I'm Andrew from Italy!
I'm trying to write a script that inserts a blank row between some data in a spreadsheet.
Example, I have this data set:
and I want to obtain something like this:
In other words:
The script should check all the rows and, when the date change and the name change, must add an empty row.
Any idea about this?
I've tried to modify a script that I've found online that remove blank rows in a sheet but I'm not able to get any results.
Thanks!
(: I agree with Sandy Good... Just of the top of my head, here's a piece of code that can get you started:
function doSomething() {
var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById('yourID'), // Get the spreadsheet
tab = spreadsheet.getSheets()[0], // Get the first tab
values = tab.getRange(2, 1, tab.getLastRow(), 3).getDisplayValues(), //Get the values beginning in the second row because of the headers
newValues = [], // Empty array where we're gonna push the new values
lastDate,
lastName;
// Loop through all the values
for(var i = 0; i <values.length; i++){
// If the last name is different from the current name or the last date is different from the current date add an empty "row" to the new array
if((lastDate != undefined && lastName != undefined) && (values[i][0] != lastDate || values[i][1] != lastName)){
newValues.push(['','','']);
}
//Add the current row to the new array
newValues.push(values[i]);
//Sets the lastDate and lastName to the current values for the next evaluation
lastDate = values[i][0];
lastName = values[i][1];
}
//Sets the new values
tab.getRange(2,1,newValues.length,3).setValues(newValues)
}
Related
I need to add Data Validation to a range of cells based on the State chosen in the previous cell.
I've run this code which works ok for a limited amount of data but is not working on the actual spreadsheet.
function onEdit(e) { // Runs automatically when the user edits the sheet
var value = e.value; // Get the new value entered into the edited cell
var col = e.range.getColumn(); // Get the column number of the edited cell
var row = e.range.getRow(); // Get the row number of the edited cell
if (col == 6 && row >= 10 && row <= 854) { // Make sure that the edited cell is part of the table
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Hoja 1');
var sheet2 = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Localidades'); // Get the sheet that has the table with the list of cities
var dropdownData = sheet2.getRange("A1:X594").getValues(); // Get the table with the list of cities.
var listOfCountries = dropdownData[0]; // The top row is the list of countries
var countryColumn = listOfCountries.indexOf(value); // Find the column in which the country name appears
if (countryColumn != -1) { // If the new country name is in the list
var cityList = [];
for (var dataRow = 1; dataRow < dropdownData.length; dataRow++) {
cityList.push(dropdownData[dataRow][countryColumn]);
}
var cityCell = sheet.getRange(row, col + 1);
cityCell
.clearDataValidations() // Remove any existing data validation in the target cell
.clearContent(); // Clear the cell
var rule = SpreadsheetApp.newDataValidation().requireValueInList(cityList, true).build();
cityCell.setDataValidation(rule);
}
}
}
I've debugged and it gets the CityList all right so don't know what's the problem really. Any help??
There is a limited amount of allowed dropdown options
Through testing you can easily verify that it is 500 options.
So, if you hardcode "A1:X594" you are above the limit.
However, for most of the provinces in your data the amount of options is less than 594 and your array contains many empty values.
You can remove all duplicates inlcuding emoty values by filtering, e.g.
cityList = cityList.filter(function (value, index, self) {
return self.indexOf(value) === index;
})
As for the provinces where you have many entries (e.g. Buenos Aires), maybe you can try to subdivide it into smaller regions so you have less than 500 dropdown options per dropdown?
I have a spreadsheet for various departments and I am trying to create forms (in spreadsheet form) for each department populating the number of staff in each department and the classes they teach.
I have created a function to copy this data, however, it doesn't stop when it reaches a blank but continues on for the rest of the column. There was a similar question that had been asked, however, that searches the entire column rather than starting at a specific point.
I feel like I am confusing the issue a little so to give an example:
English department data starts at row 3, the staff details are in column H up to row 20.
The the Maths department data starts at row 30, the staff details are up to row 45.
My function needs to pick up English in column A, move to column H count the number of cells until row 20, and copy these values into the form I am setting up.
I have created a function that finds the department name, and a function that loops through all the subjects, I just can't find a way to search up to the first blank cell from row x.
The code I found in another question is from Don Kirkby as follows:
function getFirstEmptyRow() {
var spr = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var column = spr.getRange('A:A');
var values = column.getValues(); // get all data in one call
var ct = 0;
while ( values[ct][0] != "" ) {
ct++;
}
return (ct);
}
Just to add the function needs to be used in the function below, so copy all values until it hits a blank and paste those values into the form:
function countTargetTeacher(myRowOfTarget) {
var teachRow = targetSheet.getRange(myRowOfTarget, 8).getValues();
var targetTeacherRange = targetSheet.getRange(myRowOfTarget, 8, teachLastRow, 3).getValues();
sheet.insertRowsAfter(teacherRow, teachLastRow);
sheet.getRange(teacherRow + 1, 1, teachLastRow, 3).setValues(targetTeacherRange);
// deleteBlankRows() // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43522602/filter-data-by-column-k-in-google-script-editor-google-sheets
}
Sorry for the long winded post, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Fazila
I've been playing around with it and had some code that I had used earlier which I tweaked slightly which looks promising so far:
function countCellForTargetSheet(myRowOfTarget, column) {
var columnRange = targetSheet.getRange(myRowOfTarget, column, targetSheetLength);
var columnVals = columnRange.getValues();
var lastCell = myRowOfTarget
for (i = 1; i < columnVals.length; i++) {
if (columnVals[i][0] == "") {
break;
} else {
lastCell = lastCell + 1;
}
};
return lastCell;
}
:)
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 am very new at writing code and have a limited understanding so please be gentle!
