I'm trying to create a Google sheet script that will take a list of names and resend them to the Google Sheet. I have two columns of data, the first column contains a persons name. The second column contains multiple cells that the person in the first cell is inviting to a party. This creates a problem, the name in column 1 might be on row 2, but if they invite 20 people then column one has blank spaces rows 3-21. It may sound pointless right now to most of you, but I want to be able to sort the sheet alphabetically by the name of the person who did the inviting, AND be able to sort it into a separate sheet alphabetically by the name of the guest in Column 2, while still keeping the person who invited them tracked as well. This is the only way I could think of accomplishing the task.
I'm currently stuck on writing the array back to the sheet, I keep getting "Incorrect range height, was 1 but should be 339." I've figured out how to successfully get an array of data, filled exactly how I wanted it, but can't seem to get this part. I've searched through here and tried to implement the solutions I find, but have had no luck.
This is what I have come up with so far, and it works up until the setValues(
function inviteSorter() {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var current = sheet.getSheets()[0];
var lastRow = current.getLastRow();
var rangeData = current.getRange(2,1,lastRow-1,3);
var numColumns = rangeData.getNumColumns();
// Logger.log(rangeData);
var info = rangeData.getValues();
var Name = {};
// Examines the cell in the first column, if it is empty replaces it with the name from the previous cell.
for ( var i = 0; i< info.length; i++){
if (typeof(info[i][0]) == "string" && info[i][0] == ""){
Name[i] = Name[i-1];
} else{
Name[i] = info[i][0];
}
}
var data = []
for (var i = 0; i<lastRow-1; i++){
data.push(Name[i]);
}
var writeRange = current.getRange(2,1,data.length,1);
writeRange.setValues([data]);
The value you are expecting should be a 2D array, 1 column of multiple rows. What you get when using data.push(Name[i]); is a simple array of strings.
Try this way : data.push([Name[i]]); this will return an array of arrays and should satisfy the conditions for setValues(data)
( don't forget to remove the brackets in your last setValues statement )
Related
I have a range which I am trying to iterate and store the arrays present in an array until a specific case is encountered.
The data is as follows:
I am trying to iterate from D5:D and store in an object with their A1 notation.
This is what I tried,
var gg = Sheet_1.getRange("D5").getValue();
Concat_rows = {};
const COLUMN = 'D';
const START_LINE = 5;
const Filled_LAST_ROW = Sheet_1.getLastRow();
var LAST_ROW ;
//To get the last row to iterate upto
for (var i = START_LINE; i <= Filled_LAST_ROW; i++){
let cellcolor = Sheet_1.getRange(COLUMN+i).getBackground();
// Trying to check with the cell color to identify upto where to get the values from
if(cellcolor == "#c6d9f0"){
LAST_ROW = i;
break;
} else {continue;}
}
console.log(LAST_ROW);
Once I get that in D5:D I need to just iterate over D5:D26 then I need to pull the values and their A1 notations to store in an objet for further use
I have tried this for the above,
for(let h = START_LINE; h <= LAST_ROW; h++) {
let cellValue = Sheet_1.getRange(COLUMN+h).getValue()
if (cellValue.length >= 1) {
Concat_rows[cellValue] = COLUMN+h;
The problem is that the cell D27 is a merged cell and I am not able to figure out how to deal with it.
Only the top left cell of a merged range holds the value displayed in the user interface, so if you want the value of C27:D27 you could do SpredsheetAppg.getRange('C27:D27').getValue(). If the location of the merged range is static the solution is straight fortwarth, just add a condition and when the loop reach get the value from the merged range instead of the cell, in other words, instead of
let cellValue = Sheet_1.getRange(COLUMN+h).getValue()
use
let cellValue = h === 27
? Sheet_1.getRange('C27:D27').getValue()
: Sheet_1.getRange(COLUMN+h).getValue();
If the location isn't known your script needs to check the location of the merged cells but doing this on a loop it's very likely that will cause that the scripts exceeds the maximum execution time. Unfortunatelly the question doesn't include enough details to provide a specific simple way to handle this. The general advice is to use batch operations and in order of get the best possible performance use the Advanced Sheets Service instead of the Spreadsheet Service.
I am trying to copy a range from sheet 'Full' and paste the values only to a new sheet, 'Dump'. While the macro below does its action once, I am regenerating the original data range (Full), so I want to copy that new set and append to the same output page, indexed down to a blank row and keeping the first pasted data. Also then to do this 100 times.
