I am new to Google scripting, so I apologize if this is a naive question. I do not know how to get a variable reference to a sheet within a spreadsheet that is not the first sheet.
In my spreadsheet, I have two sheets, Agenda and Info. Agenda is the first sheet(index 0) and Info is the second. I can get a reference to Agenda, but I cannot get a reference to Index. This is the code I have tried:
var info_sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Info');
info_sheet.getName() always comes out being Agenda, though. What do I do?
There are 2 ways to get access to a specific sheet in a spreadsheet : by its name as you were showing in your code or by its index like in the second example below.
Just run this test to see the results on a spreadsheet with at least 2 sheets (I changed the sheet names to the 'standard default values in US locale' to make the test working for anyone, re-set it to your parameters if needed)
function testSheetNames(){
var info_sheet_example1 = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Sheet2');
var info_sheet_example2 = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheets()[1];
Logger.log('name method result = '+info_sheet_example1.getName());
Logger.log('index method result = '+info_sheet_example2.getName());
}
That said, your example should return the correct value, I'm not sure why it didn't in your tests.
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I have an spreadsheet that contains multiple sheets with some recipes. I'm storing the sheets' titles in the first sheet manually, to reference the recipes titles on another spreadsheet, but this doesn't scale well, so I want to automate the process. I believe I can't do that with any of the built in functions, so I'm trying to build a custom function to do it.
I already know some coding, but my experience with google API is very limited. My current attempt is returning the following exception: "You do not have the permission to call set value". After google this error, I discovered that custom functions seemingly cannot set values to another cells, so I'm here to find an alternative to such a trivial behavior.
This is my current code:
function updateSheetTitles() {
var sheets = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheets();
var cell = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getCurrentCell();
var row = cell.getRow();
var column = cell.getColumn();
for (var i=0 ; i<sheets.length ; i++){
if(i<1) //For passing trought the first sheet
return;
cell.setValue(sheets[i].getSheetName);
var range = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange(row+1, column, 1, 1);
cell = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().setCurrentCell(range);
}
}
And here's and image to illustrate what I want:
This is probably an easy task, but I failed to find a way to build this, so any ideas to accomplish that would be appreciated.
I believe your goal as follows.
You want to retrieve sheet names in the active Google Spreadsheet.
You want to put the sheet names to the active cell.
You want to achieve this using the custom function.
Modification points:
Unfortunately, setValue cannot be used in the custom function. I think that the reason of your issue is due to this.
In your script, at cell.setValue(sheets[i].getSheetName);, the method of getSheetName is not run. If you want to use this method, please add () like getSheetName().
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet() can be declared one time.
In order to achieve your goal, I would like to propose a custom function for creating an array including the sheet names and returning the array.
When above points are reflected to the sample script, it becomes as follows.
Modified script:
Please copy and paste the following script to the script editor of Google Spreadsheet. And, please put the custom function of =updateSheetTitles() to a cell. By this, the sheet names are returned to the row direction.
function updateSheetTitles() {
return SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheets().map(e => [e.getSheetName()]);
}
From your replying, when you want to retrieve the sheet names except for 1st and 2nd sheet, you can also use the following script.
function updateSheetTitles() {
return SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheets().map(e => [e.getSheetName()]).slice(2);
}
References:
Custom Functions in Google Sheets
map()
getSheetName()
I have several similar spreadsheets I am working with. Each spreadsheet has 3 sheets of the same name: "Plan", "Class", and "Coach". I want the conditional formatting within the sheets of my spreadsheets to be exactly the same. I was helped a little while ago in creating a script that could do so, and it worked perfectly fine in my test spreadsheets (I don't like to put something in my actual spreadsheets until I know it will work properly). The script uses getConditionalFormatRules on all the sheets from my source sheet and then uses setConditionalFormatRules and the other sheet ID's to recreate the source spreadsheet's rules in my other spreadsheets. I have now placed my code into the actual spreadsheet, but I am now experiencing a problem.
Every time I run my script, I get this error:
Exception: Conditional format rule cannot reference a different sheet.
