=2;
}
}
}
I did notice that my loop condition statement had a reversed inequality sign; however, fixing this did not seem to help.
jdv: Good point. fixed it now
Aside from the issue of repeatedly interacting with the Spreadsheet interface (the alternative being to read values from the Spreadsheet once, then work with the resulting javascript Array object), the issue is that you are comparing a Range object with a String:
var sheetDate = bulletin.getName();
...
if(responses.getRange(i, 3) == sheetDate || ..... ) {
This will not work :) You need to access the value of the Range:
if(responses.getRange(i, 3).getValue() == sheetDate || ... ) {
edit: as mentioned in comments, the values in these responses cells are interpreted as Date objects. Date comparisons are fun, because you get to play with time zones and/or format strings. I recommend avoiding needing to use dates in this manner, especially when starting out with scripts.
One possible fix for this new issue is to use the value from dateCell.getValue() after calling SpreadsheetApp.flush() (to ensure the writing of sheetDate is performed first). This will let the spreadsheet do the nasty work making the correct date:
dateCell.setValue(sheetDate);
SpreadsheetApp.flush();
// Construct the proper Date object from the sheetDate value
var compareDate = dateCell.getValue();
...
for(var i = 2; i <= lastRow; ++i) {
// Read into an array [[ 0: elem#(i,3), 1: elem#(i,4), 2: elem#(i,5), 3: elem#(i,6), 4: elem#(i,7) ]]
var row = responses.getRange(i, 3, 1, 5).getValues();
if(row[0][0] == compareDate || row[0][1] == compareDate || row[0][2] == compareDate) {
...
Here is the set up
We have a contest with all employees based on project scores. Each project has two categories of employees(4 employees per category) and two scores(one for each category of employee).
I need to grab all the scores for the employees and output it into a spreadsheet. The following spreadsheet has misc. columns removed
Sheet Explanation
The sheet labeled "Example data" is the source we will be pulling data from
We need to match Editor and Editor Score
We need to match Webmaster and webmaster score
The sheet labeled "Example output" is what I want to be generated in another spreadsheet named "Contest Result" with the sheet name from the source sheet(They are named by date ranges).
We need to compile each employee by the categories
We need to compile all scores to the row for a singular employee
I had found this Removing Duplicates Article that seemed to at least process the information and compare it in a manner that I think this can be done, but am failing to make it work due to being inexperienced.
Did not know what Transpose was till someone commented :)
Here is the solution in another article for how to pull it off with Google Apps Script and with using the spreadsheet option.
How to split and transpose results over 2 columns
Here is the actual code I used to make it work(it is a little horrible but I tried) suggestions on how to improve this?:
function createScoreSheet() {
// Get Source spreadsheet
var source = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
var sourceSheet = source.getActiveSheet();
var SourceActivate = sourceSheet.activate();
// Set Sheet Name
var sheetName = sourceSheet.getSheetName();
// Set Values to transpose and combine
var sourceEditor = sourceSheet.getRange("C1:C51");
var sourceWeb = sourceSheet.getRange("D1:D51");
var editorScores = sourceSheet.getRange("L1:L51");
var webScores = sourceSheet.getRange("K1:K51");
// Used to create a new spreadsheet
var sheetNameNew = sheetName + " Scores";
var createSheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActive().insertSheet(sheetNameNew,0);
var targetSheet = source.getSheetByName(sheetNameNew);
var totalScore = 1;
// s is the the counter we use to stick values into the rows
var s = 3;
// n is the the counter we use to stick values into the columns
var n = 1;
// loops through twice, once for the editor values, once for the webmaster
for (var j = 1; j<3; j++) {
if (j == 1) {
// grab values for the editors and copy to new sheet
sourceEditor.copyTo(targetSheet.getRange("A1"));
editorScores.copyTo(targetSheet.getRange("B1"));
// delete the header row then sort the column ASC by default
targetSheet.deleteRow(n);
targetSheet.sort(1);