The recoded macro is below, and I need to understand the script to add in to;
repeat the copy/paste function 100 times, and also
offset the paste range by a set number of rows.
Sorry, genuine newbie at editing google sheet macros. The Excel macro I use doesn't translate over.
Appreciate any answers you have.
function xmacro() {
var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
spreadsheet.getRange('A1').activate();
spreadsheet.setActiveSheet(spreadsheet.getSheetByName('Full'), true);
spreadsheet.setActiveSheet(spreadsheet.getSheetByName('Dump'), true);
spreadsheet.getRange('Full!BK3:BT34').copyTo(spreadsheet.getActiveRange(), SpreadsheetApp.CopyPasteType.PASTE_VALUES, false);```
};
Your macro is just an automatically generated app script. You can extend its functionality by building off that with some more code. First I'll explain some of the basic concepts, if you know this, then just skip down to the code.
Sheets Concepts
Here are some basic concepts that took me forever to figure out because most of the documentation assumes you are already proficient at Javascript.
A range is a 2 dimensional array that has one array for each row, and the contents of that array are the columns:
someRange = [
[row1Col1, row1Col2, row1Col3, row1Col4],
[row2Col1, row2Col2, row2Col3, row2Col4],
[row3Col1, row3Col2, row3Col3, row3Col4]
]
To access a specific value you need to reference the row array, and then the index of the column you want.
Think about it like hotel room numbers. The first part of the number is the floor,
and the second part is the specific room on that floor.
You access arrays by calling the array name, then square brackets with the index number of the element you want.
Arrays are indexed starting at 0, so to get row 1 you would use:
someRange[0] would return the inner array [row1Col1, row1Col2, row1Col3].
But that doesn't give you a specific cell values - so you would use a second set of brackets to access the column in that row:
someRange[0][1] = 'row1Col2'
Arrays also have built in information, so you can find the length of an array by using Array.length no parenthesis.
Since the rows are in the outer array, you can get the number of rows by seeing how many inner arrays there are.
someRange.length = 3 There are 3 row arrays in the someRange array.
You can do the same with columns, since the number of columns is equal to the number of elements in an array. To get the number of elements in the first row you would use:
someRange[0].length - which would be 4
And since a range has the same number of columns for each row, you can pick any row
to get the number of columns (generally, there are always exceptions)
The Code
The first function will create a custom menu item to run the code.
// create a new menu item for your custom function
function onOpen(){
SpreadsheetApp.getUi().createMenu()
.addItem('100 Copies', 'lotsOfCopies')
.addToUi();
}
function lotsOfCopies() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
var copySheet = ss.getSheetByName('yourCopySheetName');
var pasteSheet = ss.getSheetByName('yourPasteSheetName');
// the range you wish to copy, change to fit your needs
var copyRange = copySheet.getRange('A1:B7');
var copyValues = copyRange.getValues();
var copyRows = copyValues.length;
var copyCols = copyValues[0].length;
// define the first row to be pasted into
var pasteRow = 1;
// define the left side column of the range to be pasted into
var pasteCol = 1
// build a loop that does the same thing 100 times,
// and each time offsets the paste range by the number of rows in the copy range
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
// for every iteration after the first,
// add the number of rows in the copy range to the variable 'row'
// example if there are 10 rows in the copy range then
// iteration 1 row = 1 Iterartion 2 row = 11, Iteration 3 row = 21
if (i > 0) {
pasteRow = +pasteRow + +copyRows
}
// build the range to paste into - it starts on pasteRow and paste col,
// and is as many rows as the copied range, and as many columns as the copied range
let pasteRange = pasteSheet.getRange(pasteRow, pasteCol, copyRows, copyCols);
// put the values from copyValues into the pasteRange
pasteRange.setValues(copyValues);
}
}
function xmacro() {
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
const ssh = ss.getSheetByName('Full')
const dsh = ss.getSheetByName('Dump')
ssh.getRange('BK3:BT34').copyTo(dsh.getRange('A1'), SpreadsheetApp.CopyPasteType.PASTE_VALUES, false);
}
I'm brand new to App Script, so please forgive my ignorance.