I get this message when the script is copying the conditional formatting from the sheet called "class". The other two sheets' formatting gets copied perfectly fine. I have gone over the code many times now, but I can find no error in my code. I have tried creating new sheets and starting over, and then referencing the recreated sheets, but I still get the same message. I have tried changing the sheet name as well, but to no avail (plus, I would rather not change the sheet name from "Class" because many of my other scripts would also have to change). I am very lost.
This is my current script:
function copyConditional(){
var targetT = SpreadsheetApp.openById("Tuesday_ID").getSheetByName("Plan");
var targetW = SpreadsheetApp.openById("Wednesday_ID").getSheetByName("Plan");
var targetTh = SpreadsheetApp.openById("Thursday_ID").getSheetByName("Plan");
var targetF = SpreadsheetApp.openById("Friday_ID").getSheetByName("Plan");
var targetS = SpreadsheetApp.openById("Saturday_ID").getSheetByName("Plan");
var source = SpreadsheetApp.openById("Monday_ID").getSheetByName("Plan");
var rules = source.getConditionalFormatRules();
targetT.setConditionalFormatRules(rules);
targetW.setConditionalFormatRules(rules);
targetTh.setConditionalFormatRules(rules);
targetF.setConditionalFormatRules(rules);
targetS.setConditionalFormatRules(rules);
var targetT2 = SpreadsheetApp.openById("").getSheetByName("Coach");
var targetW2 = SpreadsheetApp.openById("").getSheetByName("Coach");
var targetTh2 = SpreadsheetApp.openById("").getSheetByName("Coach");
var targetF2 = SpreadsheetApp.openById("").getSheetByName("Coach");
var targetS2 = SpreadsheetApp.openById("").getSheetByName("Coach");
var source2 = SpreadsheetApp.openById("").getSheetByName("Coach");
var rules2 = source2.getConditionalFormatRules();
targetT2.setConditionalFormatRules(rules2);
targetW2.setConditionalFormatRules(rules2);
targetTh2.setConditionalFormatRules(rules2);
targetF2.setConditionalFormatRules(rules2);
targetS2.setConditionalFormatRules(rules2);
var targetT1 = SpreadsheetApp.openById("").getSheetByName("Class");
var targetW1 = SpreadsheetApp.openById("").getSheetByName("Class");
var targetTh1 = SpreadsheetApp.openById("").getSheetByName("Class");
var targetF1 = SpreadsheetApp.openById("").getSheetByName("Class");
var targetS1 = SpreadsheetApp.openById("").getSheetByName("Class");
var source1 = SpreadsheetApp.openById("").getSheetByName("Class");
var rules1 = source.getConditionalFormatRules();
targetT1.setConditionalFormatRules(rules1);
targetW1.setConditionalFormatRules(rules1);
targetTh1.setConditionalFormatRules(rules1);
targetF1.setConditionalFormatRules(rules1);
targetS1.setConditionalFormatRules(rules1);
}
The only thing I changed in this code was taking out my sheet ID's, but I can guarantee I had all the correct ID's in the right spots.
I would like to know what I can do to remove the exemption from my script, or if there is maybe another workaround to allow the script to function properly. Thank you!
Edit
This is an image of part of my sheet. The first two rows have rules that will change the background color and font color of a cell depending on its exact value. There is also one rule for every 6 columns (except for the first) that will change the cell's background color if any information at all is entered.
Edit 2
These are all the rules on sheet "Class" as of the moment. I do add rules pretty frequently, but following the same pattern. I am using my script because it can be very time consuming to have to add the same new rule to all 6 of my sheets individually.
My other sheet "Coach" has all the same "text is exactly" rules, except the range changes from A1:EO2 to A1:BF59. The other sheet "Plan", has all the same "text is exactly" rules, but changes the range to A1:AU59. Sheet "Plan" also has some unique rules, which I will add as well.
EDIT
I never found out why the script did not work on my original sheets. I had to recreate all of my sheets from scratch, rewrite my script in the new spreadsheets, and paste in the new spreadsheet ID's into my script to get my desired effect. At this point, I have determined there must have been some fundamental flaw in the sheet itself, and that my problem had nothing to do with my code.