// Find the last value to see how many scores we have
var lastRow = targetSheet.getLastRow();
}
if (j == 2) {
// grab values for the webmasters and copy to new sheet
sourceWeb.copyTo(targetSheet.getRange(n,1));
webScores.copyTo(targetSheet.getRange(n,2));
// delete the header row then sort the column ASC by default
targetSheet.deleteRow(n);
lastRow = targetSheet.getLastRow();
targetSheet.getRange(n,1,lastRow,2).sort(1);
lastRow = targetSheet.getLastRow();
}
// this loop will check to see if the value of the cell is equal to the next on the list and move the score
for (var i = 1; i<lastRow+1; i++) {
// Grab the name of the current row and the next
var firstName = targetSheet.getRange(n,1).getValue();
var nextName = targetSheet.getRange(n+1,1).getValue();
// Grab the scores
var oldScore = targetSheet.getRange(n+1,2);
var newScore = targetSheet.getRange(n,s);
// Loop to check to see if the firstname is blank and break to find the next value
if (firstName === "") {
break;
}
// checks to see if name is equal to the next then shifts then copies the score and adjust the horizontal position
if (firstName == nextName) {
totalScore = oldScore + newScore;
oldScore.copyTo(newScore);
s = s+1;
targetSheet.deleteRow(n+1);
}
// resets horizontal position for the score and increases the row
else {
s=3;
n=n+1;
}
}
// kills remaining rows
targetSheet.deleteRows(n,37);
}
}
I would do it like this:
If you want to generate the names automatically as well, then write this to the output sheet A1:
=unique('Example Data'!B2:B) - This function simply generate the editor names to the A2-A5 cells.
Now write this to the B2 cell:
=transpose(filter('Example Data'!E:E,'Example Data'!B:B=A2)) - This function filters the editor points according to the given name in the beginning of the row (in this case its A2). Then transposes the result in a horizontal form. To get the result for the other rows, simply populate this formula down.
I think you can find out the rest. :)
Hope it helps.
I have data in multiple columns from rows 3-15. I want to find all the unique values in that data set and have it outputted in one column.
The unique function only does one column at a time so it does not work for my purposes.
I am writing a script that will open a new sheet and copy and paste the values into the same column (combines data from multiple columns into one longer column). I will then run the unique function on the single column containing all the data to get an output of all the unique values in my original dataset (Items!B3:Z15)
I have the code written but cannot figure out how to increment a character. If there is a better way to achieve this I am open to suggestions, but I am also curious if it is possible to increment letters.
Thanks for the help, here is my current code:
function uniqueIngredients() {
var book = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var r=1; // starting with row 1 new sheet
var d='B';
for (i=1; i<4; i++){ //testing by running 3 iterations
var m = 'Ingredients!A'+r; //Intially return Ingredients!A1 then incremented by 11 ex A12
var c = 'Items!'+d+'4:'+d+'15'; // Initially return Items!B3:B15 then incremented by letter ex Items!C3:C15
r = r+12; // add 12 spaces before next copy (max number of ingredients for each item)
d++;
book.getRange(c).copyTo(book.getRange(m), {contentsOnly:true});
}
};
You can use an alternative parameter specification for the getRange() method, which uses column numbers rather than A1 string notation. This would be easier to increment.
That being said, as you are copying values only, it would probably be better (more efficient) to get the source range in a block, and use Javascript to convert into a one-column array, and then set the values:
function uniqueIngredients() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
var sourceValues = ss.getSheetByName('Items').getRange('A3:D15').getValues();
var target = ss.getSheetByName('Ingredients');
var result = [];
for (var i = 0; i < sourceValues[0].length; i++) {
for (var j = 0; j < sourceValues.length; j++) {
result.push([sourceValues[j][i]]);
}
}
target.getRange(1, 1, result.length, 1).setValues(result);
}
And that being said, you could use a bit of a workaround to provide the end result using spreadsheet functions only:
=ArrayFormula(UNIQUE(TRANSPOSE(SPLIT(CONCATENATE('Items'!A3:D15&CHAR(9));CHAR(9)))))