The Google sheet I use to hold student data is so long and unwieldy (50+ columns) that I decided to create another sheet to act as a front-end for data entry. Through hours of tutorial videos + bumbling trial and error, I've come up with a working script that takes values from my data entry form-like sheet ('Students') and passes those values to the first empty row in my destination/container sheet ('Master').
I'm really pleased with how the script working - except for the fact that it is ridiculously slow. Based on what I've read, I think I'm making too many calls to the Sheets API, and I need to figure out how to pass all the values from 'Students' to 'Master' en masse rather than one-by-one, but I don't have the skills to do that, and I can't seem to find an example.
I'm sure there's a really simple, elegant solution. Can anyone help?
Here's a little piece of my code (hopefully it's enough to see the inefficient strategy I'm using):
function submitStudentData(){
var caseloadManager = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var enterStudents = caseloadManager.getSheetByName('Students');
var masterSheet = caseloadManager.getSheetByName('Master');
var clearFields = enterStudents.getRangeList(['C6:C18', 'C22', 'E6:E18','G6:G14','G20','I6:I14','K6:K16', 'M6:M18']);
var blankRow = masterSheet.getLastRow()+1;
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,1).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("Z1").getValue()); //Concatenated Student Name
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,3).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("C6").getValue()); //First Name
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,2).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("C8").getValue()); //Last Name
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,4).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("C10").getValue()); //Goes By
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,6).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("E6").getValue()); //DOB
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,7).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("E8").getValue()); //Grade
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,5).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("E10").getValue()); //Student ID
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,10).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("E14").getValue()); //Last FIE
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,11).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("Z2").getValue()); //Calculated FIE Due Date
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,8).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("E12").getValue()); //Last Annual Date[enter image description here][1]
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,13).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("G6").getValue()); //PD
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,14).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("G8").getValue()); //SD
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,15).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("G10").getValue()); //TD
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,16).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("G3").getValue()); //Concatenated Disabilities
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,18).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("G12").getValue()); //Program Type
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,12).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("G14").getValue()); //Evaluation Status
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,20).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("I6").getValue()); //DYS
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,21).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("I8").getValue()); //GT
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,19).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("I10").getValue()); //EB
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,24).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("I12").getValue()); //ESY
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,22).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("I14").getValue()); //BIP
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,29).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("K6").getValue()); //TR
masterSheet.getRange(blankRow,30).setValue(enterStudents.getRange("K8").getValue()); //OT
It goes on and one like this for 52 values before clearing all the fields in 'Students.' It works, but it takes well over a minute to run.
I'm trying to attach a picture of my 'Students' form-like sheet in case my description isn't clear.
Thanks so much for helping a humble special educator who knows not what she's doing. :)
Image of 'Students' form/sheet
Read best practices Even though your data isn't a contiguous range it is part of one so get the whole range with getValues() and use the appropriate indices to access the ones that you want. In the end if will be much faster. You may not want to use setValues to write the data because of other issues like messing up formulas. Avoid the use of setValue() and getValue() whenever possible
function submitStudentData() {
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
const ssh = ss.getSheetByName('Students');
const msh = ss.getSheetByName('Master');
const nr = msh.getLastRow() + 1;
const vs = ssh.getRange(nr, 1, ssh.getLastRow(), ssh.getLastColumn()).getValues();
let oA1 = [[vs[0][25], vs[7][2], vs[5][2], vs[9][2], vs[9][4], vs[5][4], vs[7][4], vs[11][4]]];
msh.getRange(msh.getLastRow() + 1, 1, oA1.length, oA[0].length).setValues(oA1);//This line replaces all of the below lines
msh.getRange(nr, 1).setValue(vs[0][25]);//Concatenated Student Name
msh.getRange(nr, 2).setValue(vs[7][2]); //Last Name
msh.getRange(nr, 3).setValue(vs[5][2]); //First Name
msh.getRange(nr, 4).setValue(vs[9][2]); //Goes By
msh.getRange(nr, 5).setValue(vs[9][4]); //Student ID
msh.getRange(nr, 6).setValue(vs[5][4]); //DOB
msh.getRange(nr, 7).setValue(vs[7][4]); //Grade
msh.getRange(nr, 8).setValue(vs[11][4]); //Last Annual Date[enter image description here][1]
You could also do a similar thing by using formulas to map all of the data into a single line or column making it much easier to run the scripts.