I am not posting this as an answer, because creating new spreadsheets from scratch did not exactly solve the problem. I consider it a lengthy and annoying workaround more than a functioning solution. Thanks to everyone who tried to help though!
The problem:
When using IMPORTRANGE to pull data from a different spreadsheet, cells in the origin spreadsheet that contain a formule containing VLOOKUP often (but not always) return #N/A (ERROR: Did not find value 'xxx' in VLOOKUP evaluation). In the origin sheet the formulas are calculated correctly and showing a value though. This does not always happen, sometimes it does pull in the proper value.
The intent:
To take data from different spreadsheets, combine them in a different spreadsheet and do some calculations on them. And then pull info from this calculation spreadsheet (or from multiple calculation spreadsheets) into a reporting spreadsheet for some further calculations and formatting.
The set-up:
There are several source data spreadsheets,say dataspreadsheet1, dataspreadsheet2 and dataspreadsheet3. A calculation spreadsheet (calcspreadsheet) is created that creates a copy of sheet1 in each of the data spreadsheets and names these sheets datasheet1, datasheet2 and datasheet3 respectively. The IMPORTRANGE statement used for this is created as follows: importrange(+VLOOKUP("dataspreadsheet1",filelist!A1:C1000,3,FALSE),"sheet1!a1:Z1000") where
filelist!A1:C1000 is a sheet in calcspreadsheet that contains Name, Type and Id in respective columns.
The values in each of these sheets datasheet1-3 are then used for calculations in another sheet, calcsheet1 in the calcspreadsheet. As the main goal of this is to add up daily values from the 3 dataspreadsheets, but those sourcesheets do not all have the same data on the same line a VLOOKUP is used again to make sure additions for a date use the line for the date in datasheet1-3 regardless of its row number. E.g. VLOOKUP($A11,'datasheet1'!$A:$P,4) + VLOOKUP($A11,'datasheet2'!$A:$P,4) + VLOOKUP($A11,'datasheet3'!$A:$P,4) where column A is the date column in all sheets.
This appears to work fine, although upon opening calcspreadsheet it can take a long time for it to go through an update, during which time lots of #N/A's are displayed. Eventually it comes right though.
The problem arise when a reportspreadsheet is created that in turn used an IMPORTRANGE call to pull the info from calcsheet1 in order to be able to work with it. This often, but not always, results in the problem states at the start. The IMPORTRANGE call in this reportspreadsheet is generated in a similar way as that in the calcspreadsheet: =importrange(+VLOOKUP(calc!B1,sheetcodes!A1:C3000,3,FALSE),"sheet1!a1:Z1000") where calc!B1 contains the name of the source spreadsheet (in this calc that would be 'calcspreadsheet' and sheetcodes!A1:C3000 again contains a list of sheets with Name, Type and Id in respective columns
A work-around I tried:
What I did notice that IMPORTRANGE works better on cells that do not contain VLOOKUP So I tried to copy the content of calcsheet to another sheet in calcspreadsheet, called exportsheet but having only the values in there, not formulas and then use IMPORTRANGE on this exportsheet. The copy script used is as follows:
function exportPrep() {
// Get the active spreadsheet and the active sheet
//var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
//var sheet = ss.getSheetByName("stream");
//sheet.activate();
var source = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName("calcsheet");
var sourceDataRange = source.getDataRange();
var sourceSheetValues = sourceDataRange.getValues();
var sourceRows = sourceDataRange.getNumRows();
var sourceColumns = sourceDataRange.getNumColumns();
var destination = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
SpreadsheetApp.setActiveSheet(destination.setActiveSheet("exportsheet"));
destination.getDataRange().offset(0, 0, sourceRows, sourceColumns).setValues(sourceSheetValues);
}
This seemed to work, but unfortunately the copy script used to copy the value of calcsheet into exportsheet now showed the same behaviour, it would sometimes work and sometimes give the #N/A and so leaves me with the same problem.
My questions:
I've read various posts with similar issues and responses that mentioned this function was temperamental or had a bug. Other stated it is not possible to use dynamic references in IMPORTRANGE. Given that it sometimes works and sometimes not I suspect the function itself might be correct but that there are sync or time-out issues in the set-up.