I have been trying to expand on the code made on this question.
I have had limited success and am now stuck, I was hoping someone would be kind enough to point me in the right direction or tell me what I am doing wrong.
So, the scenario: A need to have an auto-incrementing "Job Reference" for booking in netbook repairs to the IT dept I work for. This booking is made via a Google Form and I can get the code in the link to work perfectly but! I was hoping to have a little more than a simple count - 1,2,3,4,5 and so on. Ideally the job ref would be displayed as JR0001, JR0002 and so on.
So, my attempt at code!
The code which user: oneself submitted which works perfectly.
function onFormSubmit(e) {
// Get the active sheet
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
// Get the active row
var row = sheet.getActiveCell().getRowIndex();
// Get the next ID value. NOTE: This cell should be set to: =MAX(A:A)+1
var id = sheet.getRange("P1").getValue();
// Check of ID column is empty
if (sheet.getRange(row, 1).getValue() == "") {
// Set new ID value
sheet.getRange(row, 1).setValue(id);
}
}
The first thing I tried was to simply add another variable and add it to the .setValue
function onFormSubmit(e) {
// Get the active sheet
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
// Get the active row
var row = sheet.getActiveCell().getRowIndex();
// Get the next ID value. NOTE: This cell should be set to: =MAX(A:A)+1
var id = sheet.getRange("X1").getValue();
// Set Job Reference
var jobref = "JR";
// Check of ID column is empty
if (sheet.getRange(row, 1).getValue() == "") {
// Set new ID value
sheet.getRange(row, 1).setValue(jobref+id);
}
}
This worked as far as getting "JR1" instead of 1 but the auto-increment stopped working so for every form submitted I still had "JR1" - not really auto-increment!
I then tried setting up another .getValue from the sheet as the Job Ref
function onFormSubmit(e) {
// Get the active sheet
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
// Get the active row
var row = sheet.getActiveCell().getRowIndex();
// Get the next ID value. NOTE: This cell should be set to: =MAX(A:A)+1
var id = sheet.getRange("X1").getValue();
// Set Job Reference
var jobref = sheet.getRange("X2").getValue();
// Check of ID column is empty
if (sheet.getRange(row, 1).getValue() == "") {
// Set new ID value
sheet.getRange(row, 1).setValue(jobref+id);
}
}
Same result - a non incrementing "JR1"
I then tried concatenating the working incrementing number with my job ref cell and then calling that in the script.
function onFormSubmit(e) {
// Get the active sheet
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
// Set Job Reference
var jobref = sheet.getRange("X2").getValue();
// Get the active row
var row = sheet.getActiveCell().getRowIndex();
// Get the next ID value. NOTE: This cell should be set to: =MAX(A:A)+1
var id = sheet.getRange("X1").getValue();
// Check of ID column is empty
if (sheet.getRange(row, 1).getValue() == "") {
// Set new ID value
sheet.getRange(row, 1).setValue(jobref);
}
}
Same result the value doesn't increment
I don't understand why the number stops incrementing if I add other variables and don't understand how to add the leading zeros to the incrementing number. I get the feeling that I am trying to over complicate things!
So to sum up is there a way of getting an auto-incrementing ref that is 6 characters long - in this scenario first form JR0001 second submit JR0002 and so on.
I would really like some pointers on where I am going wrong if possible, I do want to learn but I am obviously missing some key principles.
here is a working solution that uses the "brand new" Utilities.formatString() that the GAS team just added a few days ago ;-)
function OnForm(){
var sh = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet()
var startcell = sh.getRange('A1').getValue();
if(! startcell){sh.getRange('A1').setValue(1);return}; // this is only to handle initial situation when A1 is empty.
var colValues = sh.getRange('A1:A').getValues();// get all the values in column A in an array
var max=0;// define the max variable to a minimal value
for(var r in colValues){ // iterate the array
var vv=colValues[r][0].toString().replace(/[^0-9]/g,'');// remove the letters from the string to convert to number
if(Number(vv)>max){max=vv};// get the highest numeric value in th column, no matter what happens in the column... this runs at array level so it is very fast
}
max++ ; // increment to be 1 above max value
sh.getRange(sh.getLastRow()+1, 1).setValue(Utilities.formatString('JR%06d',max));// and write it back to sheet's last row.
}