Here is the working example. Just complete the mapping array as desrbied in the code. The runtime is below 1 second.
const mapping= [
// enter the array [ sourceRange, destinationRow ] for each cell you want to copy form Students to Master
['Z1',1],
['C6',3],
['C8',2],
['C10',4],
['E6',6]
// ... and so on
]
function submitStudentData() {
console.time('submitStudentData')
const caseloadManager = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
const enterStudents = caseloadManager.getSheetByName('Students');
const masterSheet = caseloadManager.getSheetByName('Master');
const data = enterStudents.getDataRange().getValues()
const destRow = []
mapping.forEach((m,i)=>{
[rowi,coli] = rangeToRCindex(m[0])
const destRowIndex = m[1] - 1
destRow[destRowIndex] = data[rowi][coli]
})
masterSheet.appendRow(destRow)
console.timeEnd('submitStudentData')
}
function rangeToRCindex(range){
const match = range.match(/^([A-Z]+)(\d+)$/)
if (!match) {
throw new Error(`invalid range ${range}`)
}
const col = letterToColumn(match[1])
const row = match[2]
return [row-1,col-1]
}
function letterToColumn(columnLetters) {
let cl = columnLetters.toUpperCase()
let col = 0
for (let i = 0; i < cl.length; i++) {
col *= 26
col += cl.charCodeAt(i) - 65 + 1
}
return col
}
As Cooper said you want to avoid reading and writing to the sheet(s) as much as possible. (I had the same issue when I started with Google Script)
This means that you should read the whole range into a variable and then write your rows out to the master sheet.
Below is an example of what you could use to avoid the setValue() and getValue() slowness you are experiencing
function submitStudentData(){
var caseloadManager = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var enterStudents = caseloadManager.getSheetByName('Students');
var masterSheet = caseloadManager.getSheetByName('Master');
var clearFields = enterStudents.getRangeList(['C6:C18', 'C22', 'E6:E18','G6:G14','G20','I6:I14','K6:K16', 'M6:M18']);
var blankRow = masterSheet.getLastRow()+1; //You will not need this
//First we will all the data from the students sheet. This will make and array of arrays [[row],[row],[row]].
studentData = enterStudents.getRange(1,1,enterStudents.getLastRow(),enterStudents.getLastColumn()).getValues()
Logger.log(studentData)
//We are going to build an array of arrays of the data that we want to write back to the master sheet. We will start by creating our first array
writeData = []
//Then we loop through all the student data
for (var i = 0; i < studentData.length; i++) {
Logger.log(studentData[i][0])
//We are selecting data from each row to add to our array. in "studentData[i][0]" the [0] is the column number (remember we are starting with 0)
rowData = []
rowData.push(studentData[i][0])
rowData.push(studentData[i][2])
rowData.push(studentData[i][1])
//Then we send the full row to the first array we made
writeData.push(rowData)
}
Logger.log(writeData)
// Now to write out the data. Normally it would not be a good idea to loop a write like this but this as an atomic operation that google will automatically batch write to the sheet.
for (var i = 0; i < writeData.length; i++) {
masterSheet.appendRow(writeData[i])
}
}
Hope this helps get you started.
Im learning Google app script while building a dashboard. I'm collecting data from several sheets. My goal is to see by how many rows each sheet grows every week. This gives me insight in how my business is doing.
I can get the length of all the sheets I want to check, however I cant find any code which helps me to find the first empty cell in a specific row. I want to place the length of each sheet there (in my dashboard datacollection sheet) to create a graphs later on.
What I have is:
var range = ss.getRange(2, 1, 1, 1000);
var waarden = range.getValues();
Logger.log(waarden);
var counter = 0
for (var j = 0; j < ss.getLastColumn(); j++) {
Logger.log(waarden[0][j]);
if (waarden[0][j] == ""){
break
} else {
counter++;
}
Logger.log(counter);
}
This works but I can't image this being the best solution (or quickest solution). Any tips in case my length goes beyond 1000 without me noticing it (although it would take a couple of years to do so in this case ;) )?! Why does getLastColumn() behave so much different than getLastRow()?
Thanks for helping me learn :)
*** edited I figured out I have to use if (waarden[0][j] === ""){ with three = otherwise if my sheet in the row that I use as a check has a length of 0 than this is also counted as empty with two =operators.