How can I set up the above functionality. Either with the use of IMPORTRANGE and VLOOKUP at all with some changes/additions, or built in a different way from the get-go.
So I've not done this with importrange but I when I have this issue with Vlookup I wrap the vlookup in an IF and test for the #N/A.
Try something like: =IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(...)),"",VLOOKUP(...))
=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(B81,'KAM_Q3_OPPS STAGE_(H/I/L/M/N)'!$F$3:$G$111,2,False),)
This is the best way I found to do it and the last two values [ , ) ] make the new output, in this case it is nothing.
IF you wanted 0 put in then you would do [ ,0) ]
I am programming a help desk system using google script, forms and spreadsheet.
To filter the queries the submissions are placed into different sheets depending on category, this is done through the FILTER function. however every time a new submission is made the filter function does not update, (it uses the CONTINUE function to cover the other cells)
instead the cell with the FILTER function must be selected and crtl+shift+E must be entered
is there a way around this?
I have tried two methods
the first was looking to have a function to enter the shortcut, but is this possible?
the second is auto entering the continue function everytime a new submission is made, I have this working however google sheets does not recognise the named range, (the continue function has the set up CONTINUE(original cell, rows away, columns away) its the original cell that it does not identify, instead I must manually select the cell and re-write the exact same cell reference.
Thank you for your help, if you need to see my code please ask :)
This is the code for the second option where I try to enter the function manually to the cells.
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var numEntry = ss.getSheetByName('Home').getRange("B8").getValue() + 2;
var cat = ss.getSheetByName('Software problem').getRange(numEntry, 4, 1, 9);
cat.getCell(1, 1).setValue('=CONTINUE(D2, '+(numEntry-1)+', 1)');
Your option 1: Have a script enter keystrokes automatically? Not supported in apps-script.
Your Option 2: It shouldn't be necessary to programmatically insert CONTINUE, as the required CONTINUEs for your FILTER should be automatic, when rows in your filter range match the expressed criteria. Something else is wrong, so don't get caught up with this red herring.
You mention "google sheets does not recognise the named range" - I'd like to know what you mean by that, because I suspect this is where your solution will be. You can use named ranges within FILTER statements. You can also use open-ended ranges, like FormInput!A1:X or FormInput!E1:E.
If you're trying to manipulate named ranges using scripts, then you may have run into a known issue, "removeNamedRange() only removes named ranges that were created via Apps Script". (To get around that, manually delete the named range, then create it only from script.)
Here's a function I use to create a named range for all data on a sheet. You could adapt this to your situation. (I use this with QUERY functions instead of FILTER, you might want to consider that as an alternative.)
function setNamedRangeFromSheet(sheetName) {
// Cannot remove a named range that was added via UI - http://code.google.com/p/google-apps-script-issues/issues/detail?id=1041
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
try { ss.removeNamedRange(sheetName) } catch (error) {};
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName(sheetName);
var range = sheet.getDataRange();
ss.setNamedRange(sheetName,range);
}
Using FILTER, you need to match the length of your sourceArray (which can be a named range) and any criteria arrays you use. To programmatically create a named range for a single-column criteria within your sourceArray, and of the same length, use getNumRows() on the sourceArray range.
Now, within your submission handling function, triggered on form submit, you'd have something like this. (I assume your trouble reports are coming into a single sheet, "FormInput" - adjust as necessary.)
...
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
try { ss.removeNamedRange("FormInput") } catch (error) {};
var sheet = ss.getSheetByName("FormInput");
var inputRange = sheet.getDataRange();
ss.setNamedRange("FormInput",inputRange);
try { ss.removeNamedRange("Criteria") } catch (error) {};
var criteriaCol = 4; // Another guess, that Column E contains our criteria
var criteriaRange = sheet.getRange(0,criteriaCol,inputRange.getNumRows(),1);
ss.setNamedRange("Criteria",criteriaRange);
...
