I'm new to Google scripting and have a very basic dashboard put together from all the information available online. The source is a Google spreadsheet of data exported from a database. I'm creating a Dashboard web app and would like to create summary charts on the dashboard due to the amount of information I'm working with. I've contemplated using Pivot Tables but would then lose the functionality of the CategoryFilters. I've seen lots of stuff about Google Visualization online and the Group function, but this doesn't seem to work in Google script. Can anyone advise what to do? Thanks.
Google give API for Google app script and Javascript.
It's really different because in app script you use a script in your google drive, and you use an app script editor.
If you use Google Vizualisation it's only javascript , you can deploy your javascript application in google app engine for example.
Google vizualisation is very interesting if you want to create a dataTable , a map , or others.
I use Google vizualisation for many charts because it's more simple and more dynamic than google app script.
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Requirement: Auto-generation and completion of a Google doc based on selections made by filtering options in Google sheets
Step-by-step:
There are x options listed in a spreadsheet.
I reduce them to the number I need via filtering.
I then have these options + the expanded details automatically added to a google doc template I've designed.
As an unexperienced programmer, it's very likely that the most convenient way to do something like this is by using Google Apps Script as it has services that help to extend Google Sheets and Google Docs among other Google apps. This service use JavaScript as programming language and it's possible to create and manage the script by using a web browser.
Experienced programmers that don't want to invest too much time on doing this might also find convenient to use Google Apps Script, but they might prefer to use the tools used for other projects might use CLASP or the Google Apps Script API.
Besides using Google Apps Script this could be done by using Google Docs API, Google Sheets API, Google Drive API and Google Cloud.
I have been given a task, where there is a group of people in a excel spreadsheet, in which the owner can mark if a person has arrived or not. Which can be done in excel by using VBA All Sorts. But I don't how to implement this in Google Sheets. Is there some workaround to this?
I I have tried looking at the documentation for google-script-apps, and various how-to guides of designing a userform for a Google Sheets document.
I am afraid, that I can't provide some code as I haven't a clue of how to implement VBA All Sorts in Google Sheets.
what you should look into is Google Web Apps. You can create an HTML page with Google Spreadsheet as database. You can create the HTML page with all the options you want and then write/read the data from Google Spreadsheet by calling Javascript functions in the HTML talking to google.script.run.XXXX() Google Apps Script functions.
I have to do a little bit of "crowdsourcing" for my work and it would consist in a very simple web app where a user can register/log in, and then be taken to a page where a picture is shown to a user and submit a number.
I'd like to be able to set up a few rules to choose which picture the user will see (so he won't have to answer twice the same question and also to allow some overlap between users to compare their answers).
We can assume that I have a google sheet with a list of images URLs that can be accessed and that I would like the answers to be populated there.
I figured that this tutorial would be a good start since it handles user creation and management and user can submit ideas :
Creating a CRUD Web App with Google Sheets
That being said I'm a bit clueless, I've tried to look for sample scripts deployed as web app but it's hard to know where to start.
I'll appreciate any help !
Google Apps Script is, basically, a javascript environment with a set of libraries that interact with the Google Apps. For instance, to read or store information from/to Google Sheets or Google Docs. If you know javascript, you can create simple applications there. In addition, you can create plugins for Google Applications if you are interested.
A very simple example
Suppose you wanna display an HTML page. You can create an stand-alone script (an script not-bound to a G suite application) and use the content or the HTML services.
You can create a function that sends a simple message to the browser using the ContentService:
function doGet() {
return ContentService.createTextOutput('Hello, world!');
}
Or you can create a function that sends an HTML file in the same project using the HtmlService:
function doGet() {
return HtmlService.createHtmlOutputFromFile('Index');
}
Once you have created the function, you must deploy the script as a web application.
Save the script as a new version doing File > Manage Versions and Save new version.
Then, publish the app using Publish > Deploy as web app and provinding information about the permissions for the application.
After Google publishes the application, it gives you an URL to access the application,
You may check more in a simple tutorial on producing content with Google Apps Script. In addition, you may check the google guide to use the HtmlService to provide templated content, i.e. where the HTML are templates which data is provided by javascript functions and variables.
Getting started with Google Apps Script
To start, you may check some tutorials in the internet:
Google has some tutorials and a series of Youtube videos.
In addition, you may find multiple resources for Google App Scripts that may help you:
Google has a list of sample projects
Tanakeich has a list of resources for taking advantage of Google Apps Script.
Oshliaer has another list of resources.
There are Google Codelab (tutorials) for Apps Scripts. They include a lab for using Google Sheets as a reporting tool and for creating a Hangouts Chat bot with Apps Script
Developing Google Apps Script projects locally
Although Google Apps Script provides a web interface to create your applications (your scripts), a better idea may be to create the software locally, using more-traditional tools for Javascript.
Clasp is a command-line tool to develop locally Google Apps Script projects.
Google has a codelab that teach you how to use clasp.
I want to start looking at using chrome apps as a possible IT solution. I used this tutorial to create a quick app:
https://developer.chrome.com/apps/app_codelab_basics
My next step is to connect to an external data source, where multiple users could access (read/write) to the same source. Is it possible to read/write to the following, and if so, are there any tutorials:
Google Sheet, stored on google drive
An access db saved in google drive
An Excel file saved on google drive.
Thanks
Have you, by any chance, tried using Google Apps Script for this.
Here's a simple tutorial:
https://zapier.com/blog/google-apps-script-tutorial/
Here's the complete API documentation (small examples included):
https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/spreadsheet/
I have configured fairly complex workflows by just using Google Apps Script with various Google Apps.
I am newbie to Google App Scripting(GAS). I need to make app for Quiz using Google App Script(GAS). It is possible to make such application in Google App Script.
I have a list of questions, associated options and correct answer in Google Spreadsheet. I have to integrate this question and options in randomize fashion with Google form and generates the response at runtime and store these responses in other google spreadsheet.
It is possible to do this in Google App Scripting(GAS).
I've looked at developing a quiz in the past and I eventually settled on flubaroo.com which has been set up as an open source project even though the source code is now hidden when you download it as an add-on. You can get an older version of the code that doesn't have a lot missing if you insert the script to an old type of Google spreadsheet. It doesn't have the randomised question feature you are after though.
Is it possible with Google Apps Script?
Yes, now it's possible a Google extended the Forms Service as was announced on April, 2017.
Reference
Create quizzes in Google Forms with Apps Script
why you don't use Google Forms ?
you can Add questions , and solutions, and your data will save in the spreadsheet.
In Google App Script , it's possible but , you must make an UI Application , with good interface , with Css.
Put your questions and solutions in your spreadsheet , and take a loop randomised to save a number of the question and show question.