Try indexOf()
function firstEmptyCell () {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheets()[0];
var range = ss.getRange(2, 1, 1, ss.getMaxColumns());
var waarden = range.getValues();
// Get the index of the first empty cell from the waarden array of values
var empty_cell = waarden[0].indexOf("");
Logger.log("The index of the first empty cell is: %s", empty_cell);
}
This will give you the column position of the empty cell starting from a 0 index. So if the returned index is 4, the column is "E".
edit: As for the getLastColumn() question; you could use getMaxColumns() instead. Updated code to get all columns in the sheet.
Alright stack friends,
I'm working on my first projects using google scripts and it's been pretty fun so far. My project is to create a form for data entry that can either accept an ID number and fill in the rest of the fields, or let the user fill out the entire form. Basically my method to fill in the other fields is just to have a lookup table on the second sheet. When the user submits a form, the script runs, looks for the ID of the last row, scans the reference table for the ID, and then fills in the details.
I think the problem I'm having is the assumption that the data from the form is already in the sheet when the script runs. The problem I noticed is that the script sometimes fails to fill in the gaps. I tried creating form submissions in a loop with the same ID and they function somewhat erratically but it seems like the last sumbission always works which would make sense if the script executions are not matching up with the form submissions. Here's the script for reference:
function fillGaps() {
// First take in the appropriate spreadsheet objects and get the sheets from it
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.openById(id);
var sheet = ss.getSheets()[0];
var refSheet = ss.getSheets()[1];
// Here's the last rows' index
var lastRow = sheet.getLastRow();
var lastRowRef = refSheet.getLastRow();
// now this is an array of values for the last row and the student ID entered
var response = sheet.getRange(lastRow, 1, 1, 7).getValues();
var enteredID = response[0][1];
// Next we're going to try to load up the lookup table and scan for the ID
var stuIDs = refSheet.getRange(2, 4, refSheet.getLastRow()).getValues();
var row = 0;
while(enteredID != stuIDs[row] && row <= lastRowRef){
row++;
}
// Okay at this point the row variable is actually -2 from what the sheet index
// is that I'm thinking of. This is because we didn't load the first row (names)
// and the way arrays are indexed starts with 0.
row++;
row++;
// now assuming that it found a match we'll fill in the values
if(row < refSheet.getLastRow()){
// Alright now we need to wrangle that row and format the data
var matchedRow = refSheet.getRange(row, 1, 1, 6).getValues();
// modify the response
var replacement = [response[0][0],enteredID, matchedRow[0][1],matchedRow[0][0],matchedRow[0][2],matchedRow[0][4],matchedRow[0][5]];
sheet.getRange(lastRow, 1, 1, 7).setValues([replacement]) ;
}
}
So I'm wondering:
Does this seem like the right diagnosis?
If so, what would be the best way to remedy? I thought of adding a little delay into the script as well as trying to capture the submissions timestamp (not sure how to do that)
Thank you much!
The following code gives a 2D array:
var stuIDs = refSheet.getRange(2, 4, refSheet.getLastRow()).getValues();
Also,refSheet.getLastRow gives the last row, lets say it is 10 in this case. The syntax for getRange is getRange(row, column, numRows) and the last argument is the number of rows, not the last column. So in the above code the selected range would be row 2 - 11 rather than 2- 10. Unless that is what you intended, modify the code like so:
var stuIDs = refSheet.getRange(2, 4, refSheet.getLastRow()-1).getValues();
To access the values in stuIDs you should use stuIDs[row][0] (2D array) to check for matching ID. Assuming your ID was to be matched was in column 1.
Secondly, in the loop you are using the following to check for the last index in array row <= lastRowRef which will cause it go out of range(because array starts at 0 and sheet row at 1) instead use this row < stuIDs.length
Finally, in case you don't find a match you will end up with the last row and your code will end you taking the last row as the matched index. This can be prevented by using a boolean variable to check for a match.
var foundId = false
var row = 0;
var i = 0;
for (i in stuIDs){
if(stuIDs[i][0] == enteredID)
foundID = true
break
}
}
row = i + 2
if (foundID){
var matchedRow = refSheet.getRange(row, 1, 1, 6).getValues();
// modify the response
var replacement = [response[0][0],enteredID, matchedRow[0][1],matchedRow[0][0],matchedRow[0][2],matchedRow[0][4],matchedRow[0][5]];
sheet.getRange(lastRow, 1, 1, 7).setValues([replacement]) ;
}
PS: You can also use event objects to get the values of response (eventObj.values). As mentioned here: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/triggers/events
Hope that helps!