And with that in place, the content of A1 on your "Software problem" sheet just needs to contain the following. (Assuming that you're looking for "Bug"s.):
=FILTER(FormInput,Criteria="Bug")
I mentioned open-ended ranges earlier. If you aren't doing enough manipulation of data to justify named ranges, you could set up your filter like this, and not have to change it as new input came in:
=FILTER(FormInput!A1:X,FormInput!E1:E="Bug")
I have a function in a spreadsheet based script that is triggered when a submission is made with the spreadsheet form :
function onEntry(e){
Logger.log(e);
MailApp.sendEmail("scriptadmin#uniben.edu", "New Mail Request", "Someone submited data");
}
How can I reject the entry, say if it's a duplicate entry ?
Using the documentation on events you will have to choose what data you want check (user name, specific field...) and compare that to data already in the spreadsheet.
You should do these iterations on an array level since it will be far more efficient and fast, you can get data in an array using something like
var data = SpreadsheetApp.openById(key).getDataRange().getValues();
You could also use javascript function like indexOf() that will return -1 if no match if found or item position in the array if a match is found.
Actually there are many ways to do that but your question is too vague to know what will be the best...
EDIT : following your comment, I'd suggest you let the duplicate form data come into the sheet and then use a script to remove duplicates. You could run this script on a on form submit trigger or on a timer to let it run daily or hourly, and send the email only if the last entry was a new one (no duplicates found)... depending on your use case.
There is a script in the gallery that does the job pretty well, it was written by Romain Vialard, a GAS TC that has contributed a lot. (the link above goes to the script description but you can get it also in the public gallery, just search for 'remove duplicates' you'll see that other scripts do that, all the scripts in the gallery have been checked by the GAS team)
4 months late, but better late than never. I believe this function does almost what was originally requested. i.e. "How do I prevent the entry from entering the spreadsheet if I decide that it's a duplicate." It is not precisely what was requested, but very close.
This code checks one column against that same column in another sheet, for all rows in that sheet. Lets say you have a list of companies or clients on a sheet. That list includes name, phone, address, etc. etc. Lets say you want to check against the phone number - if the phone number you are currently entering is already on your client sheet, then don't allow entry - or more precisely clear it out immediately upon entering it.
I'm sure the more experienced members will be able to point out flaws, but it works for me.
I believe it will also work for the case where a phone number in the middle of the sheet is changed - so it's not just last line that gets checked, it's the line that gets edited that gets checked - I've not tested this particlar scenario. Also, I made some changes to variable names to protect the innocent...hopefully I didn't mess anything up while doing that.
I call this function from within another function that is triggered by onEdit. Theoretically it should be able to be installed as an onEdit trigger itself. I hope someone finds it useful.
function checkNewEntryForDuplicate(e) {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var entrySheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var clientSheet = ss.getSheetByName("Clients");
var r = entrySheet.getActiveCell();
var lastCol = entrySheet.getLastColumn();
// If this had any consistency, we'd be able to get the row from entrySheet the same
// as we get column. But there is no getRow() method at the sheet level.
var rowNum = r.getRow();
var clientData=clientSheet.getDataRange().getValues();
var phoneColumnOffset=getPhoneColumnOffset(); // You'll need to get the offset elsewhere. I have a function that does that.
var columnNum=e.range.getColumn(); // column that is currently being edited
if (columnNum != phoneColumnOffset+1) // no point in doing anything else if it's not the column we're interested in.
return 0;
var entryRow=entrySheet.getRange(rowNum, 1, 1, lastCol);
var phoneNum = e.range.getValue();
// iterate over each row in the clientData 2-dimensional array.
for(i in clientData){
var row = clientData[i];
var duplicate = false;
// For each row this conditional statement will find duplicates
if(row[phoneColumnOffset] == phoneNum){
duplicate = true;
var msg="Duplicate Detected. Please do not enter. Deleting it..."
Browser.msgBox(msg);
entryRow.clearContent();
entryRow.clearComment();
return duplicate;
}
}
return duplicate;
}
I am doing the same things but having no scripts at all and just by spreadsheet functions. That kind of things are just like SQL for me and very interest to do.
For your question, this link will help: http://www.labnol.org/software/find-remove-duplicate-records-google-docs/5169/