I need to add the same container-bound script to hundreds of google sheets in order to automate a process. I have a separate spreadsheet that catalogues the URLs of all the sheets in need of updates.
Does anyone know how to write a script that will update (and save) script within the script editor based on the sheet's URL? Currently, I'm opening each spreadsheet individually and saving script.
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According to Google Apps Script, container-bound scripts https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/bound is limited to that file.
I wrote a script that reads some values of GSheet and submits it to the server.
But I also want this spreadsheet to be cloned for different usages. But each time I clone this spreadsheet, it creates a new container-bound script and it asks for permissions again.
Is there a way to clone the spreadsheet and have it run the script without asking for permissions again?
I had a google sheet with bounded script that was working fine but needed to be run with standalone script so that other people can use it. I made a copy of the spreadsheet then cut out all the bounded script and past into a standalone script. I have turned one the sheet and task api in the standalone sheet and saved the version.
Then I went to the bounded script and included the unbounded script as a library.
What else do I have to do to see and use the codes in the library.
I created a google app script that is bound to google sheet later I moved it as standalone script inside a google drive folder. I thought I will be able to reuse it across multiple sheet. Now I am not able to find any way to run standalone script inside my google sheets. Please suggest.
From your standalone script you can access your spreadsheets and work this way with your files.
Use something like this to get a set of spreadsheets (pseudocode)
var ssList = ['...','...']
for each element in ssList do:
SpreadsheetApp.openById(ssList[element]);
Then you can reuse your code and access multiple spreadsheets.
But it is not possible to access multiple apps script files, only one file is bound to your spreadsheet.
I have a Google Script that reads from a Google Sheet. The only content of the Google Sheet is an importData() function that imports a CSV file. Will the importData() function in the Google Sheet be called every time the Google Script accesses the data in the Google Sheet? Or does the importData() function only get called when the Google Sheet is opened manually?
importData() is a formula, that is evaluated and reevaulated when a user opens the spreadsheet and when other cells that are referenced by the formula change.
So, this means the output of the formula is not available for Apps Scripts.
However, using Apps Script you can easily write the code to do what the formula does.
See this question for how to parse CSV data
I wrote a script for a spreadsheet template. My user makes copies from the spreadsheet template and the attached script. There are many such instances both spreadsheet and the script. When I update the script for the spreadsheet template, I(or my user) have to manually update all scripts attached to spreadsheets. All scripts are the same. Is there a way to synchronize the script update automatically?
What you can do is maintain a single standalone script and publish it as a library instead of having it reside in the spreadsheet template. This way, you have to change the script in only one place.
To work with triggers such as onOpen, onEdit etc. you can have shell functions in your spreadsheet template. Something like
function onOpen(e){
LibraryName.onOpen(e);
}